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ASH assaults continue in new year

Written on 18 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Patients have injured seven employees at Atascadero State Hospital in the first two weeks of 2013. [Tribune] An attack Monday resulted in employees suffering scratches, bruises and muscle strains. A police officer also sustained an injury in the patient assault... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputy assault was family affair

Written on 17 Jan, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 38 comments

By KAREN VELIE Driving from a celebration at a local church, donning a dress shirt and tie, a 5 foot 3 inch Nipomo man was not worried when a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputy pulled behind the car he... (Continue reading)

Women punched in the face and spit on in downtown SLO

Written on 11 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 59 comments

A currently unidentified man punched a woman in the face and spit on two other women in downtown San Luis Obispo Friday. The assailant, described by each of the three women as a white man in his 50s, first punched... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man stabs EMT in the back

Written on 9 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

An Arroyo Grande man who called 911 to request medical assistance for his elderly mother, became agitated and stabbed an EMT in the back Tuesday evening. A standoff ensued as Thomas Kadota, 38, took refuge in a home on Left... (Continue reading)

Los Osos feud escalates to stabbing

Written on 30 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A long-standing feud led to a 58-year-old man stabbing and slashing a Los Osos man multiple times on Sunday. Edward Tolosko allegedly broke into the victim’s home at 3205 Clark Valley Road at about 12:55 p.m. and accosted him with... (Continue reading)

ASH employees violently assaulted

Written on 20 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

An Atascadero State Hospital patient spent the night in San Luis Obispo County Jail following a violent assault on two ASH employees that left one in the hospital. Two psychology technicians were attempting to break up an altercation involving two... (Continue reading)

ASH fined for assaults on employees

Written on 30 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

The California Division of Occupational Safety and Health fined Atascadero State Hospital $27,000 for an ongoing pattern of patient assaults on employees. A Cal/OSHA investigation determined that from January to September patients caused an average of 10 injuries per month... (Continue reading)

Young San Luis Obispo man falsely charged?

Written on 29 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 23 comments

OPINION By JIM GRIFFIN A good-hearted young man, active for economic and social rights for all here in San Luis Obispo, Austin Sarna (nickname Smokie), has been charged by the SLO police and the SLO County District Attorney with attempted... (Continue reading)

Man throws tirade in downtown SLO salon

Written on 28 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo man entered a downtown salon Tuesday evening and threw products, chairs and display items all around the business. Police first received a call about Samuel Dabill, 33, around 9 p.m. when witnesses reported seeing a man... (Continue reading)

Ether rapist sentenced to 156 years

Written on 16 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

An inmate charged with being the “Ether rapist” was sentenced this month to 156 years in prison after pleading guilty to nine charges of rape. Howard Bruce was serving a 64-year sentence for attempting to blow up a police officer’s... (Continue reading)