Judge to Aaron Ochs: ‘Your conduct is troubling’
August 25, 2017
A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge Wednesday admonished Los Osos blogger Aaron Ochs for “inappropriate” behavior and “troubling” conduct for his role as a regular online detractor of CalCoastNews, co-founder and reporter Karen Velie, and her family. [Cal Coast Times]
“You need to step back. Step away,” Judge Charles Crandall told Ochs at the conclusion of a restraining order hearing.
Crandall declined to extend a temporary restraining order originally obtained by Velie following a July 19 incident at the county courthouse.
Ochs admitted during testimony that he had photographed Velie in the courthouse in violation of court rules, and then closely followed Velie down a courthouse hallway while calling out the names of Velie’s daughters. Ochs said he was motivated to name the daughter’s because of information he garnered from a previous financial examination hearing regarding a judgment entered against Velie and reporter Dan Blackburn in a libel suit brought by Charles Tenborg.
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