A Santa Margarita man and former high school teacher will serve jail time for a child pornography offense. [KSBY] Michael David Smith, 53, pleaded no contest Tuesday to one felony county of possession of child pornography. Smith previously faced an... (Continue reading)
A 31-year-old teacher who was ousted from Paso Robles High School last year pleaded guilty Monday to charges related to a sexual relationship he had last year with a 16-year-old student. Jeremy Monn, 31, pleaded guilty to arranging a meeting... (Continue reading)
A Santa Maria judge sentenced a former high school teacher and coach to one year in jail for having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student. [KEYT] Brian Hook, 54, taught social science and coached varsity girls’ basketball at Santa... (Continue reading)
California officials announced Thursday that the state will no longer impose the portion of Jessica’s Law that forbids all sex offenders from living within 2,000 feet of a school or park. Instead, only those offenders whose crimes involved children under... (Continue reading)
Opening statements have begun in the trial of a Paso Robles sex offender who is accused of robbing a San Luis Obispo branch of Bank of America in 2013. [KSBY] Andrew Gilbertson, 40, has a prior conviction of sexual battery,... (Continue reading)
A former teacher and girls’ basketball coach at Santa Maria’s Pioneer Valley High School pleaded no contest on Thursday to three felony charges pertaining to a sexual relationship he had with a 16-year-old student. [KSBY] Prosecutors accused Hook of engaging... (Continue reading)
A San Luis Obispo sex offender ripped off his ankle bracelet on Wednesday, but did not evade parole agents for long. Avril Leroy King, 40, served a six-year prison sentence for a violent sexual assault he committed in San Luis... (Continue reading)
A registered sex offender who used Craigslist to solicit sex with underage women in San Luis Obispo received a six-month jail sentence after accepting a plea deal on Monday. Robert George Roe, 55, pleaded no contest to a single felony... (Continue reading)
Two days after San Luis Obispo police arrested a 55-year-old sex offender for soliciting sex with a minor, the county district attorney’s office filed charges against the man. On Wednesday, police found Robert George Roe naked in a San Luis... (Continue reading)
San Luis Obispo police arrested a 55-year-old man at a local hotel on Wednesday for intent to have sex with a minor. On Tuesday, a concerned citizen informed police of a Craigslist ad that asked “young girls” to meet for... (Continue reading)