Assault with a deadly weapon reported

While delivering his crime report at the city council meeting, Lieutenant Butch Arnoldi told the Carpinteria City Council on Monday that officers responded to an attempted assault with a hammer at the 1000 block of Concha Loma Drive. 

The Sheriff’s Office Commander’s Recap shows the incident reported on Monday, April 15. 

The three victims managed to disarm the man wielding the hammer, and provided a description of the suspect to Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Office deputies, who were able to locate him within the hour, according to Arnoldi. 

Arnoldi said the department conducted a lineup for the victims to identify the suspect – which all three successfully did – and the department arrested the suspect for assault with a deadly weapon. 

“We have been at that address or the next-door properties at Casa del Sol numerous times this year. I must say things are improving,” Arnoldi said of the area. “Those on the city council can remember all the issues we had in the past at the two Motel 6s, which were way above and beyond the issues we’ve been having at Concha Loma and Casa del Sol.” 

He cited improved relations between the sheriff’s office and on-site property managers as part of the reason why calls for service in that area are improving.