Four Arrested After Guns & Drugs Found During Search Warrant
Within the last month, the Santa Barbara Police Department Narcotics Unit conducted an investigation involving suspected drug trafficking. Based upon that investigation, detectives obtained a search warrant for the involved suspects.
On May 27, 2022, around 9:30 p.m., detectives, officers, and the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office Air Unit served a search warrant near the 3700 block of State Street. Narcotics detectives identified two vehicles as being involved in this criminal activity. Law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on both involved vehicles and detained several suspects.
When officers conducted a traffic stop on one of the vehicles, they contacted the driver, Viviana Martinez-Perez and passenger, Rachel Delgado-Garcia. Officers immediately noticed a semi-automatic pistol in plain view and easily accessible to Martinez-Perez. The occupants were removed from the vehicle and arrested based on probable cause. Inside this vehicle, detectives located 53 pounds of methamphetamine and one ounce of fentanyl.
The second vehicle, driven by Titan Nolet, with passenger Natali Ontiveros was also stopped in the area. Nolet was a wanted parolee out of Los Angeles County and Ontiveros was on active probation. Ontiveros was searched per her probation terms and detectives located two loaded semi-automatic handguns inside her purse. Ontiveros had recently rented a local hotel room in the 3500 block of State Street. Detectives conducted a search of the room that yielded 11 ounces of heroin and other narcotics.
The street value of the narcotics sized was worth approximately $100,000.
These arrests and discovery of illegal narcotics resulted in one of the largest drug seizures, if not the largest in the Santa Barbara Police Department’s history.
Viviana Martinez-Perez, a 38-year-old Bell Gardens resident, Charges: Possession for Sale of Fentanyl (felony), Transportation for Sales of Fentanyl (felony), Possession for Sale of Methamphetamine (felony), Transportation for Sales of Methamphetamine (felony), Conspiracy (felony), Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed (felony).
Rachel Delgado-Garcia, a 25-year-old Los Angeles resident, Charges: Possession for Sale of Fentanyl (felony), Transportation for Sales of Fentanyl (felony), Possession for Sale of Methamphetamine (felony), Transportation for Sales of Methamphetamine (felony), Conspiracy (felony).
Titan Nolet, a 36-year-old Anaheim resident. Charges, Possession for Sale of Fentanyl/Heroin (felony), Transportation for Sales of Fentanyl/Heroin (felony), Possession for Sale of Methamphetamine (felony), Transportation for Sales of Methamphetamine (felony), Conspiracy (felony), Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed (felony).
Natali Ontiveros, a 31-year-old Anaheim resident. Charges, Possession for Sale of Fentanyl/Heroin (felony), Transportation for Sales of Fentanyl/Heroin (felony), Possession for Sale of Methamphetamine (felony), Transportation for Sales of Methamphetamine (felony), Conspiracy (felony), Possession of a Controlled Substance while Armed (felony).
All arrestees were booked in the Santa Barbara County Jail, with bail set at $1,000,000.