On May 26, 2025, at approximately 0733 hours, Santa Barbara Police Combined Communications Center received a 9-1-1 call on the 500 block of E. Yanonali Street.
A subject was laying underneath a blanket when the suspect set the blanket on fire. At the time of the call, the fire had already been put out by passerby.
Several officers responded and located the victim who was not injured from the attack. Although the victim’s blanket and clothing did sustain burn marks.
Officers quickly identified the suspect as Joshua Woodruff (29 years old). Officers saturated the area and located Woodruff on the 800 block of E. Montecito Street where he was safely taken into custody.
Woodruff was later booked into Santa Barbara County Jail for Assault Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury (Felony) and Arson (Felony).
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BASIC – aside from not understanding criminal law how baseball works, how did you find his criminal history? Did you look it up? What was his prior that you’re referring to?
And of course Doulfus also is wrong about the law: “In order for a conviction of any concurrent charge to be considered a strike it must be a serious or violent felony” — no, TWO *prior convictions* (not “any concurrent charge”) count as strikes if they were serious or violent under the CA penal code, but the *third* conviction can be for any felony, which in its original form resulted in thousands of life sentences for non-violent crimes, a major cost to taxpayers, clogging up courts, fewer misdemeanor cases pursued, increased systemic racism, judges and juries more reluctant to convict on felony charges, among other negative consequences. It was so bad that in 2012 Californians passed Prop 36, the first voter initiative since the Civil War to reduce the sentences of inmates currently behind bars.
What he means: 2 strikes are the 2 current charges, and how about making the 3 Strike law a 2 Strike law.
Not agreeing, just clarifying.
Usually concurrent charges aren’t counted as strikes, that’s why I asked what the priors where and how he knew them.
sacaschiff – In order for a conviction of any concurrent charge to be considered a strike it must be a serious or violent felony.
As I said, TINYTRUCK, “usually.”
How about 2 strikes you’re out? What an absolute psycho. 27?