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Couple with dead body in car arrested for child endangerment

Written on 17 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

  San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested the man and woman who were found with a dead body inside their SUV in Cayucos. However, it remains unclear how the deceased person died and how his body ended up... (Continue reading)

Judges rule that lying in court is bad

Written on 14 Jan, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

For 16 years, attorneys for Orange County have argued that social workers who lied to a judge in order to remove children from their mother, were unaware that perjury and providing false evidence was wrong. That was before the U.S.... (Continue reading)

California foster parents, Native Americans battle over child

Written on 22 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Social workers removed a 6-year-old girl from a Southern California home on Monday as the child’s foster parents and a crowd of supporters protested the move. A court order stated the girl’s Native American blood required social workers to place... (Continue reading)

San Miguel man allegedly molested girls as young as 1

Written on 26 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A 58-year-old San Miguel man, whom deputies arrested earlier this month on child molestation charges, allegedly molested a total of at least 12 girls. The victims ranged in age from one to 12 years old, according to the San Luis... (Continue reading)

Dollars or sense for Carroll family children?

Written on 3 Aug, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 60 comments

By KAREN VELIE and DANIEL BLACKBURN Editor’s Note: This is the last of a three-part exclusive series detailing how three children were taken from their parents and placed in a home with a man now accused of sexual assault. Find... (Continue reading)

Do social services agencies promote drugging children?

Written on 28 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Amid demands for foster care reform, the Bay Area News Group has been documenting the alarming use of medications allegedly used to control foster children through sedation. Bay area reporters interviewed 175 people, including dozens of current and former foster... (Continue reading)

CPS sued for kidnaping children

Written on 22 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A lawsuit filed Dec. 12 says Riverside County Child Protective Services staff have made a habit of kidnapping children. Attorney Shawn McMillan, who specializes in civil rights cases against child protection agencies, said he uncovered an alarming trend about a... (Continue reading)

Atascadero baby tests positive for cocaine

Written on 24 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

An Atascadero man was arrested for child cruelty after his 7-month-old son tested positive for cocaine. After receiving a tip that Billy Lee Remick, 26, had attempted to illegally ship 559 grams of marijuana through the mail, San Luis Obispo... (Continue reading)

Lompoc foster mother arrested for child abuse

Written on 6 May, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

Lompoc police arrested a 37-year-old woman last week for physically abusing a boy she was raising as a foster child. [KEYT] A week ago, Santa Barbara County Child Welfare Services received a tip about physical abuse of a 9-year-old boy... (Continue reading)