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Former Cal Poly football player sentenced to five years in prison

Written on 12 Jul, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A former Cal Poly football player was sentenced to five years and two months in prison for trying to rob a San Luis Obispo fraternity house at gunpoint. The former wide receiver faced a minimum sentence of 4.5 years and... (Continue reading)

Point man in Cal Poly frat robbery takes plea deal

Written on 12 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A former Cal Poly football player faces a minimum sentence of 4.5 years in prison for trying to rob a San Luis Obispo fraternity house at gunpoint. The former wide receiver pleaded no contest to several felonies on Wednesday. Cameron... (Continue reading)

Former Cal Poly player gets year in jail for robbery plan

Written on 17 Sep, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A former Cal Poly football player will receive a one-year jail sentence for his role in the alleged robbery of a San Luis Obispo fraternity house. [Tribune] Dominique Love, 20, is the third former Cal Poly player to plead to... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly to pay $480,000 to rid Moriarty’s name from scoreboard

Written on 20 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Cal Poly has agreed to pay $480,000 to remove Ponzi scheme architect Al Moriarty’s name from the scoreboard of the university’s football stadium. The funds from the settlement will come from the Cal Poly Foundation, not tuition money, according to... (Continue reading)

Did Cal Poly’s coach help police arrest his star player?

Written on 14 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Cal Poly head football coach Tim Walsh became a “state actor” and actively helped San Luis Obispo police arrest his star running back, according to a motion filed in the court case over an attempted robbery of a university fraternity... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly cuts ties with fraternity targeted in robbery

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Cal Poly officials have cut ties with the fraternity targeted by members of the university’s football team who allegedly tried to hold up the frat house for drugs and cash. [Mustang News] The university announced Wednesday that it is disaffiliating... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly sacks football player, may have been illegal procedure

Written on 2 May, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 37 comments

EDITOR’S NOTE: A letter from Marvin Abou’s landlord and the university’s response are at the end of this story. By CCN STAFF The suspension of a 22-year-old Cal Poly student athlete within hours of his arrest on suspicion of felony... (Continue reading)

Ex-Cal Poly football player pleads in frat robbery case

Written on 23 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

One of the five former Cal Poly football players accused of attempting to rob a fraternity house last year has accepted a plea deal that will keep him out of jail. [Tribune] Cortland Josiah Fort, whom prosecutors accused of being... (Continue reading)

Trial looms for Cal Poly football players

Written on 16 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to bring to trial all five former Cal Poly football players accused of involvement in an attempted frat house robbery last August. Cameron Akins, 19, is accused of holding... (Continue reading)

Testimony of tears and pot sales in Cal Poly football case

Written on 14 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

One suspect cried when he heard there was a gun and another admitted to talk of a plan to rob a marijuana salesman, a San Luis Obispo police detective testified Tuesday in a court hearing for former Cal Poly football... (Continue reading)