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Car with 77 pounds of pot stopped in North County

Written on 20 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs | 18 comments

A California Highway Patrol officer found 77 pounds of marijuana stuffed into a sports car during a traffic stop Monday morning north of Paso Robles. Around 10:45 a.m., CHP Officer D. Agredano was driving northbound on Highway 101 south of... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria junior high students ill from smoking spice

Written on 9 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A handful of students from El Camino Junior High School in Santa Maria became ill after smoking spice on Friday morning. The mother of one of the five students who smoked spice before school, found her son unresponsive at their... (Continue reading)

Driver, parents, doctor sued over fatal Los Osos crash

Written on 1 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

The mother of an 18-year a old man who was killed in a head-on collision in Los Osos last year is suing the driver, his parents and a doctor who reportedly administered an anti-addiction drug minutes before the crash. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)

Anti-addiction meds caused fatal Los Osos crash, attorney says

Written on 24 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The 22-year-old man accused of using drugs prior to a 2014 crash that killed a Los Osos teen was actually under the influence of anti-addiction medication, his attorney claims. Last June, Alexander Gonzales, 22, was driving in the wrong lane... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police find armed man asleep in stolen truck

Written on 16 Apr, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Grover Beach police arrested a 27-year-old man officers found asleep in a stolen pickup truck with guns and methamphetamine. [KEYT] Early Wednesday morning, officers were conducting a nightly check of the Vons parking lot in the 1700 block of Grande... (Continue reading)

Feds charge 13 members of Nipomo narcotics trafficking family

Written on 7 Apr, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 55 comments

Agents with the FBI, California Highway Patrol officers and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies conducted a pre-dawn operation that led to the arrest of 12 members of a Central Coast narcotics trafficking organization. Officers are still searching for one... (Continue reading)

Fifth SLO County Jail inmate dies

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 41 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 33-year-old man died on Tuesday shortly after deputies found the unresponsive inmate kneeling on the floor of his cell with his head on his cot. He is the fifth man to die while incarcerated in the... (Continue reading)

Public urination prompts Paso Robles drug bust

Written on 24 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Paso Robles police responded to a report of public urination Sunday evening and ended up arresting the suspect for drug offenses. Around 10:40 p.m., police received a report of man getting out of his vehicle and urinating on the driveway... (Continue reading)

SLO settles lawsuit over convicted cop

Written on 21 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The city of San Luis Obispo has settled a lawsuit filed by two confidential informants of a former police officer who was convicted of extortion. FBI agents arrested Cory Pierce in Feb. 2013 after an undercover investigation revealed that the... (Continue reading)

Second Atascadero man arrested for molly overdoses

Written on 8 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A second Wesleyan University in Connecticut student from Atascadero was arrested for his role in the molly overdoses which led to 11 students being hospitalized last month. [Gothamist] Abhimanyu Janamanchi, 21, turned himself in on Friday in connection to the... (Continue reading)