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Bomb task force removes device from downtown SLO

Written on 12 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Bomb Task Force removed a suspicious device from outside a downtown San Luis Obispo business Wednesday morning. Gardeners working at Obispo Wealth Management on the corner of Chorro and Pacific streets found an object that... (Continue reading)

23 arrested in Central Coast prostitution sting

Written on 7 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

Officers from San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach and Arroyo Grande police departments arrested 23 people during a three-night prostitution sting. Police investigators placed advertisements on the internet for prostitution services to be conducted in local hotel rooms. Suspects then contacted... (Continue reading)

SLO man robs Rite Aid for pair of headphones

Written on 27 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A San Luis Obispo man threatened Rite Aid employees with a knife Monday in order to steal a pair of stereo headphones. Douglas Hunt, 34, used a knife to remove a security device from a pair of stereo headphones around... (Continue reading)

SLO offender arrested for soliciting sex from minors

Written on 23 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

San Luis Obispo police arrested a registered sex offender Thursday for soliciting sex from two minors. [Tribune] Michael George Johnson, 49, allegedly attempted to solicit sex from two social acquaintances and dissuade them from reporting themselves as victims. Johnson, whose... (Continue reading)

CCN reporter arrested on DUI charge for .06 blood alcohol level

Written on 21 Aug, 2013 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 418 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN and DANIEL BLACKBURN CalCoastNews reporter and co-founder Karen Velie was taken into custody on Aug. 13 after a San Luis Obispo police officer arrested her on suspicion of driving under the influence. Officer Josh Walsh placed Velie... (Continue reading)

Former SLO police officer sues city

Written on 8 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 28 comments

A former San Luis Obispo police officer who was fired after he pled guilty to misdemeanor charges of bringing misbranded Mexican prescription drugs into the United States, filed suit against the city on July 31. [NewTimes] Former patrol officer Dan... (Continue reading)

Death of suspected SLO parking lot jumper ruled an accident

Written on 1 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Coroner’s Office has ruled the death of a man who witnesses said jumped off a downtown San Luis Obispo parking structure an accident. [Tribune] Brian Lawler, 26, fell to his death from the city parking... (Continue reading)

SLO police officer pleads guilty to extortion

Written on 9 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

San Luis Obispo Police Department narcotics officer Corey Pierce pleaded guilty to extortion Monday in federal court in Los Angeles. [New Times] Pierce 39, pleaded guilty to one of two counts of extortion. In April, he pleaded not guilty to... (Continue reading)

Robber nabs 18-pack from SLO Circle K

Written on 1 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 20 comments

A man stole an 18-pack of beer from Circle K in San Luis Obispo early Monday morning and then warned a clerk chasing him that he had a gun. Around 2:20 a.m. on Monday, a Hispanic man in his 20s... (Continue reading)

Man injured in collision with a semi-truck

Written on 29 Jun, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A man is in critical condition after the Ford Thunderbird he was driving collided with a semi-truck at the corner of Chorro and Peach streets in San Luis Obispo on Friday afternoon. The injured man was driving eastbound on Peach... (Continue reading)