Santa Barbara man busted attempting to have sex with teen
March 18, 2025
By KAREN VELIE
Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested a Santa Barbara man on Monday for arranging to meet with a minor for the purpose of lewd acts as part of a trap to catch pedophiles.
On Monday afternoon, deputies responded to the 6800-block of Hollister to meet with a reporting party who had been posing as a juvenile online. The reporting party had arranged to meet with a man wanting to engage in lewd acts with a juvenile.
Deputies took 34-year-old Adam Escarcega into custody and booked him in the Main Jail for soliciting a minor for lewd acts in lieu of $75,000 bail.
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