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Seven injured in skirmish at Atascadero State Hospital

Written on 2 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Four employees and three patients of Atascadero State Hospital were injured in an altercation Tuesday. Officers arrested the three patients and transported them to the San Luis Obispo County Jail. At about 8:30 p.m., two patients tried to provoke other... (Continue reading)

Atascadero bank robber suspected in two other bank heists

Written on 22 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Working with the FBI, police in San Luis Obispo County have determine the two suspects arrested Thursday for robbing an Atascadero bank also robbed banks in Arroyo Grande and Pismo Beach. Last week, George Jessie Gonzalez of Santa Maria robbed... (Continue reading)

Atascadero considering sales tax hike

Written on 21 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

The Atascadero City Council will consider Tuesday whether or not to put a sales tax increase on the November ballot. City staff has proposed placing a half cent sales tax measure on the ballot. The ballot initiative would call for... (Continue reading)

Police identify alleged Atascadero bank robbers

Written on 21 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Atascadero police have identified the man and woman arrested for robbing Chase Bank on Thursday as George Jesie Gonzalez, of Santa Maria, and Tonya Michelle Young, of Paso Robles. Around 5:20 p.m. Thursday, a man walked into the Chase Bank... (Continue reading)

Alleged bank robber caught in Atascadero

Written on 18 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Atascadero police arrested two people Thursday for allegedly robbing Chase Bank. [KSBY] Around 5:20 p.m., a man walked into the Chase Bank in the 8000 block of El Camino Real, told a teller he had a gun and ran away... (Continue reading)

Former Central Coast police officer arrested for stealing medicine

Written on 10 Apr, 2014 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

A former officer with the Grover Beach and Atascadero police departments was arrested on burglary, elder abuse and possession of stolen property charges on March 31. Michael Glen South, 57, is accused of using his position as the security director... (Continue reading)

Central Coast pop-punk rocker arrested for child sex offences

Written on 23 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An Atascadero man, who is a former member of the pop-punk band New Found Glory, has been charged with seven felonies regarding his alleged contact with 14 and 15-year-old children he contacted online. [AlternativePress] On the same day in December... (Continue reading)

Red panda dies at Atascadero Zoo

Written on 3 Mar, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Atascadero Zoo workers found a young red panda curled up in a ball Saturday morning. It was dead. [Tribune] “It doesn’t have any wounds or show an obvious cause of death and appears to have just expired in its sleep,”... (Continue reading)

Former Atascadero police chief steps in for King City

Written on 28 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 38 comments

Dennis Hegwood, the former Atascadero police chief who was terminated shortly after being cleared of rape charges, took the helm of the King City Police Department as interim chief late Wednesday. King City Attorney Roy Hanley said that Hegwood, who... (Continue reading)

Couple arrested for string of Atascadero burglaries

Written on 27 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Atascadero police arrested a couple earlier this month for committing a string of burglaries last year. Between August and December, four residential burglaries occurred in Atascadero, in which thieves nabbed jewelry and electronics from residents’ homes while they slept. The... (Continue reading)