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Lompoc attempted murder suspect arrested in Seattle

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

By KAREN VELIE FBI agents arrested a suspect on Friday who allegedly shot a woman in Lompoc more than five months ago. The victim survived the shooting. On July 9, 2024, 46-year-old Paul Felix Pina Jr. allegedly shot the woman... (Continue reading)

Lompoc police arrest stabbing suspect, $2 million bail

Written on 14 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE Lompoc police arrested a man on Wednesday afternoon who is suspected of a brutal stabbing last week. On Nov. 8, a caller reported a stabbing on V Street. Officers arrived to find a man with multiple stab... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria police arrest attempted murder suspect

Written on 26 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Maria police officers arrested an attempted murder suspect on Thursday following a more than one-month investigation. On Sept. 18, a caller reported a shooting in an alley behind a business in the 1900 block of South... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria Courthouse bomber charged with attempted murder

Written on 1 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE The 20-year-old man who set off a bomb injuring five people at the Santa Maria Courthouse is facing 10 additional charges including attempted murder, according to the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office. Nathaniel McGuire went to... (Continue reading)

Trial for attempted murder of Pismo Beach officer ends, jury deliberating

Written on 16 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Jurors in the case of a man accused of attempting to murder a Pismo Beach police officer began deliberations on Friday, and must now decide the fate of 48-year-old Charles Ammons With charges pending from another arrest,... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo County crime spree shooter sentenced to 54 years to life

Written on 12 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A judge has sentenced the man who shot two people during a crime spree in San Luis Obispo County last August to 54 years to life in prison. Joshua Arnold, 42, of Visalia’s crime spree included two... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach man accused of attempting to kill his mother

Written on 15 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 45-year-old Grover Beach man is facing attempted murder charges after he threatened to kill and strangled his 72-year-old mother earlier this week. On Sep 12, Mark Foulks Jones IV attacked his mother, strangling her until near... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara County detectives arrest four suspects for attempted murder

Written on 9 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Sheriff’s detectives arrested four suspects on Wednesday on attempted murder charges over a fight in unincorporated Santa Barbara last week that left a man hospitalized with serious injuries.  At about 3:30 p.m. on June 2, a fight... (Continue reading)

Teen shoots juvenile following nasty breakup

Written on 1 Jan, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Atascadero police arrested a teenager suspected of threatening his former girlfriend and then shooting a male juvenile outside the former girlfriend’s home early Saturday morning, police said. At 3:28 a.m. on New Years Day, a female juvenile... (Continue reading)

Man arrested in Texas for 2010 Grover Beach machete attack

Written on 21 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

After more than six years on the run, a man who allegedly carried out a bloody machete attack in Grover Beach is now sitting in San Luis Obispo County Jail. Damaso Labra, 41, was arrested in Texas. Around 9:30 on... (Continue reading)