Edhat Staff
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Update: This suspect has been arrested. Read more here.
Source: Santa Barbara Police Department
Thanks to our partners in the news media and our social media audience, the suspect depicted in the Santa Barbara Police Department media release entitled “Catch A Thief 5/27/18” has been identified as Deanna Lynne Ramirez, age 55, of Goleta. A $50,000.00 felony warrant for the crimes of forgery, identity theft, burglary, and abuse of an elder or dependent adult has been issued for her arrest. Anyone with knowledge of Ramirez’s whereabouts is asked to call 9-1-1.
The Santa Barbara Police Department is requesting the public’s help in identifying a suspect and an associate. The woman depicted in one of the attached photos and in one of the two videos linked below is suspected of committing check forgery and identity theft at the Home Improvement Center at 415 E. Gutierrez Street in Santa Barbara on March 3, 2018 and April 2, 2018.
The suspect is associated with the male subject depicted in the other video link below and also the silver colored SUV depicted in the other attached photo. Investigators are hoping to identify both people. Anyone with information is asked to contact SBPD Officer Dustin McGrew at (805) 335-4317 or dgmcgrew@sbpd.com.
I saw a woman on Sunday that resembled her she was short plump had a white sweater on like this one though she looked alittle heavier she was with an older man possibly his care giver…I remember the woman because I looked at her twice and she gave me a dirty look. Ugly mug I thought they were a couple at first but he was friendly and happy to be there she looked miserable and angry….Figured she mst be his care giver poor guy. I was there right after it opened 11am so within 30 minutes they showed up as I was waiting for my food…I could be wrong but she resembled the thief…
But it wasn’t a bank, it was the Home Improvement Center.