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Investigators capture SLO man suspected of sexually assaulting children

Written on 20 Aug, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN After more than two years on the run, a 41-year-old former San Luis Obispo man is in the SLO County Jail on 27 charges of sexually assaulting or molesting children. SLO County Sheriff’s Special Victims Unit detectives... (Continue reading)

SLO judge commits pedophile to state hospital

Written on 24 Jun, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo judge ruled that a serial child molester is a sexually violent predator and must stay in the custody of the California Department of State Hospitals. Following a four-day court trial, Judge Timothy Covello... (Continue reading)

Dow calls for extending statute of limitations for sex crimes

Written on 18 Apr, 2023 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

By JOSH FRIEDMAN San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow called at an event on Monday for California to extend the statute of limitations for felony domestic violence and sexual assault crimes. [KCOY] At an annual event held by... (Continue reading)

Start by believing sexual assault victims

Written on 27 Sep, 2018 in Featured, Opinion | 22 comments

OPINION by DAN DOW There are countless reasons why people who are sexually assaulted or abused do not report what happened. Lack of a “timely filed” report does not mean the abuse did not happen and those who do bravely... (Continue reading)

Woman kidnapped outside SLO bar

Written on 5 Sep, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

A Lompoc man allegedly picked up a woman off Higuera Street in San Luis Obispo early Monday morning by naming two of her friends and telling the victim that they had asked him to take her to a friend’s house.... (Continue reading)

Pismo Beach man charged with kidnapping, sexually assaulting woman

Written on 27 Jul, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

A 38-year-old Pismo Beach man is in San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of kidnapping to commit rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object while the victim is intoxicated. Atascadero police arrested David Ebrahimi Ardebili in Paso Robles... (Continue reading)

SLO prosecutors to retry Paso Robles man on rape charge

Written on 5 Jun, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | One comment

Less than a year after completing one trial, a Paso Robles man accused of raping his girlfriend’s aunt is heading back to court for another. Last July, a San Luis Obispo jury acquitted Rian Mabus, 32, of one of two... (Continue reading)

Lichtig, Olson fined over ‘sexist’ firefighters video

Written on 11 Apr, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 22 comments

San Luis Obispo City Manager Katie Lichtig and Fire Chief Garret Olson have both received fines for their participation in a video that allegedly sexually objectified firefighters. Lichtig received a $2,659 fine and Olson was fined $5,442. Lichtig’s fine is... (Continue reading)

Alleged Paso Robles pedophile headed to trial

Written on 21 Mar, 2017 in Featured, Uncovered SLO | 12 comments

Following testimony revealing that Paso Robles man Jason Porter allegedly held down a 4-year-old girl while he performed oral sex, a San Luis Obispo judge ruled there is enough evidence for the child molestation and sexual abuse case to go... (Continue reading)

Woman sexually assaulted in her sleep in Isla Vista

Written on 21 Mar, 2017 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

A man broke into a woman’s Isla Vista home on Saturday and sexually assaulted her in her sleep, according to the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office. Shortly after 5 a.m., a woman awoke to an unknown man fondling her in... (Continue reading)