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Three teens arrested for carjacking

Written on 18 Apr, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 7 comments

Three teenage boys were arrested Wednesday on Highway 101 just north of Santa Margarita on suspicion of carjacking a woman in Visalia. Two teens allegedly jacked the car and a purse from a woman in a Target store parking lot... (Continue reading)

Person injured in Santa Margarita fire

Written on 19 Feb, 2014 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

An apartment fire in Santa Margarita early Wednesday morning left one person in a local hospital. [KSBY] The fire broke out around 2:20 a.m. in an apartment in the 22800 block of El Camino Real in the Santa Margarita area.... (Continue reading)

Man arrested in Santa Margarita shooting

Written on 8 Sep, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A Santa Margarita man who allegedly shot another man in the face during a family argument was arrested early Saturday morning in Atascadero. At about 6:20 a.m., Steven Lee Gregge, 43, allegedly shot Nickolas John Gulley, 21, at a home... (Continue reading)

Crash near Santa Margarita kills one

Written on 12 Apr, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

A person died Thursday night after a car crashed through a guard rail on Highway 101 near Santa Margarita. [KSBY] The crash occurred around 11:35 p.m. Thursday on southbound Highway 101, just north of Highway 58. The California Highway Patrol... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist killed in Santa Margarita crash identified

Written on 12 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office identified the man who died in a Santa Margarita motorcycle crash Sunday as 47-year-old Charles Raffield. Raffield, a resident of Santa Margarita, died as a result of a crash on West Pozo Road... (Continue reading)

Street rules, a shared ethos doomed Myers girl

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 21 comments

Mother-and-son murder suspects Rhonda Maye Wisto and Frank Jacob York had “a shared ethos commanding respect” and that may have led to the savage slaying of 15-year-old Destiny Myers, a prosecutor said Monday. Deputy District Atty. Timothy S. Covello told... (Continue reading)

Motorcyclist dies in Santa Margarita crash

Written on 11 Mar, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A motorcyclist died Sunday afternoon after crashing his bike in Santa Margarita. [KCOY] The California Highway Patrol received a call around 3 p.m. Sunday about the crash on West Pozo Road south of Las Positas Road. Officers said the fatal... (Continue reading)

DA drops attempted murder of co-conspirator charge in Myers case

Written on 26 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

The two remaining defendants standing trial for the September 2010 killing of Dystiny Myers no longer face a charge of attempting to murder one of their co-conspirators. [KSBY] The San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office dropped attempted premeditated murder... (Continue reading)

Ty Hill pleads guilty to murder, no death penalty

Written on 2 Jan, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

Ty Hill pled guilty to participating in the murder of Dystiny Myers on Wednesday in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. Hill was facing the death penalty while his four co-defendants are facing murder charges in the... (Continue reading)

Santa Margarita man imprisoned for mortgage fraud

Written on 26 Dec, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 5 comments

A Santa Margarita man and two Santa Maria men who participated in a complex mortgage fraud scheme were sentenced last week to federal prison terms and ordered to pay $2.4 million in restitution to various lenders that suffered losses as... (Continue reading)