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SLO County DA takes on ex-baseball star

Written on 23 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

San Luis Obispo County prosecutors have charged former Major League Baseball pitcher Ted Lilly with insurance fraud. [KSBY] The district attorney’s office alleges that Lilly, 39, damaged his approximately $200,000 RV but did not file a claim until after he... (Continue reading)

Trial looms for Cal Poly football players

Written on 16 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge has ruled that enough evidence exists to bring to trial all five former Cal Poly football players accused of involvement in an attempted frat house robbery last August. Cameron Akins, 19, is accused of holding... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bandit gets 20 years in prison

Written on 16 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 50-year-old Watsonville woman who garnered the title of the Central Coast Bandit will receive a 20-year prison sentence, according to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office. Cristina Fernandez Padila robbed six banks in three counties over an... (Continue reading)

Testimony of tears and pot sales in Cal Poly football case

Written on 14 Jan, 2015 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 10 comments

One suspect cried when he heard there was a gun and another admitted to talk of a plan to rob a marijuana salesman, a San Luis Obispo police detective testified Tuesday in a court hearing for former Cal Poly football... (Continue reading)

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)