Man Arrested for Stabbing Deputy Found Not Mentally Compete…

Assault Santa Barbara California in Santa Barbara, California: Abu Bakr Harun Sugich, 44, was arrested for stabbing a Santa Barbara County sheriff's deputy on March 20, 2026, at La Posada, a homeless housing community on Hollister Avenue in Goleta Valley. During a welfare check after Sugich called 9-1-1, he briefly walked away, returned, and without warning stabbed Deputy Fabian Flores in the upper chest with a black hunting-style knife. Sugich was later deemed not mentally competent to stand trial in Santa Barbara Superior Court and was committed to a treatment facility in May.