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Central Coast Bandit pleads not guilty

Written on 29 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A 50-year-old Watsonville woman suspected to be the Central Coast Bandit pleaded not guilty Wednesday to all of the charges she faces, despite telling KSBY that she was indeed the bank robber. [KSBY] Cristina Fernandez Padilla faces nine counts of... (Continue reading)

Central Coast bandit to appear in SLO court

Written on 28 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

Christina Fernandez Padilla, known as the Central Coast Bandit, is scheduled to appear in San Luis Obispo Superior Court Wednesday. Padilla, 50, is charged with several counts of robberies for bank robberies she is accused of committing along the Central... (Continue reading)

Dee Torres is public figure, judge says

Written on 23 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

Dee Torres is a public figure, San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Barry LaBarbera said Thursday, seriously undermining the homeless program official’s slander lawsuit against Atascadero private investigator Michael Brennler. Torres, director of homeless services for Community Action Partnership of... (Continue reading)

LaBarbera thinks Brennler constitutionally protected

Written on 21 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 62 comments

By DANIEL BLACKBURN A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge, in a tentative ruling, is planning to uphold an anti-SLAPP motion to dismiss a slander lawsuit brought by a homeless services official against Mike Brennler, a North County private investigator.... (Continue reading)

Judge denies Torres request for delay of hearing

Written on 20 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

A San Luis Obispo judge denied a request made by CAPSLO Homeless Services Director Dee Torres’s attorney to delay a hearing scheduled for Thursday that could halt a suit Torres filed against private investigator Mike Brennler. Torres alleges Brennler slandered... (Continue reading)

Gearhart, Hurst investors dug their own hole, says lawyer

Written on 9 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 32 comments

An attorney for Cuesta Title suggested to jurors Thursday in a San Luis Obispo courtroom that investors’ greed was partly responsible for alleged fraud committed by former lender Jay Hurst Miller, developer Kelly Gearhart, and title company officials. In a... (Continue reading)

Heritage Lending President’s trial starts in August

Written on 7 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Heritage Lending former president Candy Wells’ trial is slated to begin August 27, while her husband has pled no contest. Law enforcement officers arrested Candy Wells and her husband Ronald Wells in March. Candy Wells is accused of fraudulent practices... (Continue reading)

Civil conspiracy trial against Cuesta and Stewart titles to be lived streamed

Written on 3 Aug, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Courtroom View Network (CVN) will be live streaming a civil trial in which hundreds of plaintiffs allege Stewart Title and Cuesta Title aided and abetted and/or conspired with Hurst Financial and former North County developer Kelly Gearhart in defrauding hundreds... (Continue reading)

Montana de Oro panga defendants plead guilty

Written on 31 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Fourteen defendants pleaded guilty to smuggling $1.3 million of marijuana in a panga boat found at Montana de Oro State Park in May. [KSBY] All of the defendants in the case, the majority of whom are Mexican nationals, entered guilty... (Continue reading)

Atascadero group appeals Walmart ruling

Written on 17 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 30 comments

An attorney for Save Atascadero, a group opposed to the Walmart project, filed an appeal on July 12 that challenges a judge’s ruling approving the project. In June 2012, the Atascadero City Council approved the construction of a Walmart superstore... (Continue reading)