Routine Traffic Stop Yields 18 Stolen Guns
Driver Also Had Outstanding Warrants for Rape, Intimidating a Witness, and Terrorist Threats
A Santa Barbara police officer made a routine traffic stop on July 19 and discovered 18 guns — some were loaded; all were stolen — in the trunk of a car driven by a 33-year-old wanted felon.
Eric Ross of Caruthers, a small town in Fresno County, was driving a white Hyundai Elantra on the 600 block of Anacapa Street at around 12:45 a.m. when he was pulled over because his rear license plate light wasn’t working. In the car with Ross was Kristin Boisa-Taylor, a 46-year-old transient from Sacramento.
When the officer asked for Ross’s driver’s license, explained SBPD spokesperson Sgt. Riley Harwood in a prepared statement, Ross told him it was suspended. A records check confirmed as much but also showed Ross had a $150,000 felony arrest warrant out of Kings County for rape, intimidating a witness, and terrorist threats. He was then arrested. A records check of Boisa-Taylor revealed she had a $2,500 misdemeanor arrest warrant for illegal lodging. She was also arrested, said Harwood.
