By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paso Robles police officers on Friday arrested a teen who reportedly had bear mace that was mistaken for a gun. Shortly after 1 p.m., dispatchers sent Paso Robles officers to the area of Niblick Road and... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Grover Beach police officers arrested a 16-year-old boy on Thursday evening for stabbing another juvenile, causing significant injuries. Shortly after 8 p.m., a caller reported a stabbing at a home in the 1200 block of Manhattan Avenue.... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County deputies on Wednesday arrested a juvenile for possession of a firearm in a school zone. At about 12:30 p.m., Community Resource Deputy Dickey was visiting the Carpinteria High School campus when administrators reported a... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Lompoc police officers caught two teens who were spray painting graffiti on Sunday, one of whom was allegedly in possession of a loaded gun. An officer witnessed two 17-year-old Hispanic boys spray painting gang related graffiti on... (Continue reading)
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Arroyo Grande police officers arrested three teens for allegedly robbing four other juveniles on Friday evening. Shortly before 7 p.m., three suspects robbed four juveniles in the area of N. Courtland and E. Grand avenues, according to... (Continue reading)
An incident of teens shoplifting from a grocery store on Wednesday morphed into a police chase in and out of a supermarket and an hour-long stand off with an armed teenager. Shortly after 7 p.m., a group of juveniles were... (Continue reading)
Stating that 17-year-old Wyatt Douglas Warnars is unsophisticated and “the poster child for a juvenile delinquent,” San Luis Obispo Judge John Trice ruled the teen should be tried as a minor for his role in the Templeton home invasion robbery... (Continue reading)
A teenage female illegal immigrant who was raped and impregnated in Mexico on her journey to California received a prison sentence of 10 years to life on Wednesday for killing her newborn daughter. [Fresno Bee] Gloria Santos Mendoza, 19, left... (Continue reading)
A 15-year-old Santa Maria girl did not murder her newborn baby; rather the infant died as a result of the teen’s pregnancy denial, a defense attorney is arguing. [KSBY] The teen’s murder trial began this week in Santa Maria juvenile... (Continue reading)
The man accused of a violent a violent carjacking and stabbing in Pismo Beach last weekend is 17 years old. Police are withholding the teen’s name. [Tribune] Shortly after 7 p.m. on Saturday, a 36-year-old man was leaving Coco’s Restaurant... (Continue reading)