Anonymous
Source: Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office
At approximately 5:20 a.m. on August 27, 2018, Sheriff’s deputies responded to a burglary alarm at a residence in the 800 block of Lilac Drive in Montecito. When deputies arrived, they observed a white van parked down the street blocking half the roadway. The deputies also observed a male adult walking on the street coming from the area of the alarm. Once additional deputies arrived, the suspect, who was identified as being 30-year-old Jason Buchanan of North Hollywood, was detained along with the two occupants of the van who were identified as being 32-year-old Danay Granville and 25-year-old Tyrone O’Neal, also from the Los Angeles area.
A records check revealed that Buchanan was on active parole for 459 PC – Burglary, Granville was on Post Release Community Supervision for 215 PC – Carjacking, and O’Neal was on probation for 25400 PC – Concealed Firearm. O’Neal also had several active warrants out of Tennessee that were non-extraditab le. Deputies searched the van and located numerous stolen credit cards and property purchased with stolen credit cards throughout Southern California.
Fortunately, the homeowner on Lilac Drive did not report any items stolen. The Sheriff’s Office has contacted one victim who had his credit card stolen out of his car in Ventura and another victim whose stolen phone was recovered.
Buchanan was booked on charges of possession of burglary tools, receiving known stolen property and fraudulent use of a stolen access card. Granville was booked on charges of loitering on private property, obstruction of a public officer, fraudulent use of an access card and receiving known stolen property. O’Neal was booked on charges of receiving known property. Bail was set at $20,000 each. The Sheriff’s Office is also recommending the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office file conspiracy charges.
I was also wondering about recent robbers being from L.A. Maybe they figure with the recent events residents would be too traumatized to notice being robbed.
Just a little crack in the thin veneer of civilization. Wait until a decent sized earthquake occurs. Stock up on provisions now.
When our power is turned off voluntarily by Edison…
Funny you folks are surprised. You’ve been killing yourselves for 15 years to get L.A. here. Did you think only the GOOD stuff from there would come here? Get used to it people.
One step closer to the Zombie Apocalypse.
Glad I’ve got an Off-Grid place in the mountains.