The Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office arrested two men in separate incidents on February 1 and 2, with both men alleged to have committed sex crimes against multiple minors. Both were the result of what Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Raquel Zick called “prolonged investigations” of sex crimes against minors.
Around 7 a.m. on February 1, detectives with the Sheriff’s Criminal Investigations Bureau arrested 21-year-old William James Trautwein Jr. at his residence on the 4200 block of Calle Real in Santa Barbara for sex crimes.
A statement released by the Sheriff’s Office stated that Trautwein was arrested for violations of sexual assault, assault with great bodily injury, unlawful sex with a minor, and possession of child pornography. Authorities are also asking for additional survivors to come forward.