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6 Santa Barbara County students overdose at high school

Written on 25 Sep, 2018 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Emergency responders transported a half-dozen Lompoc area high school students to the hospital Monday after finding three of them unresponsive and determining all six were under the influence of Xanax. [Cal Coast Times] The incident concluded with deputies arresting one... (Continue reading)

Suicide suspected in death of woman found in Pismo Beach surf

Written on 2 Feb, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Pismo Beach police announced that a 53-year-old Oceano woman who drowned to death last November committed suicide. [KSBY] On the morning of Nov. 20, officers found the body of Amy Leach in the Shell Beach surf near Silver Shoals. First... (Continue reading)

Boy forgives former coach who caused near-fatal crash

Written on 27 Oct, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

During a teary sentencing hearing in which even the judge cried, a former wrestling coach said he wished he could hug the boy he harmed during a drug induced crash. The boy said he had never seen his coach so... (Continue reading)

Alleged drug dealers arrested after Paso Robles traffic stop

Written on 8 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Paso Robles police found Xanax, cocaine and ecstasy packaged for sales after stopping a driver  Tuesday morning. Officers then arrested a 21-year-old man and an 18-year-old woman who were inside the vehicle. At about 10:25 a.m., officers stopped a vehicle... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach hit-and-run leads to drug bust

Written on 2 Sep, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

After causing an accident in a Grover Beach shopping center parking lot and then fleeing, a Shell Beach man was arrested for selling prescription pills. A Clovis man who was also in the vehicle was arrested as well. Around 6:12... (Continue reading)

Shots fired during Paso Robles drug deal gone wrong

Written on 5 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Shots were fired during a botched drug deal in Paso Robles Sunday night, according to the city’s police department. All of the suspects in the incident fled and remain on the loose. At approximately 10:10 p.m., officers responded to a... (Continue reading)

Drugged wrestling coach choked driver, prosecutors allege

Written on 18 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A youth wrestling coach under the influence of prescription pills choked a teen driver and caused a rollover crash in Nipomo that has left a 10-year-old boy hospitalized for the last two months, San Luis Obispo County prosecutors allege. [Tribune]... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara doctor sentenced to over 27 years in prison

Written on 7 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A Santa Barbara physician who wrote prescriptions for highly dangerous and addictive drugs for his “patients” – many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses – was sentenced Monday to 327 months in federal... (Continue reading)

Santa Barbara doctor convicted of drug trafficking

Written on 29 Aug, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Santa Barbara-area physician who wrote numerous prescriptions for powerful painkillers, such as OxyContin, for “patients” – many of whom were drug addicts, and some of whom died from drug overdoses – was convicted Friday of 79 drug trafficking charges,... (Continue reading)

Wrongful death suit alleges drug dealing at Atascadero nursing home

Written on 26 Mar, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

An Atascadero nursing home failed to take measures to stop an employee from distributing expired narcotics, according to a wrongful death lawsuit filed in San Luis Obispo Superior Court. [Tribune] Michelle Hughes, 48, died of a drug overdose in April... (Continue reading)