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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)

Officers near sheriff’s storage locker pass drug tests

Written on 28 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies and other law enforcement officers who work around the department storage locker agreed to and passed drug tests following the arrest of Narcotics Task Force member Cory Pierce. Pierce, a San Luis Obispo police... (Continue reading)

SLO burglary suspect arrested

Written on 21 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a 35-year-old man early Wednesday morning in connection with a string of recent burglaries across the city. Police conducted a traffic stop on Aaron Kirby’s Ford pickup truck around 2:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, according to... (Continue reading)

Man flees CHP by foot in Pismo Beach

Written on 19 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Grover Beach man jumped out of his car and ran across Highway 101 in Pismo Beach Tuesday after a California Highway Patrol officer attempted to pull him over. [KCOY] CHP tried stopping the vehicle of 28-year-old Dustin Palmer of... (Continue reading)

Recovery advocate overdoses at treatment facility

Written on 17 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

A well-loved advocate of alcohol and drug recovery was discovered unconscious at the Lighthouse Foundation treatment facility in Santa Barbara on Saturday. Steven Hartman, 52, is in a coma at Cottage Hospital following an overdose at the sober living facility... (Continue reading)