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Men try to rob SLO restaurant,find empty register

Written on 6 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Two men attempted to rob a downtown San Luis Obispo restaurant Monday evening but fled after finding an empty cash register. The suspects did succeed in evading capture, though, due in part to restaurant employees debating whether or not to... (Continue reading)

Police searching for suspect in Atascadero Walgreens robbery

Written on 27 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

A man wielding a handgun robbed the Atascadero Walgreens late Thursday evening. Shortly before midnight, while several other people were checking out, a man wearing a black sweatshirt pointed a gun at a store clerk and demanded cash. The clerk... (Continue reading)

Robbery reported outside Buffalo Wild Wings in SLO

Written on 25 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Update: Police arrested three suspects — each of whom is from the Sacramento area — in connection to the reported robbery in the Madonna Plaza Shopping Center. Two of the three suspects remain in San Luis Obispo County Jail on... (Continue reading)

Armed robbery at Nipomo Smoke Shop

Written on 14 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

For the third time in two weeks, a man wielding a handgun robbed a South County business. In each case, the suspect was described as a white man, about 6 feet tall with a medium build. On Saturday at about... (Continue reading)

Armed robbery at Sycamore Springs Resort

Written on 13 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man wielding a handgun robbed the Sycamore Springs Resort in Avila Beach Friday night. In a replay of a robbery at the Spyglass Inn in Pismo Beach a week earlier, officers searched for the robber but did not find... (Continue reading)

Teen Templeton home invasion suspect, nabbed for burglary

Written on 5 Aug, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

One of the teens, now being tried as an adult for a Templeton Home invasion, was identified by multiple CCN readers as a one of two burglars who robbed an Atascadero home in May. Levi Mattson, 16, of Atascadero has... (Continue reading)

Man robs Pismo Beach hotel and gets away

Written on 5 Aug, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A man wearing a white surgical mask and a black or dark-colored hoodie robbed the Spyglass Inn in Pismo Beach Thursday night. Officers responded to the scene and searched for the robber but did not find the suspect. [KSBY] Around... (Continue reading)

2 men beaten during Templeton home invasion

Written on 20 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested four suspects and are searching for a fifth following a home invasion robbery in Templeton early Wednesday morning. Shortly after 3 a.m., five suspects allegedly broke into a home in the 4700 block... (Continue reading)

SLO hotel robbed at gunpoint

Written on 27 Jun, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A man robbed a San Luis Obispo hotel at gunpoint Sunday night and fled with an undisclosed amount of cash. Police are still searching for the suspect. Around 10:30 p.m.,  a white male wearing a gray bandana covering his face... (Continue reading)

Man sentenced to 177 years for robbing and raping prostitutes

Written on 30 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A 52-year-old Santa Maria man was sentenced to more than 177 years in prison for raping and robbing women in San Luis Obispo County at gunpoint. His victims were prostitutes. [KSBY] On March 14, 2013, Gregory Arthur Erwin, a former... (Continue reading)