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Cambria man sentenced for deadly ATV crash

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 30-year-old Cambria man received a four-year jail sentence on Monday for killing a lifelong friend in a drunken ATV accident. [Tribune] In July 2012, Garret Taylor drove a stolen ATV head-on into an oak tree, killing 20-year-old passenger Justin... (Continue reading)

Cal Poly football players fight against going to trial

Written on 13 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Attorneys representing four former Cal Poly football players accused of complicity in an attempted armed robbery of a fraternity house argued Monday that their clients should not go to trial. In August 2014, San Luis Obipso police arrested five Cal... (Continue reading)

Jury finds Templeton man guilty of murder

Written on 10 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 9 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury found a Templeton man guilty Friday afternoon of second degree murder. Phillip Thomas Hanes, 58, faces a sentence of 16 years to life in state prison. Superior Court Judge Jacqueline Duffy set Hanes’ sentencing for... (Continue reading)

Man who socked SLO clerk heading to ASH

Written on 2 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

An Arizona man who punched a female clerk in the face at a Downtown San Luis Obispo store in November will spend at least the next three months in Atascadero State Hospital. On Nov. 13, San Luis Obispo police arrested... (Continue reading)

Templeton man takes the stand in murder trial

Written on 19 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Templeton man on trial for murder testified Thursday that his girlfriend was the aggressor during a fight that let to her death. [Tribune] On June 4, Tina Marie Beddow, 32, suffered single stab wound to the chest. The stabbing... (Continue reading)

Al Moriarty ordered to pay $10 million in restitution

Written on 17 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge on Wednesday ordered former Grover Beach financier Al Moriarty to pay $10,209,301 in restitution for securities fraud and embezzlement. In August, the 81-year old pleaded no contest to fraud and embezzlement charges... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles woman convicted of second-degree murder

Written on 16 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A San Luis Obispo jury convicted an alleged jealous lover of second-degree murder in the death of her ex-boyfriend. [Tribune] Maria del Carmen Granados Fajardo of Paso Robles faced a first-degree murder charge, but the jury opted to convict her... (Continue reading)

Nipomo woman ordered to pay $300,000 to outlet store

Written on 5 Dec, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 13 comments

A San Luis Obispo County Superior Court judge has ordered a Nipomo woman convicted of embezzling money from a Pismo Beach outlet store to pay nearly $300,000 in restitution to the owners of the business. [Tribune] Kwing Eng Ee, 60,... (Continue reading)

All 12 Doobie Dozen now free of criminal charges

Written on 26 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office has dropped charges against all members of the so-call “Doobie Dozen” who were swept up by local law enforcement during a 2010 medical marijuana sting. [Tribune] In Dec. 2010, the SLO County... (Continue reading)

Witness details plot in Paso Robles murder

Written on 25 Nov, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A key witness in the murder trial of a Paso Robles woman testified Monday about events that took place on the night of the killing and in the aftermath. [Tribune] Maria del Carmen Granados Fajardo, 50, is accused of paying... (Continue reading)