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Former Grover Beach officer facing new charge of manslaughter over dog attack

Written on 13 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office is filing an additional charge of felony involuntary manslaughter against the former Grover Beach police officer whose dogs attacked and killed a 64-year-old Grover Beach man. Alex Geiger, 25, already faces two... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police searching for two counterfeiters

Written on 7 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Grover Beach police are searching for two women accused of spending counterfeit $50 bills at local businesses on three separate occasions Monday. Officers describe one suspect as a light-skinned Hispanic woman between the ages of 25 and 35 with black... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach woman arrested for leaving her kids with prowler

Written on 18 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

After receiving a citizens’s tip, Grover Beach police located and arrested a mother inside a local Vons grocery store on Wednesday. Kathryn Louise Tatum, 26, was wanted for leaving her three young children with an Oceano man who allegedly abandoned... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach approves pot rules, halves number of dispensaries

Written on 17 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The Grover Beach City Council formally approved a pair of ordinances Monday night that will allow medical marijuana businesses to operate in the city. However, the council made a last-minute change decreasing the number of dispensaries that will be allowed... (Continue reading)

Oceano man caught prowling with drugs while leaving kids unattended

Written on 28 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Grover Beach police arrested an Oceano man on Thursday who was in possession of heroin and methamphetamine while prowling around homes. At the time of his arrest, the suspect was supposed to be attending to three young children. Around 1:35... (Continue reading)

SLO police use DNA to solve early 2016 robbery

Written on 27 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A man who allegedly tried to rob a San Luis Obispo liquor in early 2016 with a toy gun was arrested at his Grover Beach home on Wednesday after a DNA match enabled investigators to identify him. On Jan. 9,... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande pair beat SLO man, steal his dog

Written on 21 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A man and woman viciously beat a San Luis Obispo man who was sitting at a bus stop in Grover Beach, stole his dog and then fled. The suspects evaded capture for nearly a day, but officers then tracked them... (Continue reading)

Atascadero, Grover Beach hotels hit in Holiday Inn hack

Written on 20 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Customers who used their credit cards at the Atascadero or Grover Beach Holiday Inns over the last few months of 2016 may want to search their spending histories for fraudulent charges. United Kingdom-based Intercontinental Hotels Group, the parent company of... (Continue reading)

SWAT team raids Oceano home involved in drug and gun sales

Written on 8 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A SWAT raid of a home near a Nipomo elementary school Friday morning produced guns and drugs, both of which were for sale, according to the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department. Following the “high risk search,” deputies arrested two... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach trying to create new city image

Written on 22 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Grover Beach officials are trying to create a new image for the South County city that will attract businesses, development, tourism and new residents. Marijuana, as well the long-planned Grover Beach Lodge and Conference Center, factor prominently in the marketing... (Continue reading)