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Two men convicted of pimping teen in Santa Maria

Written on 19 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Santa Barbara County jury convicted two men of pimping a 16-year-old girl whom they advertised on Craigslist as a 20-year-old. The victim had sex with customers, as well as with both of the defendants. Humberto Carranza, 24, met the... (Continue reading)

School police officer accused of child sex trafficking

Written on 27 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

Investigators arrested a police officer employed by the Los Angeles Unified School District on Wednesday for sex trafficking of a child. On April 20, Mauricio Edgardo Estrada, 28, responded to a Craigslist ad offering sex with children for money.What Estrada... (Continue reading)

Target of Los Osos contract killing plot files lawsuit

Written on 27 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A Los Osos businessman harassed and then attempted to kill his former employee after the man started a competing company, according to a lawsuit filed in San Luis Obsipo Superior Court last week.The harassment included a Craigslist advertising the former... (Continue reading)

Cayucos firefighter convicted of rape, human trafficking

Written on 5 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury has convicted former Cayucos firefighter Oscar Higueros Jr. of 25 crimes, including forcible rape and human trafficking of a minor by force or fear. The crimes stem from Higueros’s relationship with a then-17-year-old Los Osos... (Continue reading)

Man who pimped Los Osos teen sentenced to decades

Written on 6 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A 40-year-old man convicted of raping and pimping a Los Osos teen received a prison sentence of more than 60 years. [Tribune] Richard Scott Brooks met the then-17-year-old girl on Craigslist in July 2014. Brooks had sexual relations with her... (Continue reading)

San Luis Jazz Band leader pleads guilty to extortion

Written on 19 Nov, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 13 comments

BY KAREN VELIE The leader of the San Luis Jazz Band plead guilty last month to three counts of extortion against his wife. Mitch Latting, 66, is scheduled to be sentenced by San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Jacquelyn... (Continue reading)

Sex videos played at rape trial

Written on 3 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Prosecutors played a video of a 40-year-old San Francisco man having sex with a Los Osos teen he allegedly met on Craigslist during a trial Monday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. The screen was positioned so that jurors could... (Continue reading)

Report sex offender on Craigslist, win cash prize

Written on 20 Jul, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

The San Luis Obispo Police Department and SLO County nonprofit Crime Stoppers have issued a cash reward to a tipster who reported a Craigslist post containing a photograph of a man’s genitalia and a message soliciting “young girls” for sexual... (Continue reading)

SLO’s sex offender on Craigslist dodges prison stint

Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A registered sex offender who used Craigslist to solicit sex with underage women in San Luis Obispo received a six-month jail sentence after accepting a plea deal on Monday. Robert George Roe, 55, pleaded no contest to a single felony... (Continue reading)

DA charges SLO Craigslist user for seeking sex with minors

Written on 7 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Two days after San Luis Obispo police arrested a 55-year-old sex offender for soliciting sex with a minor, the county district attorney’s office filed charges against the man. On Wednesday, police found Robert George Roe naked in a San Luis... (Continue reading)