A 19-year-old woman was arrested for attempted murder Sunday after she stabbed an elderly woman with a pitchfork at a residence on Gato Avenue in Goleta.
Madeline Shaw of Santa Maria was visiting with her family at a nearby restaurant when she began exhibiting "disruptive behavior," according to Sheriff’s spokesperson Kelly Hoover. She was believed to be under the influence of methamphetamine.
A little while later at about 2:00 p.m., a resident on the 5600 block of Gato Avenue heard a noise on his roof and ran outside to discover Shaw holding a pitchfork that she had taken from his yard. She was waving it in a threatening manner, so the man ran inside and locked his door, Hoover said.