Stolen Vehicle Suspect Arrested in Goleta Shopping Center

Update by edhat staff

A suspected vehicle thief was arrested at gunpoint inside the bathroom of a Goleta shopping center on Tuesday afternoon.

At 3:47 p.m., Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the Camino Real shopping center on Hollister Avenue due to a stolen vehicle out of Santa Maria. Officers drew their weapons and entered the public women’s bathroom behind Starbucks Coffee.

A Sheriff K-9 unit and helicopter also responded to the scene as the stolen vehicle, a white Toyota 4-Runner, was recovered.

It was later determined the female suspect was not in the bathroom but the Sheriff’s Office did confirm the suspect was apprehended. Angel Marie Ybarra, 31-years-old of Santa Maria, was booked at the Main Jail for vehicle theft and an outstanding no-bail felony warrant. 

The stolen vehicle was released to the owner at the scene.

Photo: SBSO


By Scanner Andrew
3:50 p.m., January 4, 2022

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  1. 11:14 – what would you do if an unmasked, unvaxxed person tried to force you or your family to interact with them in close contact or get in a car with them? I’d sure as hell protect my family! Since they’re cops though, my only real defense is to call 911. I’d demand proof of vaccination. I’d be a crappy father/husband if I didn’t.
    You people love to call us liberals sheep, then in the same breath you demand blind obedience to authority even if it puts you or your family’s health and safety at risk. Hypocrites!

  2. @1:22 I think you have which political leaning demands blind obedience backwards. What has a non-sheep here demanded obedience to other than the constitution and our laws? (FYI, not going to debate the difference between mandates and laws, and the judiciary vs. legislature here).

  3. ZERO – exactly. And which of those 3, if not all of them, are those deputies refusing to get vaxxed AND refusing to get tested.
    If an SBSO officer were to approach myself or my family, I’d be inclined to call 911. They are a menace to our society.

  4. ZeroH – I must have a bad connection… After reading that comment yesterday, I looked at the picture and “Assumed” that the reference was that at least the K-9 was eager to go! Looked even closer & it appears that one of the SO’s is smoking? My question would be the “Smoker” appears to be dragging a leash that goes backwards yet ends at his left foot?

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