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Man charged with manslaughter in fatal crash in rural nipomo

Written on 14 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 20-year-old man is charged with manslaughter following a fatal accident in rural Nipomo early Sunday Monday, according to the CHP. Shortly before 2 a.m., a single vehicle crash blocked the southbound lanes of Highway 101 north... (Continue reading)

Elected official in Santa Maria charged with manslaughter

Written on 10 Aug, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Prosecutors recently charged a Santa Maria man who serves on both airport and school boards for manslaughter over a May 2 crash that killed a 39-year-old woman. David Baskett was driving a rented Caterpillar telescoping forklift on... (Continue reading)

Jury convicts Oceano man of involuntary manslaughter over fatal shooting

Written on 14 Jun, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted an Oceano man of involuntary manslaughter and filing a false police report over the shooting death of a 28-year-old man in the Lopez Lake area of rural Arroyo Grande. On... (Continue reading)

DA charges Grover Beach man over crash that killed bicyclist

Written on 22 May, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A Grover Beach man is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday after the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office charged him with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter over a New Year’s Day crash that killed a local... (Continue reading)

Woman who sold fentanyl that killed Templeton man gets seven years in prison

Written on 30 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge on Friday sentenced a woman to seven years in prison for selling the fentanyl that killed a Templeton man.  On Oct. 27, 2022, a caller reported finding a body behind the... (Continue reading)

Man sentenced to more than 20 years in prison for fatal Nipomo DUI crash

Written on 15 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo County judge sentenced a Santa Maria man to 21 years and 8 months to life in prison for a second-degree murder conviction and other offenses stemming from him driving intoxicated and in the... (Continue reading)

CHP identifies woman killed in rural Paso Robles crash

Written on 13 Mar, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The CHP has identified 43-year-old Elizabeth Hernandez of Santa Maria as the person killed in a hit-and-run crash in rural Paso Robles on Monday morning.  Shortly after midnight, Angel Melquiades Ramos of Paso Robles was driving a... (Continue reading)

Woman pleads to manslaughter in death of Templeton man

Written on 18 Feb, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A San Luis Obispo County woman pleaded no contest on Friday to voluntary manslaughter in the death of a Templeton man who died from a fentanyl overdose at the county’s safe parking area. On Oct. 27, 2022,... (Continue reading)

Manse on Marsh owner asked to turn in his passport

Written on 24 Aug, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The owner of a San Luis Obispo assisted living home who is facing charges related to the death of an elderly man refused an offer made by a judge that would have let him out of jail but force him... (Continue reading)

Driver convicted of manslaughter in North County Christmas Eve crash

Written on 26 May, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A San Luis Obispo County jury convicted a Las Vegas truck driver of four counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence for the deaths of four San Miguel residents in a 2014 Christmas Eve crash. Philip Ken Trujillo now faces... (Continue reading)