By F. Scott Faulkner
SANTA BARBARA, CA — April 29, 2025
A wanted man who barricaded himself in a converted garage apartment was taken into custody
Monday morning.
It started just after 8:30 a.m. on April 28, when deputies were called to investigate a domestic
violence incident.
By the time they arrived, the suspect — later identified as 40-year-old Maurilio Carriedo of Santa Barbara — had already left the scene.
Deputies quickly tracked him to another residence, where he was believed to be hiding.
They were joined by a specially trained crisis negotiation deputy from the department’s co-response
team, hoping to defuse the situation without force.
Carriedo had locked himself inside a garage apartment and refused repeated orders to come out.
According to Santa Barbara Sheriff’s Public Information Officer Raquel Zick, “Deputies spent the following two
hours speaking with Carriedo, discouraging him from escalating the situation and encouraging
him to surrender peacefully.”
When those efforts failed, deputies forced entry and deployed pepper ball rounds inside the
structure. Nearly three hours later, Carriedo was taken into custody.
Carriedo was transported to Santa Barbara County Jail, where he was booked on suspicion of
felony domestic violence, as well as several outstanding felony warrants. Charges include contempt of court, assault with great bodily injury, possession of a controlled substance,
providing false information to law enforcement, and carrying a dirk or dagger.
His bail has been set at $185,000.
