GOLETA, CA – November 8, 2026 — Two Los Angeles men were arrested after allegedly stealing a catalytic converter from a parked pickup truck in Goleta, leading sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed pursuit down Highway 101 and fleeing on foot after abandoning their vehicle in Ventura County.
According to Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department Public Information Officer Raquel Zick, deputies responded during the early morning hours of Nov. 7 after a witness reported seeing several people in a white Toyota Camry stealing a catalytic converter from a parked, locked pickup truck in a Goleta residential neighborhood.
Patrol deputies arrived shortly afterward while other units began searching for the suspect vehicle. Deputies farther south eventually spotted a white Camry traveling south on Highway 101 near Carpinteria…