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Paso Robles man charged with murder, hate crime, animal cruelty

Written on 6 Nov, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 21-year-old Paso Robles man is facing charges of murder, animal cruelty and a hate crime in the stabbing death of 32-year-old Todd Pinion of Atascadero, a gay man. Pinion had been missing for more than a... (Continue reading)

Missing Atascadero man murdered, body found

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

By KAREN VELIE The body of a 32-year-old Atascadero man missing for more than a week was found near a creek in rural Santa Margarita. His alleged killer, a 21-year-old Paso Robles man, is in custody. Last seen on the... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande attempted murder victim’s dog missing

Written on 20 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

By KAREN VELIE Family and friends of Veronica Osio are asking the public to report sightings of her missing 10-year-old Jack Russel Terrier. The dog went missing from her Arroyo Grande home the night her son stabbed and killed her... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande murder suspect assaulted police animal

Written on 17 Oct, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By KAREN VELIE The 29-year-old Arroyo Grande man who allegedly killed his father, attempted to kill his mother and torched their home is also accused of assaulting a police animal. Prosecutors have filed felony charges of murder, attempted murder, arson... (Continue reading)

Arroyo Grande man killed his father, attempted to kill his mother

Written on 15 Oct, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 11 comments

By KAREN VELIE A 29-year-old man is in jail after he allegedly killed his father, attempted to kill his mother and set his parents’ Arroyo Grande home and daycare on fire on Monday night. Alan Fonseca Osio, a man with... (Continue reading)

Suspect in Pismo Beach murder pleads not guilty

Written on 30 Sep, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By KAREN VELIE The 34-year-old man charged with murdering his close friend in Pismo Beach pleaded not guilty on Monday. Andrew Frederick Rodriguez and the murder victim, 39-year-old Jonathan Campbell Perez, worked together at Giuseppe’s in Pismo Beach – Rodriguez... (Continue reading)

Suspect in Pismo Beach murder cut his neck, jumped off pier

Written on 18 Sep, 2024 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

By KAREN VELIE The 34-year-old suspect in last week’s murder of a Pismo Beach bartender left the scene of the crime and drove to Ventura where he allegedly cut his own neck and then jumped off a pier in a... (Continue reading)

Vandenberg Village murder victim identified as suspect’s mother

Written on 15 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN The suspect in the Vandenberg Village homicide over the weekend is accused of murdering her own mother, whom authorities have identified as 71-year-old Denise Ann Carter. Shortly after 7 a.m. on Saturday, a witness reported suspicious circumstances... (Continue reading)

Woman charged with Vandenberg Village murder

Written on 14 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | No comments

  By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a suspect on Saturday for the alleged murder of a woman in the Vandenberg Village area of Lompoc. Shortly after 7 a.m., a witness reported suspicious circumstances in the area... (Continue reading)

Two men charged in 2021 murder of Shandon teen

Written on 2 Jul, 2024 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Santa Barbara County prosecutors have charged two men for the 2021 murder of a 17-year-old from Shandon, which took place in Los Olivos.  On March 7, 2021, a 911 caller reported a single vehicle accident in the... (Continue reading)