A Santa Barbara woman who was caught on camera harassing a Latino builder for being ‘Tijuanan’ and threatening a taco street vendor has been charged with battery and criminal trespass.

Jeanne Umana, 74,  sparked outrage last month after she was first filmed harassing Luis Cervantes on a construction site.

Cervantes had asked the former University of California-Santa Barbara law professor to leave the private area, prompting an outburst in which she told him: ‘I live here. I’m an American, you’re a Tijuanan’. Her behavior resulted in a huge protest in the community.

More recently, another video surfaced showing her going after another Latino man and referring to him as ‘an illegal crook.’ On both occasions, Umana purported to be with the local police, something which they categorically denied.

Now, the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office has confirmed it is pressing charges over the incidents, however they are not pursuing any hate crime offenses despite a public outcry.

Jeanne Umana is facing charges of trespassing and battery after she was filmed harassing two different Latino men in heated encounters

Jeanne Umana is facing charges of trespassing and battery after she was filmed harassing two different Latino men in heated encounters

Jeanne Umana is facing charges of trespassing and battery after she was filmed harassing two different Latino men in heated encounters

The 74-year-old lashed out at construction worker Luis Cervantes after he pointed out the site was private property and she needed to leave

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Jennifer Karapetian, Santa Barbara’s chief deputy district attorney, told the LA Times: ‘Based on the evidence that we have at this point, we filed the charges we believed we could prove to a jury of 12 people beyond a reasonable doubt.’

The DA first began considering charges after Umana’s initial September 16 tirade against Cervantes went viral.

In the clip, she is seen wandering around the construction site before Cervantes tells her she can’t be there as it is private property.

Umana bluntly states: ‘I work for the police so that’s okay. You’re working here you’re not based out here is that correct?’

Cervantes reminds her again she is on private property and she begins to walk away before turning and retorting: ‘That’s fine, I’ve reported you already. I have a right to find out who my neighbors are.’

Cervantes again says she does not have permission and that he can call the cops, prompting Umana to reply sarcastically, ‘Oh arrest me’.

As she turns to leave, she spins around again and says: ‘I live here. I’m an American, you’re a Tijuanan.’

Cervantes then calls her out for being ‘racist’. She turns around again and fumes: ‘I am very much against people who break out laws’ before lunging towards the camera.

The former University of California Santa Barbara professor was then filmed berating a Latino street food vendor by calling him a 'crook' and 'illegal'

The former University of California Santa Barbara professor was then filmed berating a Latino street food vendor by calling him a 'crook' and 'illegal'

The former University of California Santa Barbara professor was then filmed berating a Latino street food vendor by calling him a ‘crook’ and ‘illegal’

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Cervanted told News Channel 3-12 that Umana swore at him and threatened to call immigration agents.

He explained he tried to remain polite. He said: ‘I said good morning, have a wonderful day and I closed my window and went to work my work.’

Umana later told the LA Times that she had gone to the construction site to report a speeding vehicle and illegal parking.

‘I am truly sorry that this got out of hand, and I regret making statements like that, because I said them in the heat of the moment,’ she told the Times.

‘They were not measured, and whatever I might feel, I don’t have the right to take it out on anybody else. But unfortunately, I lost control.’ 

However, a second incident has emerged, which apparently took place before the altercation with Cervantes.

In that video, she is heard berating a street food vendor named Antonio and threatening to report him to police.

She tells him: ‘You’re illegal, you’re selling food that is going to make people sick. The city is arresting people doing that now, they don’t want you here. They want you out.’

Umana pretended to work for the police on both occasions and threatened to report the men to the authorities. The police have since denied she has any affiliation to the force.

Umana pretended to work for the police on both occasions and threatened to report the men to the authorities. The police have since denied she has any affiliation to the force.

Umana pretended to work for the police on both occasions and threatened to report the men to the authorities. The police have since denied she has any affiliation to the force.

She then falsely claims that she works for the police’s public relations team. She says she has reported him and tells him: ‘Because you’re a crook, you’re an illegal crook.’

She continues ranting: ‘I thought you could speak English, you don’t speak English, you’re a liar. Put your things on the truck.’ 

Santa Barbara police have since confirmed that Umana has no affiliation to the force, and said it ‘does not condone her behavior.’

A release from the cops confirmed Umana has been charged with battery and trespass. The case is scheduled for arraignment on November 30, in the Santa Barbara Superior Court. 

City Councilman Oscar Gutierrez branded Umana’s behavior ‘criminal’. He told the LA Times: ‘The audacity she had to feel like she could represent the people on that level, and then for her to go out and attack people of color, is just beyond obscene.’

He also expressed disappointment the DA stopped short of pursuing hate crime charges. 

Activist Alex Enamorado, who led protests in the community in response to the first video of Umana, agreed. He said: ‘It feels that [the D.A.] gave us nothing.’

Enamorado led hundreds of demonstrators who shut down an intersection before marching to the police station.

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