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ASH patient pleads no contest to murdering roommate

Written on 1 Jan, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Atascadero State Hospital patient Adam Cary has pleaded no contest to the murder of his former roommate at ASH. Cary, 35, strangled to death Kevin Allan Turner, 53. On May 28, 2014, an ASH psychiatrist found Turner with his face... (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)

Man who stabbed girlfriend gets three-decade sentence

Written on 18 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend at a home in Cambria has received a prison sentence of 31 years and eight months. Brian Michael Rodriguez, 26, stabbed his pregnant girlfriend multiple times in July 2014 while the couple was... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly student faces six years in prison for Facebook threat

Written on 17 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A 20-year-old Cal Poly student faces a maximum of six years in prison for allegedly sending a death threat to the leader of the SLO Solidarity group, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Charles Raymond Bird... (Continue reading)

Atascadero teen accused of fake WMD stunt identified

Written on 16 Dec, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has identified the teen who allegedly caused the two-week shutdown of an Atascadero elementary school. A judge ruled Tuesday that Bret Stephen Landen will be tried as an adult. Landen was 17... (Continue reading)

SLO man allegedly killed roommate with baseball bat

Written on 19 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A San Luis Obsipo man used a knife and a baseball bat to murder his roommate, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Charles Chad Giese, 40, allegedly killed his roommate Walter Ernest Vallivero, 54, at their... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man with uncontrollable hunger takes plea deal

Written on 11 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A 20-year-old Pismo Beach man with a rare genetic disease has pleaded no contest to five misdemeanor charges resulting from times he broke into homes to satisfy his uncontrollable hunger. Tyler Jarvis has Prader-Willi Syndrome, which causes an insatiable desire... (Continue reading)

High youth wrestling coach allegedly caused Nipomo crash

Written on 5 Nov, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A 10-year-old Santa Maria boy suffered numerous fractures, head injures, a failed kidney and a collapsed lung after his youth wrestling coach, who was allegedly high on drugs, caused a car crash in Nipomo last month. [KSBY] Several days ago,... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay lawyer pleads no contest to stealing from elderly

Written on 30 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A Morro Bay attorney could spend a year in jail following a plea he entered Thursday in a grand theft case involving elderly clients. [Tribune] John Patrick Fennacy, 50, pleaded no contest to a single felony charge of grand theft... (Continue reading)

SLO jury convicts man who stabbed pregnant girlfriend

Written on 17 Oct, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man who stabbed his pregnant girlfriend at a home in Cambria has been convicted of 25 charges related to domestic violence. Brian Michael Rodriguez, 26, stabbed his pregnant girlfriend multiple times on July 2014 while the couple was visiting... (Continue reading)