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Male subject reportedly armed with a hatchet at 215 Martin Bay Lane, Apartment 3; subject identified as Charles Lecont, has prior probation history and made a threat to use the hatchet on someone.Santa Barbara County CA

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Santa Barbara County, CA

Male subject reportedly armed with a hatchet at 215 Martin Bay Lane, Apartment 3; subject identified as Charles Lecont, has prior probation history and made a threat to use the hatchet on someone.

Audio|Heard on: Santa Barbara County Sheriff Main Channel
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05:27
Transcript:
00:00
55-15 with unit to back, 415[1] subject, and Martin Bay Lane.
00:06
35-35.
00:10
With the unit to back, it's at 215 Martin Bay Lane, Apartment 3.
00:14
RP is advising there's a male subject in the apartment with a hatchet.
00:19
50 to be back.
00:22
With 3550 to back.
00:25
3556 on the road.
00:27
156.
00:30
357 is this subject known and what's you doing with the hatchet?
00:37
Subject is a Charles Lecont and the RP is advising that he has since left the apartment is in the parking lot.
00:48
Confirming the RP is in the parking lot of the subject.
00:53
The RP list apartment is in the parking lot.
00:58
Therefore, find out if there's any more people in the subject.
01:07
34, what's your location?
01:12
The ranch gate, when we put it in our GPS and our phone, it looked like we needed to come in through there.
01:17
Did you guys got anything?
01:21
It's showed on a trail, it keeps access back up here up the road a little ways.
01:27
We might enter there and try to poke around.
01:32
You guys going through that Green Gate, I think it was called, like, Army Trail or something like that?
01:38
Sir, I believe where my two coordinates shows it right on that trail.
01:49
C-H1, I copy.
01:51
C2-1 and out.
01:57
35 if we can try to ascertain a vote number for the subject as well.
02:03
10 for the subject has history of 1145 ideations and today he said quote I'm going to use this on somebody
02:24
At the top, right where you first do the ocean, and just stay to the left.
02:27
That dirt road is a pretty good road.
02:29
It'll take you all the way out that ridge, heading to the west.
02:37
...the-topped.
02:44
...the-five units information.
02:45
The subject is 1129 valid with history of county probation for 422 and one dealer record of sale.
02:53
Yes, Cald.
03:00
Engine 26, fire single engine, 4330, eastward drive.
03:06
Right side on command 2.
03:13
So, medic engine 26.
03:15
Medic engine 26, go ahead.
03:23
Upgrade this call to a first alarm for structure fire.
03:26
Also take us through Sand Channel.
03:36
35-Capt as he's still outside.
03:45
Standby, we're now line line with him.
03:51
And five times that we're using you guys can take those.
03:58
Central copy.
04:12
1087.
04:19
35-7.
04:21
97.
04:22
97.
04:24
10491.
04:26
10 minutes out.
04:28
10.97.
04:30
1097.
04:33
Next 2.4.4 landline with the regional R.B.
04:35
Can we get a close description?
04:40
104. Where landline with the subject now.
04:46
TN2992 on.
04:48
17.
04:53
He's in the yard with the hatchet.
04:58
Copy subjects in the front yard with the hatchet.
05:01
35, 10.
05:04
35, Sam.
05:05
Let's have a pyrmetic stage.
05:09
10.4.
05:14
25 and 50 and 1097.
05:18
10807.
05:19
10.8.15,
Police codes explained
The following codes appeared in the transcript and are explained below:
[1]
415: Disturbance or dispute, including domestic or verbal incidents, disturbing the peace.

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