Man pleads not guilty to electronic peeping

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a 90% chance of precipitation at night and a 70% chance during the day.

The forecast for UCSB includes showers with a low of 39 and a high of 53, with a 90% chance of precipitation at night and a 70% chance during the day.

Lompoc’s forecast includes showers with a low of 41 and a high of 51 with a 100% chance of precipitation at night and a 70% chance during the day.

The forecast for Santa Maria includes showers with a low of 39 and a high of 50 with a 100% chance of precipitation at night crews to do the work as needed without permission, staff said.

“It would make it easier,”

Associate Planner Nicole Hernandez said. “Either way, the parkway is going to be protected. I think we can reach that goal with that designation” while still restricting the status to the parkway alone.

The council sided with staff.

Although she hesitated to go against a unanimous HLC vote, Councilmember Kristen Sneddon said she would support staff’s position.

“Our priority is preserving the parkway in its current state,” she said. “But we need to maintain the roads for current uses.”

She and other council members then enthusiastically endorsed conferring city landmark status on the State Street Parkway.

‘I’m fully in support of this,” Councilmember Mike Jordan said.

“I’m supporting staff’s recommendation 100 percent,” Councilmember Eric Friedman added. “Our intent is to protect the parkway. We don’t have to do the roads.”

He described the parkway section of State Street as “an oasis” situated in between two developed commercial areas of State, echoing a comment made earlier by a public speaker.

“It’s important we do this,” he said.

Mayor

Randy Rowse

orders Justin Obinna

Asinobi, 22, not to have contact with his alleged victims

By NEIL HARTSTEIN NEWS-PRESS STAFF WRITER

A man accused of hiding a camera to spy on more than two dozen people to film them in various stages of undress pleaded not guilty Monday to 26 misdemeanor counts of unlawful electronic peeping, prosecutors said.

Justin Obinna Asinobi, 22, was supposed to be arraigned Friday, but the proceeding was continued until Monday when he entered his not guilty pleas, Supervising Deputy District Attorney Jennifer Karapetian told the News-Press.

“The case was assigned for a readiness or settlement conference on 3/8 …,” she said.

Last week, Judge Raimundo Montes de Oca set Mr. Asinobi’s bail at $200,000 and ordered him to not have any contact with his alleged victims, stay out of Isla Vista and be subject to GPS monitoring.

A case involving electronic peeping was initially reported in 2022, and as a result, the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office conducted an almost yearlong investigation into the allegations, Prosecutor Karapetian said.

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