Full Notification

Case # SMPD23-0008022 & SMPD23-0010267
On Wednesday, July 19, 2023, an armed robbery occurred at a business near the intersection of Battles and Blosser Road. An adult male victim in this case was physically assaulted by two suspects and threatened with a firearm. Following the assault, the suspects fled with property belonging to the victim. 

Santa Maria Gang Detectives subsequently took over this investigation that led to the two suspects in this case being identified as Santa Maria residents Isaiah Peinado (20 years old) and sibling Issac Peinado (19 years). Search and arrest warrants were obtained in this case for both suspects and their residences.

On Tuesday, September 5, 2023, at about 8:30 AM, the SMPD Detective Bureau, with assistance from the SMPD Patrol Bureau and the FBI Safe Streets Taskforce, conducted search and arrest warrant operations in the 900 block of W. Harding Avenue and the 1200 block of W. Sonya Lane.  As a result, both Isaiah and Isaac Peinado were taken into custody. A third subject, Gustavo Garcia Perez (21 years old), was contacted in a vehicle during the operation and arrested for drug sales. 

The search of the two residences yielded evidence connected to the original robbery, three handguns (two non-serialized “ghost guns”), 270 illegal pills (suspected opioids) and approximately $6,000 dollars in cash. Gustavo Garcia Perez was also found to be in possession of 178 illegal pills (suspected opioids). All pills were estimated to have a street value of approximately $4,000 dollars.

Isaiah and Isaac Peinado were both booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on outstanding warrants for Robbery with a gang enhancement and are each being held on $1 million dollars bail. Multiple other drug and firearms related charges are being recommended for filing with the District Attorney’s Office.

Gustavo Garcia Perez was booked into the Santa Barbara County Jail on drug sales charges.

***Mugshots and evidence photos will be posted on SMPD’s “X” Social Media page @SMPDHQ .


Prepared by:

Daniel Rios, Lieutenant
Detective Bureau Supervisor