A man accused of attacking and seriously injuring a woman at the home of a Montecito billionaire has been ruled competent to stand trial.
Russell Phay is accused of breaking into the Montecito home of hotel owner Ty Warner on May 21. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s investigators say the 42-year-old Phay attacked a woman in the house and then barricaded himself in a bathroom.
He was arrested after he tried to escape through a window. Warner was at home at the time, but was unhurt. Phay is facing more than half a dozen charges ranging from attempted murder to kidnapping…