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Source: Office of Santa Barbara County District Attorney
Santa Barbara County District Attorney Joyce E. Dudley announced today that a felony complaint has been filed against Andrew Raymond Burgher, 31, of Santa Barbara. The charges stem from a collision on October 26, 2021, on Cathedral Oaks Road west of Camino Cascada in an unincorporated area of Santa Barbara County that resulted in the deaths of Gilberto Arteaga Gutierrez and Silvia Manzo Velasco. Burgher was the driver and sole occupant of a 2016 Toyota 4-Runner that violently stuck a Ford Mustang driven by Gutierrez whose passenger was Manzo Velasco. The force of the impact caused the Mustang to spin out of control and also collided with two parked vehicles along the south curb of Cathedral Oaks Road.
Mr. Burgher is charged with the following felony counts: two counts of murder in violation of Penal Code section 187(a) and one count of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in violation of Vehicle Code section 191.5(a) alleging that Mr. Burgher previously suffered a prior conviction within the meaning of Penal Code section 191.5(d). The complaint also alleges that Mr. Burgher suffered two prior misdemeanor DUI convictions.
Additionally, it is further alleged that Mr. Burgher personally inflicted great bodily injury within the meaning of Penal Code section 12022.7(a) and proximately caused death or bodily injury to one than one victim within the meaning of Vehicle Code section 23558.
Penal Code section 191.5(d) is also known as “Courtney’s Law”, which was enacted to stiffen penalties for repeat DUI offenders, if and when a future DUI results in the tragic loss of life.
On October 28, 2021, Mr. Burgher appeared in Department 8. The case is next set for further arraignment in Santa Barbara Superior Court at 8:30 a.m. on November 3, 2021. Bail has been set at $2,050,000.
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WAIT, WHAT??? – With what SB residents are experiencing under Demo Mayor’s “leadership”, Newsom’s Free tickets on Crime, and Let’s Go Brandon’s (barely keeping his eyes opened) to see crime, breaking the law by letting illegal immigrants cross freely… can’t figure why in the world you would say (any) Republican is soft on crime…
Blue Onion…lie much ?
Blue Onion, you are living in a Fox News/OAN fueled false reality. And the nicknames are childish.
Come on NoletaGirl, dumb people need cable news too. Well they dont actually need it but since Charlatans make millions telling them how to think and keeping them angry, its become a grift that keeps on grifting…
Amazing how easy it is to spot the grifters if you have more than 4 brain cells and can read. However since 60% of GOP voters cannot read at higher than an 8th grade level that’s not going to happen.
“letting illegal immigrants cross freely” – that’s not happening, ergo, a lie.