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Three young males are in custody in connection with a stabbing that occurred in Old Town Goleta on November 21, 2014.  Early this morning, Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives served a search and arrest warrant at a home in the 100 block of Orange Avenue in the City of Goleta.  The residence is located directly in front of where a male in his twenties was stabbed following an argument with a group of males whom he was not directly acquainted with. 

19-year-old Mario Flores and 21-year-old Luis Gonzales-Guerrero, who both reside on the property, were taken into custody for their involvement in the crime.  Sheriff’s detectives also determined a third suspect involved in the stabbing, 20-year-old Bryan Ulloa, was already in custody at the Santa Barbara County jail on an unrelated case.

All three suspects were booked on charges of Assault with a Deadly Weapon, Inflicting Great Bodily Injury during a Felony and a Criminal Street Gang Enhancement.