On Friday, 24-year-old Santa Barbara man Samuel Ingram was arrested after he allegedly stole a vehicle, attempted to ram a police officer, broke into one home, and tried to enter a second, sparking a police pursuit.
At about 5:30 a.m., Santa Barbara Police responded to a report of a stolen vehicle from the 800 block of Cliff Drive, around Santa Barbara City College’s campus. Ingram had allegedly stolen the older model Ford Expedition, which was left unlocked with the keys inside. Fifteen minutes later on the Eastside, an SBPD officer found Ingram in the missing vehicle on Milpas Street just above the roundabout.
When the officer approached, Ingram reportedly attempted, unsuccessfully, to ram the officer who had spotted him with the stolen SUV. The SBPD officer — who had maneuvered out of the line of impact — was left behind uninjured as Ingram fled from the scene, hitting a parked car along the way, according to authorities…