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Candidate for this week’s dumbest criminal in San Luis Obispo

Written on 8 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officers arrested an armed, wanted man transporting a large amount of fentanyl in a vehicle without a front license plate in San Luis Obispo on Wednesday. Both the driver and his female passenger remain in custody. On... (Continue reading)

Four arrested during property inspection in Lompoc

Written on 30 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE During a building code inspection of two properties in Lompoc on Wednesday morning, officers arrested four people. The two residential properties, located at 438 South J Street and 215 West Locust Avenue in Lompoc, had previously been... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist killed in crash in Nipomo, truck driver charged

Written on 24 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 37-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a crash with a green pickup truck in Nipomo on Tuesday afternoon. The truck driver who fled the scene is in jail. Shortly after 4 p.m., Genaro CortezBeltran, 36, was driving... (Continue reading)

Man fondles three young girls at Orcutt Dollar Tree, arrested

Written on 23 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE Officers arrested a Santa Maria man last week who allegedly grabbed the buttocks of three young girls at the Orcutt Dollar Tree in August and September. On Aug. 21, a caller reported a man had grabbed the... (Continue reading)

Seven arrested during probation, parole sting in Paso Robles

Written on 13 Apr, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Law enforcement officers arrested seven people during a probation and parole sting on Friday in Paso Robles. Along with probation and parole officers, Paso Robles police officers contacted 20 people during a sting focused on offender accountability... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles man charged with vehicular manslaughter

Written on 12 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE CHP officers identified the 20-year-old man who crashed a car on Monday killing one person and injuring two others as Angel Melquiades Ramos of Paso Robles. Ramos fled the scene before officers arrived. Ramos, who is currently... (Continue reading)

Elderly woman killed in murder-for-hire in Montecito, suspects arrested

Written on 8 Mar, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VEIE Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown announced on Thursday the arrests of four people suspected of participating in a murder-for-hire scheme that led to the death of a 96-year-old Montecito woman. On May 22, 2022, a caretaker... (Continue reading)

Sheriff identifies Avila Beach burglary suspect

Written on 7 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man arrested March 5 after he allegedly burglarized a residence in Avila Beach as 44-year-old Louis Elvenway Spear. Shortly after 3 p.m. on March 5, deputies responded to... (Continue reading)

SLO County alleged embezzler’s diversion program terminated

Written on 29 Feb, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 8 comments

By KAREN VELIE More than eight months after he was arrested for resisting an officer, the former San Luis Obispo County employee currently battling 12 felony embezzlement charges is also facing a misdemeanor resisting charge. On June, 24, 2023, sheriff... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man charged with selling black market cannabis

Written on 26 Jan, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Barbara County sheriff deputies arrested a Santa Maria man on Thursday while also seizing nearly 100 pounds of black market cannabis flower from a home on S. Smith Street. During the early morning raid, detectives seized... (Continue reading)