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Grover Beach police use drone to track down stolen vehicle

Written on 4 Sep, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach Police Department personnel on Wednesday used a drone to help track down a stolen vehicle and arrest an auto theft suspect. Police learned of a reported stolen vehicle entering Grover Beach. Dispatchers directed officers to... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police use drone to catch auto theft suspect

Written on 14 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Amid a surge in stolen vehicle cases, Grover Beach police officers used an infrared drone to track down an auto theft suspect who was hiding out overnight last weekend. Grover Beach officers have recovered three stolen vehicles... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police recover stolen vehicle

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

By KAREN VELIE Grover Beach police officers tracked down a stolen vehicle Wednesday evening and arrested a woman who was inside the car.  Police located a BMW convertible that had been reported stolen in Atascadero. Officers stopped the car as... (Continue reading)

Patient carjacks ambulance and leads police on chase

Written on 17 Dec, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

In a bizarre sequence of events on Sunday, a man went from being strapped to a gurney and on his way to the hospital to leading Southern California law enforcement on a nearly 70-mile chase in a stolen ambulance. Along... (Continue reading)

SLO thief returns a second time to steal military truck, gets caught

Written on 26 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A thief who stole a 1970 military troop carrier in San Luis Obispo and then returned it got caught in the act as he tried to steal the large truck again Thursday morning. [KSBY] The truck, owned by Central Coast... (Continue reading)

Military vehicle snatched from SLO parking lot, then returned

Written on 25 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A suspect or suspects stole a 1970 military troop carrier that was parked in a San Luis Obispo parking lot Wednesday evening, then later returned the large vehicle as officers were searching for it, according to the San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Thieves snatch two vehicles from Atascadero car dealer

Written on 23 Oct, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A group of thieves stole two Ford pickup trucks from an Atascadero car lot on Saturday, according to the city’s police department. [Cal Coast Times] The Atascadero Police Department has released surveillance footage of four suspects — three men and... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest serial burglar and car thief

Written on 26 Aug, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

The arrest of a Paso Robles man for driving a stolen car led to information on multiple car thefts and home burglaries. [Cal Coast Times] On Aug. 24, detectives with the San Luis Obispo County Auto Theft Task Force pulled... (Continue reading)

Man breaks into SLO homes, stun guns 69-year-old

Written on 28 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A possible serial thief from Oceano was caught breaking into two different homes in San Luis Obispo Sunday morning. The suspect pulled a knife on the first resident and deployed a stun gun on a 69-year-old man in the second... (Continue reading)

Intoxicated teen steals car at Mid-State Fair, crashes and injures other driver

Written on 26 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Update: The CHP says it was a 17-year-old teen who stole a Pontiac car from the Mid-State Fair lot and crashed into a Ford Explorer. Prior to the collision, two CHP officers at the fair grounds were alerted to the... (Continue reading)