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Six men arrested in human trafficking sting in San Luis Obispo County

Written on 6 Feb, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

By KAREN VELIE As part of a human traffic sting in San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties, law enforcement arrested one man for human trafficking and five men for arranging to meet with a girl under 15 years old... (Continue reading)

Three SLO County juries, three convictions for human trafficking

Written on 24 Jul, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE Three separate juries found three people guilty of pimping out a previously missing 15-year-old girl in San Luis Obispo County, District Attorney Dan Dow announced today. The juries found 32-year-old Tremaine Quincy Tejon Jones, 30-year-old Joshua Diante... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police arrest man for human trafficking

Written on 28 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By KAREN VELIE As part of a human trafficking investigation, Grover Beach police detectives arrested a 34-year-old man on Thursday. Following the multi-week investigation, detectives contacted 34-year-old Henry Vincent Terronez of Porterville at a location in Arroyo Grande where he... (Continue reading)

Two men convicted of pimping teen in Santa Maria

Written on 19 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Santa Barbara County jury convicted two men of pimping a 16-year-old girl whom they advertised on Craigslist as a 20-year-old. The victim had sex with customers, as well as with both of the defendants. Humberto Carranza, 24, met the... (Continue reading)

Firefighter testifies teen sex partner lied about her age

Written on 19 Feb, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Former Cayucos firefighter Oscar Higueros Jr. took the stand in his own trial Thursday and testified he did not know a Los Osos teen was 17 years old while he was having a sexual relationship with her. The teen said... (Continue reading)

Firefighter said he killed his father, sex victim testifies

Written on 28 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

Former Cayucos firefighter Oscar Higueros, Jr. told a Los Osos teen-turned sex slave that he murdered his father and was not afraid to kill again, the human trafficking victim testified. The threat made the teen too scared to leave Higueros’... (Continue reading)

Former firefighter allegedly broke rape victim’s wrist

Written on 27 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A former Cayucos firefighter had “hate rape” with a 17-year-old Los Osos girl and broke her wrist, the alleged victim testified Tuesday. [KSBY] Oscar Higueros Jr., 40, is standing trial for 33 charges, including several counts of forcible rape, against... (Continue reading)

Man who pimped Los Osos teen sentenced to decades

Written on 6 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A 40-year-old man convicted of raping and pimping a Los Osos teen received a prison sentence of more than 60 years. [Tribune] Richard Scott Brooks met the then-17-year-old girl on Craigslist in July 2014. Brooks had sexual relations with her... (Continue reading)

Los Osos teen was raped, sodomized and pimped, jury rules

Written on 21 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury found a 40-year-old San Francisco man guilty of 19 crimes related to the sexual abuse of a Los Osos teen he met on Craigslist. The convictions include rape, sodomy, pimping and oral copulation with a... (Continue reading)

Sex videos played at rape trial

Written on 3 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

Prosecutors played a video of a 40-year-old San Francisco man having sex with a Los Osos teen he allegedly met on Craigslist during a trial Monday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. The screen was positioned so that jurors could... (Continue reading)