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Cal Poly cuts ties with fraternity targeted in robbery

Written on 14 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Cal Poly officials have cut ties with the fraternity targeted by members of the university’s football team who allegedly tried to hold up the frat house for drugs and cash. [Mustang News] The university announced Wednesday that it is disaffiliating... (Continue reading)

SLO County bank robber gets 25 years to life

Written on 6 May, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A Santa Maria man about to stand trial for three San Luis Obispo County bank robberies has accepted a 25 years to life sentence. George Jessie Gonzales pleaded no contest Tuesday to three counts of robbery, according to a San... (Continue reading)

Santa Maria teacher pleads no contest to sex with student

Written on 20 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A former teacher and girls’ basketball coach at Santa Maria’s Pioneer Valley High School pleaded no contest on Thursday to three felony charges pertaining to a sexual relationship he had with a 16-year-old student. [KSBY] Prosecutors accused Hook of engaging... (Continue reading)

SLO’s sex offender on Craigslist dodges prison stint

Written on 10 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

A registered sex offender who used Craigslist to solicit sex with underage women in San Luis Obispo received a six-month jail sentence after accepting a plea deal on Monday. Robert George Roe, 55, pleaded no contest to a single felony... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly fraternity president pleads no contest to drug charges

Written on 7 Feb, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

The former president of Cal Poly’s Delta Sigma Phi fraternity pleaded no contest Friday to charges of felony possession of marijuana for sale. Gear McMillan, 22, faces a maximum sentence of one year in the San Luis Obispo County Jail.... (Continue reading)

Al Moriarty ordered to pay $10 million in restitution

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered former Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty to pay $10,209,301 in restitution for securities fraud and embezzlement. In August, the 81-year old pleaded no contest to fraud and embezzlement charges... (Continue reading)

Al Moriarty sentenced to 5 years

Written on 18 Sep, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge sentenced Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty to a five-year county jail sentence Thursday, but the convicted felon will likely have to remain behind bars for just a little more than a year. [KSBY] Last month,... (Continue reading)

Robert’s Restaurant owner sentenced to one year for theft

Written on 29 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

The owner of Robert’s Restaurant and Wine Bar in Paso Robles was sentenced Tuesday to one year in jail for stealing from a 99-year-old woman. Robert Clouston, 50, pleaded no contest to two felony counts of theft from an elderly... (Continue reading)

Salinas interpreter molests deaf students

Written on 14 Jul, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A former sign language interpreter for deaf students at North Salinas High School pled no contest to sexually molesting three underage students, officials announced Friday. On March 14, school authorities contacted the Salinas Police Department to report inappropriate sexual contact... (Continue reading)

Former police department janitor sentenced for child molestation

Written on 24 Dec, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

An Atascadero man was sentenced on Friday to 15 years to life in prison for repeatedly molesting two sisters. [Tribune] Miguel Angel Zuranich, 45, pleaded guilty to molesting the sisters who are now ages 14 and 22. Zuranich began molesting... (Continue reading)