A stolen bicycle with a GPS tracker led Santa Barbara police to a motel-room standoff and the arrest of two individuals with criminal histories on Saturday morning, after officers spotted the bike through the window of a motel room on State Street.
According to the Santa Barbara Police Department, dispatch received a 9-1-1 call just after 8:30 a.m. on December 13 about a GPS-equipped bicycle that had been stolen but was now pinging from the Agave Inn on the 3200 block of State Street. When officers arrived, they located the bike clearly visible inside a motel room and attempted to contact the occupants.
The two suspects, later identified as Adrian Rodriguez, 27, and Amanda DeLuna, 28, initially refused to respond or exit the room. Officers eventually surrounded the unit, and the pair surrendered nearly three hours later, around 11:45 a.m…