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Trio of gang members arrested for Paso Robles crime spree

Written on 30 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

Paso Robles police detectives arrested three believed gang members for a series of crimes between the evenings of August 22 and August 24. During that span, victims reported three incidents which included assaults, knife attacks, a robbery and a carjacking,... (Continue reading)

SLO man kept $50,000 in drugs by elementary school

Written on 29 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A probation search of the home of a man living near a San Luis Obispo elementary school netted approximately $50,000 in drugs Tuesday. Detectives from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit searched the home of Anthony Wong, 26,... (Continue reading)

SLO man robs Rite Aid for pair of headphones

Written on 27 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A San Luis Obispo man threatened Rite Aid employees with a knife Monday in order to steal a pair of stereo headphones. Douglas Hunt, 34, used a knife to remove a security device from a pair of stereo headphones around... (Continue reading)

Officers nab Central Coast Bandit

Written on 24 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Police arrested a woman on Friday they suspect is the Central Coast Bandit, a prolific bandit responsible for six bank robberies since December. At about 5 p.m., a woman who resembled the Central Coast bandit entered the Golden 1 Credit... (Continue reading)

SLO offender arrested for soliciting sex from minors

Written on 23 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a registered sex offender Thursday for soliciting sex from two minors. [Tribune] Michael George Johnson, 49, allegedly attempted to solicit sex from two social acquaintances and dissuade them from reporting themselves as victims. Johnson, whose... (Continue reading)

Man shines laser at CHP chopper over San Miguel

Written on 22 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

San Luis Obispo County sheriff’s deputies arrested a man in San Miguel Tuesday night for shining a laser into the cockpit of a California Highway Patrol helicopter. [KSBY] The CHP helicopter crew noticed the high-intensity green laser around 10:15 p.m.... (Continue reading)

CCN reporter arrested on DUI charge for .06 blood alcohol level

Written on 21 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 418 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN CalCoastNews reporter and co-founder Karen Velie was taken into custody on Aug. 13 after a San Luis Obispo police officer arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Josh Walsh placed Velie... (Continue reading)

Third Morro Bay burglary suspect arrested

Written on 20 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested the third suspect in a Morro Bay home invasion Sunday. Following an apartment burglary in Morro Bay around 5 a.m. Sunday, police were searching for McKinley Ray Thomas. Along with a Morro Bay... (Continue reading)

Two arrested in fatal hit-and-run

Written on 19 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Sheriff’s deputies captured two men fleeing from the scene of a fatal hit-and-run incident Saturday in Shandon after an intensive air and ground search. Vincente Muniz Montes, 38, of Shandon, is reported by officials to have been driving a 1994... (Continue reading)

SLO vandal leaves multi-block blood trail

Written on 18 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A 21-year-old San Luis Obispo man was arrested for vandalism Sunday morning after he bled profusely on private and public property. After a heavy night of drinking, Matthew Faura punched out a window on Broad Street causing a deep laceration... (Continue reading)