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Gambling addiction leads to bank robbery?

Written on 4 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Investigators are looking at a Paso Robles man’s gambling addiction as a possible motive for his alleged robbery of a Cambria bank. [KSBY] Last Month, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Valentine at his Heritage Ranch home for the... (Continue reading)

Former deputy remains in jail on bank robbery charge

Written on 27 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Former Santa Barbara County sheriff’s deputy Bruce Valentine will remain in San Luis Obispo County on a bank robbery charge for at least two more weeks unless he can raise $250,000 bail. [Tribune] Valentine, 70, is charged with robbing Rabobank... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputy turned bank robber?

Written on 22 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The 70-year-old Paso Robles man arrested Wednesday for robbing a Cambria bank was a former Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputy. [KCOY] From 1969 to 1977, Bruce Valentine served as a deputy before leaving the department because of a non-service related... (Continue reading)

70-year-old man arrested for robbing Cambria bank

Written on 21 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A 70-year-old Paso Robles man was arrested on Wednesday morning for allegedly robbing a Rabobank in Cambria earlier this month. San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Bruce Valentine after serving a search warrant at Valentine’s Heritage Ranch home. On... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande community leader robs bank

Written on 19 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

The former president of the Arroyo Grande Rotary Club allegedly robbed a Wells Fargo Bank in Santa Maria on Saturday. Shortly after 9 a.m., Arthur McClay Watkins, wearing a ski mask and brandishing a handgun, entered the bank and demanded... (Continue reading)

Masked man robs Cambria bank

Written on 8 Nov, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies are looking for a man who held up the Rabobank on Main Street in Cambria at gunpoint on Thursday. At about 12:30 p.m., the robber wearing a Halloween mask covering his face and carrying... (Continue reading)

Bank robber sentenced to three years

Written on 18 Oct, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 32-year-old man who confessed to robbing two San Luis Obispo County banks was sentenced to three years in prison on Thursday. Facing a maximum sentence of 10 years, on June 12, Steven Celaya went to the police department and... (Continue reading)

Central Coast Bandit had bank robbery notes in her car

Written on 4 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Officers serving a search warrant the day after the arrest of the Central Coast Bandit discovered notes and clothing that tie the suspect to the robberies. Christina Padilla, 50, has been in jail since August 23 when several San Luis... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bandit robs Pismo Beach bank

Written on 15 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

The Central Coast Bandit robbed a Pismo Beach bank Wednesday, marking her fourth San Luis Obispo County bank robbery in the last six months. The Hispanic woman robbed the Pacific Western Bank on Oak Park Boulevard in Pismo Beach around... (Continue reading)

Another Atascadero bank robbery

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Atascadero Police are searching for a man who robbed the Coast Hills Federal Credit Union on Thursday shortly after 4 p.m. and his male getaway driver. Thursday’s robbery is the fifth in Atascadero and the ninth in San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)