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Teens throw rocks off bridge in San Luis Obispo, break windshield

December 27, 2024

By KAREN VELIE

A group of four teens threw large rocks from a railroad bridge at cars driving on Tank Farm Road in San Luis Obispo on Dec. 20, breaking one windshield and then laughing at their victim.

At 6:15 p.m., Thomas Dugger was driving his Tesla on Tank Farm Road when a boulder from above hit his windshield, spraying glass shards on his clothes and car interior. While the rock made a bowl type indention in his front window, the boulder did not hit Dugger.

Four teens were standing on the bridge laughing at Dugger while he called 9-1-1. As the teens ran away heading west on Morning Glory Way, Dugger asked if he could run them down. The operator said no.

Officers arrived and took a report, but when Dugger asked if they were going to canvas the neighborhood to see if the teens were captured on surveillance videos, the officer said Dugger could canvas, he said.

Dugger is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone who gives information that leads to an arrest. He is asking people residing on Morning Glory Way to check their security footage from 6:15 p.m. to 6:40 p.m. on Dec. 20. Witnesses can contact Dugger through his email at thomasdugger1@gmail.com.

Earlier this year, two teenagers pleaded guilty to participating in a rock throwing spree in which a 20-year-old woman lost her life, three people were injured, and seven vehicles damaged in Colorado.

“A few inches and I would be dead,” Dugger said. “Police have done nothing, and the public must be informed of this.”

 


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This could be an attempted homicide charge. But the police do nothing because no one died? What is deterring these kids from doing this again?


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Not their parents, obviously.


12

SLO (Derek Johnson, Heidi Harmon, etc.) interviewed and chose the current SLOPD Chief for his no-harm policing model. He embraces and brags about his no-harm approach. The Tribune has written about it and praised him for it. If you want a more forceful approach to crime, get a new police chief.


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I am so sorry this happened. Perhaps some other motorists also were targeted and will come forward. He may also want to look at a few high school yearbooks to try to identify them. He will at a minimum need a police report to file an insurance claim.


27

Well, gosh, can you really expect Police officers making $150,000 salaries here in SLO, to actually, you know, do Police things?


Don’t get me wrong, I am a big supporter of law enforcement……IF they do the job they are being paid far too much for.


Says right on the side of every patrol vehicle: “SERVICE, PRIDE, INTEGRITY”. I am sure Mr. Dugger is curious, where those words fit in to his case.


42

When bums trespass on your property as long as you have paid the annual shakedown money to the city the police will come and nicely ask them to leave. That’s at least something


3

IF ACCURATE, the response of the SLOPD officer to this very dangerous threat which could have had fatal consequences is deplorable. These kids potentially are participating in psychopathic criminal behavior. There should be an intense effort to find these kids and teach them accountability and consequences before this escalates or is repeated. . It’s not a little deal, SLOPD Chief? Mayor?


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What the point of this then?


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3

In “the old days” when I was a kid, the cops would be at every door in the neighborhood. This is attempted murder and I hope that the police make an effort to find those teen delinquents.


43

That is a deadly game they are playing, and LE is being way too casual about it. The next time their victim may not be so lucky.


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