Edhat Staff
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
On April 19, 2018, Sheriff’s detectives assigned to the Special Investigations Bureau (SIB) concluded an investigation into an alleged heroin dealer operating out of Montecito. SIB Detectives with the assistance of the Compliance Response Team (CRT), a Sheriff’s K-9 team and Tulare Police Officers, executed search warrants in the 800 block of Picacho Lane in Montecito as well as the 300 block of North West Street in Tulare.
During the warrant service in Montecito, 54-year-old Pedro Barajas, a construction foreman who was living on the property in a trailer, was detained. Detectives utilized K-9 Aco to conduct a search of Barajas’ trailer. During the search, K-9 Aco alerted in two locations inside the trailer. SIB Detectives then conducted a physical search of the trailer. During the search, SIB Detectives located a loaded Glock 9mm handgun, including two additional loaded magazines, approximately 1.1 lbs. of heroin packaged for sale and more than $10, 000 in cash. The search warrant in Tulare yielded a small amount of methamphetamine.
Barajas was arrested and booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on the violations 11351(a) H&S- Possession of a controlled substance for sale, 11370.1 H&S- Possession of a controlled substance while armed with a firearm. A records check revealed Barajas is a convicted felon and prohibited from owning or possessing firearms and or ammunition. Barajas is also charged with 29800(a) PC- Felon in possession of a firearm and 30305(a) PC- Felon in Possession of ammunition.
Good! Get that POS off our streets!!!
Good I agree people dying out there Thanks LE…
Bet the property owners are shocked, as well as the construction company owners. Guy must have thought he was safe in Montecito. In the 1980s there were a lot of cocaine dealers there, not workers but the ones living the high style.
What sensible gun control laws could have prevented him from owning a gun?
If you can’t figure that out, you don’t know what sensible is. Look to Australia and Japan.
None. But the idea is to enforce the existing laws. This is a felon in possesion of a firearm and ammunition. Those are the people that they need to put away for a long time. It’s been shown repeatedly that crime is drastically reduced when the crimminals are in prison.
He’s 54 !!!!??????! Looks more like 84 yrs old….. Kid,,,, another reason to stay away from drugs and the criminal life……. it will age you.