A San Luis Obispo jury found a Templeton man guilty Friday afternoon of second degree murder. Phillip Thomas Hanes, 58, faces a sentence of 16 years to life in state prison. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duffy set Hanes’ sentencing for... (Continue reading)
Santa Maria police have caught one of two alleged robbers who displayed a knife as they made their escape from Kmart with stolen merchandise. [KSBY] Jorge Zamora, 39, allegedly entered Kmart around 9 p.m. with an unidentified man who grabbed... (Continue reading)
A Templeton man on trial for murder testified Thursday that his girlfriend was the aggressor during a fight that let to her death. [Tribune] On June 4, Tina Marie Beddow, 32, suffered single stab wound to the chest. The stabbing... (Continue reading)
During his Monday evening visit to Ralph’s grocery store in San Luis Obispo, 45-year-old Daniel Marcom pulled a box cutter from his pocket and brandished it an employee, according to San Luis Obispo police. Marcom, a San Luis Obispo resident,... (Continue reading)
A 20-year-old man entered a downtown San Luis Obispo store Thursday morning, conversed for a few minutes with a female employee and then punched her in the face, surveillance footage shows. Justin Edmond Pard, a transient, punched the woman with... (Continue reading)
A 55-year-old San Luis Obispo man stabbed another man in the torso early Sunday morning at the Burger King at the corner of Madonna and Los Osos Valley roads. Shortly after 7 a.m., an argument between James Angelico, 55, escalated... (Continue reading)
A Lompoc man accused of attempting to kill his pregnant ex-girlfriend stabbed her several times prior to his July arrest in Cambria, the victim testified Wednesday. [Tribune] On July 27, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Brian Michael Rodriguez,... (Continue reading)
A Ventura woman testified Thursday against a San Luis Obispo man she accuses of torturing and attempting to kill her. His attorney says the couple was into bondage. Earlier this month, 33-year-old Timothy Hayes allegedly bound the woman, 27, with... (Continue reading)
Paso Robles police arrested two North County teenagers for allegedly stabbing a man in a drive-through line Friday night. Atascadero resident Tyler Dwayne McKinney, 18, and Paso Robles resident Daniel Flores, 19, are accused of attacking a 31-year-old man in... (Continue reading)
A San Luis Obispo man allegedly bound a 27-year-old woman with tape then assaulted her with a knife, scissors, a pool que, and burned her with kitchen utensils Monday evening. At approximately 11:30 pm, San Luis Obispo Police Officers responded... (Continue reading)