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Death row inmate who killed Atascadero couple dies

Written on 15 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

A longtime death row inmate who was convicted of a 1988 brutal double murder in Atascadero died in a hospital near San Quentin State Prison Tuesday evening. San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said Dennis Duane Webb’s death... (Continue reading)

SLO County law enforcers take stand against early release bill

Written on 13 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Proposition 57, California’s parole for non-violent criminals initiative, would actually put thousands of violent prisoners back on the streets well before their sentences have been served, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow said at a news conference Wednesday.... (Continue reading)

DA writes personal check to pay SLO County legal bill

Written on 28 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow wrote a personal check to pay a highly contested $2,874 county legal bill. Dow used his own money to pay the bill after the county board of supervisors refused to let him... (Continue reading)

DA spars with Supervisor Bruce Gibson

Written on 7 Jan, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 95 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A dispute over a small legal bill morphed into a public spectacle Tuesday as a months-long feud between San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow and several top county officials reignited at a board of supervisors... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man with uncontrollable hunger takes plea deal

Written on 11 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A 20-year-old Pismo Beach man with a rare genetic disease has pleaded no contest to five misdemeanor charges resulting from times he broke into homes to satisfy his uncontrollable hunger. Tyler Jarvis has Prader-Willi Syndrome, which causes an insatiable desire... (Continue reading)

Correction: DA will prosecute prostitutes

Written on 8 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The San Luis Obispo District Attorney’s Office said Wednesday it plans to prosecute adult prostitutes who it does not deem are victims. In a March Tribune article, “SLO County prosecutors to view prostitutes as victims, not criminals,” it says the... (Continue reading)

Man who forced girls into prostitution sentenced

Written on 18 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A 34-year-old man who forced two teenage girls into prostitution in Fresno and San Luis Obispo received a federal prison sentence of more than 12.5 years. Fresno resident Michael Anthony Andrade was one of two men who pleaded guilty to... (Continue reading)

SLO prosecutors lose paid time off after whistleblower complaint

Written on 10 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office is halting a longstanding practice in which prosecutors receive paid time off in exchange for taking on around-the-clock shifts in which they work on-call to assist law enforcement officers. The practice dates... (Continue reading)

DA investigator leaves position under allegations of perjury

Written on 19 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A San Luis Obispo County District Attorney investigator who allegedly lied in an affidavit to a judge while on loan to the Sheriff’s Narcotics Task Force is no longer in the employ of the county prosecutor. “Effective Feb. 14, A.J.... (Continue reading)

County officials dispute release of murderer to SLO

Written on 25 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson and District Attorney Dan Dow are appealing the release of a convicted murdered to San Luis Obispo, arguing that they were not provided as much time as legally required to prepare for the... (Continue reading)