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Atascadero’s Sunken Gardens rife with crime

Written on 10 Sep, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 59 comments

OPINION By DR. JASON PAMBRUN I read “Atascadero police accused of illegal searches” and felt compelled to comment directly. It’s really a shame CalCoastNews didn’t find the time to interview some of us who work every day in the Sunken... (Continue reading)

Mission Prep athletic director target of anti-gay vandalism

Written on 15 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 42 comments

Two acts of vandalism that targeted the gay athletic director of Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School in San Luis Obispo are being investigated as hate crimes. [Tribune] In April 26, gay athletic director of Mission College Preparatory Catholic High... (Continue reading)

Myers murder suspect was sodomized

Written on 8 Aug, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

One of the men awaiting trial for the brutal murder of 15-year-old Dystiny Myers said another defendant raped him before the murder, sources told CalCoastNews. Following the torture murder of Myers, Cody Miller, 20, of Fresno was digging a grave... (Continue reading)

Bungling robbers storm Holiday Inn

Written on 19 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Two armed robbers wearing masks, hooded sweatshirts and gloves tried to rob a guest at Paso Robles’ Holiday Inn Express early Tuesday but fled before officers could respond to a flurry of 911 calls. Brazenly entering the hotel lobby at... (Continue reading)

Crack down on SLO County identity theft rings

Written on 16 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The San Luis Obispo County operators of two high-tech bank scam operations that ripped off hundreds of Chase Bank customers over the last three years are winding their way through the court system as the result of a crackdown by... (Continue reading)

Evidence points to evidence mismanagement

Written on 12 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

It costs county taxpayers nearly $700,000 annually to underwrite the maintenance of property and evidence rooms for county law enforcement agencies, yet those functions — vital to the administration of justice — are in chaos in many county agencies. That’s... (Continue reading)

Voters to ponder three-strikes law

Written on 12 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Should California’s sometimes-controversial “Three-Strikes Law” be modified? Voters in November will have a say in the law’s future following qualification of a initiative that would ostensibly reduce the number of convictions. If endorsed by voters, the initiative would change the... (Continue reading)

Intruder attacks man during Pismo Beach burglary

Written on 9 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

Pismo Beach police are searching for a thief who became violent after being caught burglarizing an apartment on the 700 block of Dolliver Street. Early Easter morning, the victim awoke to find two men rifling through his things, police said.... (Continue reading)

SLO prowler suspect arrested

Written on 5 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a prowler after a resident said they spotted him looking into their bedroom window at 2 a.m. on Monday. While on the phone with a police dispatcher, the resident of the home in the area... (Continue reading)

Prowler roams SLO neighborhood

Written on 2 Apr, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Over the past two weeks, San Luis Obispo police have received four reports of a prowler in the area of South Street and King Court. Twice residents discovered the male prowler inside their homes. He fled when confronted. In one... (Continue reading)