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Wal-Mart to build a store in Atascadero

Written on 13 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

Wal-Mart announced Thursday that it will move forward with plans to build an 118,000 square-foot shopping center in northern Atascadero. After seven years of contentious debate, the project was approved by the Atascadero City Council in 2012. However, a group... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man ruled sane at time of murder

Written on 11 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The insanity defense did not succeed in the murder trial of an Atascadero man who shot and killed his neighbor. On Tuesday afternoon, a San Luis Obispo jury ruled that Mark Andrews, 51, was sane when he killed Colleen Barga-Millbury,... (Continue reading)

Second Atascadero man arrested for molly overdoses

Written on 8 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A second Wesleyan University in Connecticut student from Atascadero was arrested for his role in the molly overdoses which led to 11 students being hospitalized last month. [Gothamist] Abhimanyu Janamanchi, 21, turned himself in on Friday in connection to the... (Continue reading)

Psychologists split over Atascadero killer’s sanity

Written on 5 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Psychologists disagree over whether an Atascadero man was legally sane when he killed his neighbor. [KSBY] Last week, a San Luis Obispo County jury found Mark Andrews, 51, guilty of first degree murder. Andrews shot and killed Colleen Barga-Millbury, 52,... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man found guilty of murder

Written on 27 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury found an Atascadero man guilty of first degree murder on Friday. Mark Andrews, 51, murdered Colleen Marie Barga-Millbury, 52, in May 2013. He pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. On March 2, Andrews’... (Continue reading)

Did God tell Atascadero man to kill his neighbor?

Written on 27 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

An assertion that God commanded an Atascadero man to kill his neighbor highlighted Thursday’s closing arguments in the murder trial of Mark Andrews. [KSBY] Andrews, 51, is accused of murdering Colleen Marie Barga-Millbury, 52, in May 2013. The Atascadero man... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man busted for bad drug batch

Written on 25 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

An Atascadero man who attends Wesleyan University in Connecticut is one of four students facing charges in connection with a batch of the party drug Molly that sent 12 people to the hospital. [LA Times] Andrew Olson, 20, faces two... (Continue reading)

Atascadero murder suspect believes he’s a werewolf

Written on 25 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

An Atascadero man accused of murdering his neighbor has believed for 20 years that he is a werewolf, a psychologist testified Tuesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. [KSBY] Mark Andrews, 51, is accused of killing his neighbor Colleen Marie... (Continue reading)

Kelly Gearhart’s sentencing hearing delayed again

Written on 23 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The sentencing hearing for former Atascadero developer Kelly Gearhart has been changed three times in the past month and is currently set for June 1. In May, Gearhart pleaded guilty to two counts of wire fraud and one count of... (Continue reading)

Dead body found at Atascadero motel

Written on 19 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A housekeeper at the Atascadero Motel 6 found the body of a man who may have committed suicide, police said. Shortly before 11 a.m., staff at the Motel 6 on El Camino Real reported finding the body. Officers then spent... (Continue reading)