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FBI agents arrest San Luis Obispo Police officer

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 50 comments

FBI agents arrested a San Luis Obispo Police officer earlier today following an approximately two-week sting into allegations of police misconduct, sources said. Officer Cory Pierce allegedly took drugs from criminals and the evidence locker in order to resell. He... (Continue reading)

Three women sexually assaulted in SLO

Written on 5 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Sexual assaults of three college age women occurred late Saturday night and early Sunday morning on Foothill Boulevard in San Luis Obispo. Around 11 p.m. Saturday, a male suspect approached two women near the corner of Foothill and California boulevards,... (Continue reading)

Second robbery at Lexington Inn this week

Written on 3 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are investigating the second armed robbery at the Lexington Inn on the 2000 block of Garfield Street in two days. With almost identical details to a Thursday robbery, at 9 p.m. on Friday a white man... (Continue reading)

Drunk man arrested for smashing windows

Written on 2 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Police arrested a man early Saturday morning after a citizen said he was walking around smashing vehicle windows in San Luis Obispo. Around 2:22 a.m., the citizen called 911 after seeing Matthew Martin, 21, breaking windows in the area of... (Continue reading)

Armed Robbery at the Lexington Inn in SLO

Written on 1 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

San Luis Obispo Police are investigating an armed robbery Thursday evening at the Lexington Inn on the 2000 block of Garfield Street. Police say a white man in his early 20s walked into the station at about 9:40 p.m., armed... (Continue reading)

Footage shows Shumey suicidal in police car

Written on 30 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

Christopher Shumey slumped in his courtroom chair Tuesday as he watched a video recording of himself after he killed his mother saying he should have committed suicide instead. Shumey said he should have shot himself, video footage from inside a... (Continue reading)

San Luis Obispo crash flips truck over guardrail

Written on 29 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A man suffered major injuries Monday evening after a crash on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo that flipped his Ford truck over the guard rail of the Highway 1 off-ramp. [KSBY] The driver of the Ford F-150 collided with... (Continue reading)

Man accused of punching and spitting on women in SLO

Written on 25 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 19 comments

A 55-year-old man is in custody on suspicion of punching a woman in the face and spitting on two other women in downtown San Luis Obispo on January 10. San Luis Obispo police arrested Timothy Coleck the following day for... (Continue reading)

Five of SLO County’s “Doobie Dozen” sue the state

Written on 25 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 18 comments

Five of the 12 medical marijuana collective operators arrested in a controversial December 2010 sweep have filed suit against the California Department of Justice. [New Times] Valerie and David Hosking, Steven Gordon and Rachel and Chip Tamagni allege that the... (Continue reading)

SLO resident robbed in Mission Plaza

Written on 23 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 24 comments

Two suspects attacked and robbed a man Monday night in Mission Plaza. San Luis Obispo resident Gareth Morgan, 26, was walking in Mission Plaza around 10 p.m. on Monday when two suspects, described by witnesses as “transient,” attacked him, San... (Continue reading)