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San Luis Obispo police searching for suspect who used stolen credit cards

Written on 1 Jun, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo police are asking the public for help identifying a suspect who allegedly used stolen credits cards to make purchases last month. The male suspect allegedly made fraudulent purchases at Target and Chevron on May... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police searching for suspects accused of using stolen credit cards

Written on 28 May, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department is asking the public for help identifying a pair of thieves who allegedly stole a wallet and cell phone on Tuesday, and then used stolen credits cards to make thousands of... (Continue reading)

Carpinteria caregiver arrested for stealing from patient

Written on 13 May, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a Carpinteria man late last month on multiple felony charges related to elder financial abuse. On April 25, a relative of a care patient in Goleta discovered suspicious activity involving the... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police warn of ATM scam

Written on 4 May, 2026 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police are warning Wells Fargo customers about a skimming device found inside an ATM at the bank in the South County city. The device was found Friday morning inside the drive-thru ATM at Wells Fargo... (Continue reading)

Payments stolen from Cambria CSD drop box during holiday closure

Written on 9 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The Cambria Community Services District is warning residents that a thief or thieves stole funds from the CSD’s payment dropbox sometime around the July 4 holiday period.  On Sunday, officials discovered the payment drop box located at... (Continue reading)

Central Coast house sitters busted for credit card theft, other crimes

Written on 11 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s deputies arrested three suspects last week for a series of crimes they allegedly committed, including credit card theft, at a Central Coast home that at least one of the individuals was hired to... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo police seek help identifying theft, fraud suspects

Written on 1 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The San Luis Obispo Police Department is seeking the public for help identifying four individuals who last week allegedly stole an elderly person’s wallet, after which the victim’s credit cards were used to make fraudulent purchases across... (Continue reading)

Romanian man arrested over ATM skimmer in San Luis Obispo

Written on 13 Dec, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN For the second time in less than a month, police officers in San Luis Obispo County arrested a Romanian national for allegedly placing a card skimming device inside an ATM. Over the past several months, thieves have... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police arrest Romanian men over card skimmers in ATMs

Written on 17 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police officers on Wednesday arrested two men from Romania for allegedly placing skimming devices inside ATMs in the South County city. On Tuesday, officers found a skimming device inside the Grover Plaza Bank of America... (Continue reading)

Police repeatedly find skimming devices in Grover Beach ATMs

Written on 14 Nov, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police are warning the public that officers have found several ATM skimmers on card reading devices over the past few weeks, particularly at a walk-up Bank of America automated teller machine.  Thieves have targeted the... (Continue reading)