A Santa Maria man crossed San Luis Obispo County south to north Sunday morning after stealing a car and holding a father and son hostage. The man then stopped in Atascadero to commit a robbery before driving to San Miguel... (Continue reading)
A 40-year-old man allegedly grabbed a 30-year-old woman who was walking on a San Luis Obispo sidewalk on Friday and tried to drag her into a nearby apartment. But, a friend of the victim interrupted the kidnapping and called the... (Continue reading)
While running away from a Pismo Beach police officer, a man allegedly yanked the policeman inside a vehicle and then drove off with cop inside the car, according to documents filed in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court. [Tribune] On... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested an Arroyo Grande man Friday after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend and kidnapped her after she called law enforcement. At about 3 p.m., a woman walked into the main ranger station at Lopez... (Continue reading)
After moving from Texas to the Central Coast, a 24-year-old man registered as a sex offender with the Grover Beach Police Department Wednesday morning. By Wednesday afternoon, he was in San Luis Obispo County Jail on kidnapping and child endangerment... (Continue reading)
A 26-year-old Stockton man named Tony Laow Her allegedly grabbed an 18-year-old woman off the street in San Miguel on Wednesday and began carrying the victim toward an alley. Her attempted to kidnap the the teen after failing to lure... (Continue reading)
One of the three men who kidnapped a busload of Chowchilla schoolchildren and their bus driver in 1976 was released Friday afternoon from the California Men’s Colony in San Luis Obispo County. Last week Gov. Jerry Brown permitted the parole... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo police rescued a 15-year-old girl from forced labor as a prostitute and arrested three suspects on human trafficking charges Tuesday. Both the girl and the primary suspect, a 16-year-old male, are from Manteca, a Central Valley city.... (Continue reading)
A woman accused of abducting a 4-year-old boy from an Atascadero homeless shelter will stay in a mental hospital, rather than standing trial for her alleged crimes. [Tribune] Annette Hale, 56, allegedly kidnapped a then-4-year-old Atascadero boy in August 2011.... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Detectives arrested an Arroyo Grande man who is accused of kidnapping and molesting a child (update). Detectives responded to the 500 block of Cameo Way in Arroyo Grande around 5 p.m. Monday. They were investigating... (Continue reading)