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Thief steals Arroyo Grande chief’s badge and gun

Written on 9 Jul, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 49 comments

A thief stole Arroyo Grand Police Chief Steve Annibali’s badge and gun from his unmarked car Sunday night. [KSBY] Annibali said that the thief smashed the passenger side window of his car around 11:30 p.m. Sunday outside his Arroyo Grande... (Continue reading)

SLO woman loses life savings to grandparent scam

Written on 17 May, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A San Luis Obipso woman lost her life savings — more than $75,000 — to a phone con known as the grandparent scam. [KCOY] Dolores Quezada wired $75,500 to an unknown recipient after she received a phone call from someone... (Continue reading)

Atascadero man arrested for purse snatching

Written on 20 Feb, 2013 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 8 comments

An Atascadero man allegedly tried to wrestle an 80-year-old woman’s purse away from her at the Kmart in Arroyo Grande. Several citizens restrained Mykel Leo Romo, 21, after they spotted him attempting to steal the purse The victim suffered minor... (Continue reading)

SLO thieves targeting MacBook laptop computers

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

During a rash of home burglaries near the Cal Poly campus in San Luis Obispo, thieves absconded with 15 MacBook Pro laptop computers. On Friday and Saturday, thieves broke into five residences grabbing the laptops while leaving other valuables behind.... (Continue reading)

Credit card breach at SLO Barnes & Noble

Written on 25 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 2 comments

Hackers have stolen credit card information from customers of 63 Barnes & Noble stores across the country, including the San Luis Obispo store. [LATimes] On Sept. 14, Barnes & Noble discovered that the customer information had been stolen but kept... (Continue reading)

Recycling fraud running rampant in California

Written on 8 Oct, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 23 comments

California instated the five cent recycling redemption law 25 years ago, and now fraudulent recycling is costing the state as much as $200 million a year. Last year, consumers purchased 8.5 billion recyclable cans in California while 8.3 billion cans... (Continue reading)

Thief steals San Luis Obispo police radar detector

Written on 18 Sep, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 4 comments

San Luis Obispo police may get caught speeding by a suspect they happen to be pursuing. A radar gun disappeared from a pouch inside a parked, police motorcycle left unattended around 1:40 am Sunday, the police department said. Police reported... (Continue reading)

Crack down on SLO County identity theft rings

Written on 16 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 29 comments

The San Luis Obispo County operators of two high-tech bank scam operations that ripped off hundreds of Chase Bank customers over the last three years are winding their way through the court system as the result of a crackdown by... (Continue reading)

Grover Beach police arrest four suspected burglars

Written on 10 Jun, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 6 comments

Grover Beach police arrested four people they suspect might be responsible for a chain of commercial burglaries that have occurred during that past few months in Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo, Pismo Beach, and Arroyo Grande. Early Saturday morning, a... (Continue reading)

Caltrans employees accused of theft of public funds

Written on 8 May, 2012 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 44 comments

Six Caltrans workers suspected of grand theft and conspiracy were arrested Monday by the California Highway Patrol. CHP officials said the six are suspected of falsely charging more than $100,000 in overtime and stealing 22 highway signs. One of those... (Continue reading)