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George Taylor pleads guilty to assisting wife’s suicide

Written on 20 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Longtime Los Osos resident George Taylor plead guilty Wednesday to assisting the suicide of his wife Gewynn and will appear in San Luis Obispo Superior Court for sentencing on Jan. 16. [KCOY] Taylor, 86, agreed to a suicide pact with... (Continue reading)

Murder suspect’s hospital statements inadmissible

Written on 18 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Statements made by a man accused of murdering Dystiny Myers to first responders in Santa Margarita will be admissible in court while some of his statements to investigators at the hospital will not be admissible, a judge ruled Monday. Cody... (Continue reading)

Los Osos man murder charge dropped to assisting suicide

Written on 14 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 11 comments

The San Luis Obispo county District Attorney’s Office reduced the charge against an 86-year-old Los Osos man from murder to assisted suicide in the death of his 81-year-old wife. George Taylor told a ranger at Montana de Oro State Park... (Continue reading)

Cambria murder suspect deemed incompetent

Written on 13 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

A San Luis Obispo Superior Court judge ruled a Cambria man suspected of murdering his brother last August is incompetent to stand trial. [Tribune] Judge Jacquelyn Duffy found Brandon Henslee, 22, not currently able to assist in his own defense... (Continue reading)

Dystiny Myers murder suspect was a police informant

Written on 11 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By KAREN VELIE One of the people accused of participating in the violent murder of Dystiny Myers was an informant for the Santa Maria Police Department gang suppression unit, a detective testified on Monday. Ty Michael Hill is facing the... (Continue reading)

Testimony reveals defendant’s description of Myers murder

Written on 6 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A preliminary hearing Wednesday in the Dystiny Myers murder case revealed statements by one of the defendants explaining his role in the killing of the 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. [KCOY] Cody Miller told San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s deputies and... (Continue reading)

Dystiny Myers murder testimony begins in prelim hearing

Written on 4 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Firefighters who responded to the burned body of Dystiny Myers testified Monday about statements made by one of the defendents during a preliminary hearing on the murder of the 15-year-old Santa Maria girl. [Tribune] The trial, rescheduled to begin February... (Continue reading)

Lawsuit challenges Paso Robles groundwater ordinance

Written on 19 Nov, 2012 in Featured, Opinion | 26 comments

ANNOUNCEMENT By STEVE HOCH On behalf of a group of concerned landowners in Paso Robles, the Los Angeles based firm of Morris Polich & Purdy LLP (MPP) filed a lawsuit in San Luis Obispo County Superior Court on October 30.... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles lender facing five years in jail

Written on 10 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 15 comments

Former Paso Robles lender Linda Ann Kennedy of 21st Century Financial in Paso Robles plead no contest on Tuesday to four felony counts related to fraudulent lending practices. Kennedy, 49, allegedly swindled more than 1,000 investors out of millions in... (Continue reading)

Paso Robles mayoral candidate arrested on election night

Written on 8 Nov, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 17 comments

On election night, Paso Robles mayoral candidate Jeff Rougeot spent the night in jail after a San Luis Obispo County superior court judge ordered him reprimanded because of a string of crimes he allegedly committed during a two month spree.... (Continue reading)