Isla Vista Foot Patrol Steps Up Enforcement for New School
Year
Two suspects held in weekend stabbing incident
Isla Vista - September 23rd, 2009
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department has doubled the number of deputies (20) patrolling Isla Vista each weekend in response to the start of the new school year at UCSB and Santa Barbara City College.
Each year in late August the population of the small beach community rises to 18,000 not including more than four thousand incoming freshmen. Every weekend that number grows even larger due to parties and out of town visitors. “There is no doubt we see an increase in alcohol related violence and crime during the weekend,” said Lieutenant Brian Olmstead who oversees the Isla Vista Foot Patrol on Trigo Road. “Most of the young people are obeying the law; however we see our share of underage drinking, public drunkenness, fights and sexual assaults. This is a great community, but there are some real dangers out there as well.”
Last Friday night, a fight erupted on the 66-hundred block of Del Playa in which a 20-year old man from Los Angeles County suffered several serious stab wounds. With the extra enforcement Sheriff’s Deputies were able to detain two suspects; a 17-year old male from Woodland Hills and 20-year old Donald Pounds of Chatsworth. Following their investigation, detectives arrested both suspects for Assault with a Deadly Weapon. The juvenile was also arrested for Possession of Concentrated Cannabis. The charges have been forwarded to the District Attorney’s office.
The Sheriff’s Department assigned Detectives and the Forensics Unit to the stabbing case. “We take crime seriously, especially when lives are put in danger,” said Lieutenant Sol Linver of the Department’s Criminal Investigation Division. “I spent several years with the Isla Vista Foot Patrol and appreciate that young people want to have a good time, but they also need to be aware of the risks.”
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