By KAREN VELIE Two thieves stole a van from a church that they used to burglarize Mid Coast Mower and Saw in Atascadero on Saturday morning. After taking a van from the Lutheran Church of the Redeemer on El Camino... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo Police have identified the burglar who rammed his Prius into a Big 5 Sporting Goods store early Saturday morning as 25-year-old Michael Giovanni Benadiba. Shortly before 2 a.m., Benadiba crashed his Prius into the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE A 37-year-old Paso Robles man is facing criminal charges after tipsters identified him as a suspect in a string of vehicle burglaries in Pismo Beach and San Luis Obispo. In August, deputies received 23 vehicle burglary reports... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a suspect who intruded on a residential property in Summerland Tuesday morning while allegedly armed with a knife. Shortly after 9 a.m., a 911 caller reported a male intruder... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police officers caught one suspect, while another got away, after a residential burglary in the North County city on Sunday. Shortly after noon, a resident called 911 to report a burglary in progress in the... (Continue reading)
By KAREN VELIE An Arroyo Grande man is in jail after he allegedly burglarized a gas station in Missouri and then set the building on fire on Feb. 28. Early Tuesday morning, Marion County sheriff deputies responded to a fire... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Police officers arrested a man and woman from Santa Maria Tuesday morning who allegedly stole a Social Security card, license plate and catalytic converter from a single neighborhood in San Luis Obispo. Shortly before 5 a.m., a... (Continue reading)
A man who recently lost approximately $250,000 worth of silver to theft has gotten it all back, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. [Cal Coast Times] On Nov. 24, sheriff’s deputies took a burglary report from a... (Continue reading)
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Department deputies arrested a suspect in a Santa Maria tobacco store burglary on Friday after receiving a tip from a witness, according to the officials. [Cal Coast Times] Shortly before 2 a.m., the witness watched a... (Continue reading)
Deputies arrested a Lyft driver on Thursday for allegedly sexually assaulting an intoxicated woman and then burglarizing her Nipomo home, according to a San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department press release. [Cal Coast Times] Jason Lamont Fenwick , 51, faces... (Continue reading)