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23-year-old dies from drug overdose

Written on 20 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

A 23-year-old Grover Beach women died from an apparent drug overdose Wednesday morning. Arroyo Grande Community Hospital staff called police at about 4:17 a.m. to inform them that the woman suffered a drug overdose at a residence in the 1200... (Continue reading)

Meth intoxication blamed for fatal Grover Beach accident

Written on 13 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Grover Beach police said that methamphetamine played a role in the crash that killed two people in Grover Beach on April 2. Police said Raymond Cano, 49, was driving a 1994 Ford pickup truck that veered off the road, slammed... (Continue reading)

Citizen’s arrest stops Paso Robles car burglary

Written on 30 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Paso Robles resident detained a Templeton man breaking into a neighbor’s car early Sunday morning. Around 3 a.m. Sunday, Paso Robles police received a call about a suspected car burglar in the 1000 block of 19th Street. When officers... (Continue reading)

Drug testing for doctors proposed

Written on 20 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Proponents of mandated drug testing for California physicians plan to seek signatures this summer to qualify an initiative for the 2014 ballot. (San Jose Mercury News) The proposal is backed by Bob Pack, a former AOL and NetZero executive whose... (Continue reading)

Deputy discovers 13 pounds of meth in gas tank

Written on 16 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

A San Luis Obispo County deputy’s investigative skills led to the arrest of a woman transporting 13 pounds of methamphetamine floating in her gas tank. On Monday, Deputy Al Barger and his K9 “Jack” were traveling northbound on Highway 101... (Continue reading)

Fresno man jailed for park shooting

Written on 7 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A 19-year-old Fresno man has been arrested in connection with a Nov. 7, 2012 shooting in San Luis Obispo’s Santa Rosa Park that left a man partially paralyzed. Benjamin Adam Ma was taken into custody April 19 by Fresno police... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles police arrest five for drug charges

Written on 7 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The Paso Roble Police Department’s newly created Special Enforcement Team arrested five people Sunday for drug related charges. Shortly before 6 p.m., officers noted five people acting suspiciously around a vehicle in the parking lot of the City Library. The... (Continue reading)

SLO police officer pleads not guilty to extortion and bribery

Written on 18 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A San Luis Obispo Police Department narcotics officer plead not guilty to bribery and extortion charges related to allegations he manipulated others to sell drugs for him on April 15 in federal district court in Los Angeles. [NewTimes] Cory Pierce,... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles forms gang and drug enforcement team

Written on 8 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

The Paso Robles Police Department has created a gang and drug enforcement team to help reduce gang related crimes. [Tribune] Starting this week, two veteran police officers will focus solely on attempting to take gang members and drug dealers off... (Continue reading)

Man who brought arms cache to SLO bank researched drugging people

Written on 4 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A police search of the computer owned by a San Luis Obispo man found sitting in a bank parking lot in March with loaded guns, handcuffs and a machete revealed that he had researched methods of subduing and possibly killing... (Continue reading)