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Three suspects in Santa Maria Juvenile Hall on 2023 murder charges

Written on 30 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE Two years after the murder of a 20-year-old man, three people are incarcerated in Santa Maria Juvenile Hall for their alleged participation. Shortly after midnight on Oct. 21, 2023, callers reported multiple shots fired at a large... (Continue reading)

Man arrested for stabbing, killing man in Santa Maria

Written on 28 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers arrested a suspect who allegedly stabbing a man to death in the northern Santa Barbara County city Sunday evening. Shortly before 10 p.m., a witness reported a fight and stabbing in the 300... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles father charged with murdering son, falsifying identification records

Written on 22 May, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE For nine hours a boy who recently turned 6-years-old waited for his father, locked in a car with the windows rolled up while outside temperatures reached 99 degrees. The child is dead, his mother now knows where... (Continue reading)

Father released despite ICE detainer, charged with murder

Written on 15 May, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 18 comments

By KAREN VELIE Weeks before a Mexican national allegedly murdered his son, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detainer to deport the San Luis Obispo County Jail inmate. Federal and local prosecutors say the child would be alive today... (Continue reading)

Man arrested for stabbing woman to death in Santa Maria

Written on 10 May, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Maria police officers arrested a man who allegedly killed a woman in the northern Santa Barbara County city on Friday. Shortly before 11 a.m., a 911 caller reported a possible stabbing in the 1700 block of... (Continue reading)

Prosecutors find convicted murderer Paul Flores’ appeal meritless

Written on 19 Apr, 2025 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE Paul Flores, the former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo student who was convicted in the 1996 murder of Kristin Smart, last fall appealed his conviction claiming judicial error. State prosecutors responded on April 14 with a brief... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria man arrested for cold case murder

Written on 25 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE A lengthy investigation resulted in charges against a Santa Maria man for a murder that occurred more than seven years ago, the Santa Barbara County District Attorney’s Office announced Monday. On Sept. 3, 2017, the suspect allegedly... (Continue reading)

Suspect in deadly San Luis Obispo crash charged with murder

Written on 12 Mar, 2025 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

By KAREN VELIE San Luis Obispo County prosecutors recently added a murder charge to the criminal complaint against a driver who allegedly struck two bicyclists in a hit-and-run in July that resulted in the death of 87-year-olf Saul Goldberg of... (Continue reading)

Two teenage murder suspects arrested in Santa Maria

Written on 27 Dec, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Santa Maria police officers arrested two teenagers on Friday who are suspected of murdering 20-year-old Anthony Hernandez earlier this month. Shortly before 9 p.m. on Dec. 10, a caller reported a shooting in the 300 block of... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach murder suspect’s hearing delayed, no autopsy report

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

By KAREN VELIE A hearing for a 34-year-old man charged with murdering his close friend in Pismo Beach was reschedule after his attorney argued he was never provided the autopsy report. Andrew Frederick Rodriguez is charged with murdering 39-year-old Jonathan... (Continue reading)