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Feds seize 9 tons of pot

Written on 26 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Federal custom officials seized nine tons of marijuana they discovered inside a tractor-trailer at the Otay Mesa border crossing, officials announced Friday. On Tuesday, an x-ray search showed the trailer was packed with bricks of marijuana. The pot has an... (Continue reading)

Stolen vehicle investigation leads to 6 arrests

Written on 24 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

A traffic stop by Grover Beach Police on Wednesday led to the arrest of six people for a variety of crimes including car theft, possession of burglary tools and giving a false name to an officer. When two occupants of... (Continue reading)

Woman sexually assaulted at county mental health

Written on 17 Nov, 2011 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 43 comments

The depressed and the mentally ill in crisis go to San Luis Obispo County’s mental health impatient facility expecting a safe haven, not a 14 patient ward wrought with sexual assaults and beatings. A registered sex offender high on cocaine held... (Continue reading)

CSU raises tuition 9% amid student protests

Written on 17 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

California State University trustees voted to raise tuition by 9 percent on Wednesday, while outside the system’s Long Beach headquarters CSU police violently clashed with protesters. [SanFranciscoChronicle] Police used pepper spray on student protesters. In the end, a glass entry... (Continue reading)

Transient attempts to burn Virgin Mary statue

Written on 16 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A transient allegedly attempted to burn a statue of the Virgin Mary at the San Luis Obispo Mission shortly after morning mass on Tuesday. Surveillance video shows Daniel Pettigrew, 24, trying to start a fire at the base of the... (Continue reading)

Three arrested for mailbox thefts

Written on 15 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

Police officers arrested three Bakersfield residents on Monday for allegedly breaking into and taking mail from outdoor mailboxes at two post offices in San Luis Obispo. [Tribune] Responding to a 911 call, police stopped a vehicle near the post office... (Continue reading)

Man held hostage and assaulted in California Valley

Written on 12 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Two men allegedly held a man hostage for several days while they assaulted him with a hammer and stabbed him with a fork at the victim’s home on the 13000 block of Camarillo Road in California Valley, according to a... (Continue reading)

Woman accused of trying to buy a car with food stamps

Written on 10 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Deputies arrested a Solvang woman for welfare fraud on Tuesday because she allegedly tried to buy a car with food stamps, according to a press release by the Santa Barbara District Attorney’s office. The arrest followed a two-week investigation. Krystal... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande girl died, brother arrested

Written on 9 Nov, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 31 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Grover Beach man after his 17-year-old sister died from drugs he allegedly gave her. Theo Evan Macey, 27, allegedly provided his sister methadone. She was found dead on the morning of May... (Continue reading)

Dumb criminal of the month, tardy officer

Written on 31 Oct, 2011 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A Florida Highway Patrol trooper chased a speeding vehicle Oct. 11 as it weaved through traffic at speeds of 120 miles an hour, reporting to dispatchers that her quarry was a Miami police car. [Miami Herald] When the chase ended... (Continue reading)