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DA investigator charged with perjury claims inexperience

Written on 31 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A former San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office investigator who is on trial for perjury testified Wednesday that he did not lie to a judge in an affidavit. Rather, he made mistakes as a result of inexperience, he said.... (Continue reading)

Judge Jac A. Crawford to retire

Written on 27 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Judge Jac A. Crawford has announced his plan to retire from the San Luis Obispo Superior Court on March 24. Crawford’s announcement marks the fourth judge or commissioner to leave their position since Nov. 2015. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed Crawford... (Continue reading)

Sheriff deputy testifies against DA investigator

Written on 26 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputy testified Thursday that a former District Attorney investigator was stubborn, inexperienced and untruthful while working with the Narcotics Task Force. [Tribune] After deputies reported A.J. Santana lied to a judge in an affidavit... (Continue reading)

Morro Bay officer explains why he shot burglary suspect

Written on 24 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 16 comments

A Morro Bay police officer who shot a burglary suspect in the leg last October testified Wednesday that he feared for his life at the time. The officer shot the suspect after the man attacked him with a 4-foot stick.... (Continue reading)

Bomb threat empties SLO County courthouse

Written on 23 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

Authorities evacuated the San Luis Obispo County Courthouse, as well as the Old Courthouse building, after receiving a bomb threat Wednesday morning. The county planning department is located in the Old Courthouse. Witnesses said they saw people pouring out of... (Continue reading)

Nipomo man sentenced for raping his adopted daughter

Written on 23 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

A former foster parent has received a prison sentence of 20 years to life for raping a girl whom San Luis Obispo County officials placed in his Nipomo home. The man adopted the victim, as well as her two siblings,... (Continue reading)

Man accused of beating SLO woman facing life in prison

Written on 17 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge has ruled there is enough evidence to try an Atascadero man for attempting the premeditated murder of a 20-year-old San Luis Obispo woman. The woman survived a brutal beating on Sept. 11 that could result... (Continue reading)

Atascadero prank suspect drops out of Cuesta College

Written on 15 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The 18-year-old man accused of an elaborate prank that shut down an Atascadero elementary school has dropped out of Cuesta College. Bret Stephen Landen, 18, stopped taking classes at the community college after his enrollment became the focus of a... (Continue reading)

Oceano Dunes dust rule still valid, judge rules

Written on 14 Mar, 2016 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 14 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN Less than a year after a California appellate court struck down a key provision of the Oceano Dunes dust rule, a San Luis Obispo judge has ruled the rest of the controversial regulation should remain intact. San... (Continue reading)

SLO jury convicts man of robbing and raping prostitutes

Written on 11 Mar, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

A 52-year-old Santa Maria man has been convicted of raping and robbing women at gunpoint. His victims were prostitutes. On March 14, 2013, Gregory Arthur Erwin raped and robbed a woman at the San Luis Inn and Suites in San... (Continue reading)