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Man arrested for attempted robbery after police run DNA analysis
Benjamin Genova, a 34-year-old resident of Grover Beach. Suspect arrested over a year after the crime –On Jan. 9, 2016, the San Luis Obispo Police Department responded to a robbery in progress at 1291...
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County’s most wanted: Gregory Lee and Paula Young
Gregory Scott Lee, 51, and Paula Sue Young, 47, are wanted on forgery and counterfeiting charges. –The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this man or woman? Gregory Scott Lee,...
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Man arrested for attempting to rob gas station with kidnapped victims in tow
Photo from Google maps. – Santa Maria resident Baltazar Alverez Mendoza, 26, was arrested Sunday after attempting to rob the Atascadero Shell Station with two kidnapped victims in tow, according to...
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Two clerks arrested for selling alcohol to minors
On Saturday, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office’s Alcohol Compliance Team held a minor decoy operation in the Avila Beach and Los Osos areas. Two were arrested in the sting. The minor decoy...
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Police issue warning on check and credit card fraud
The San Luis Obispo Police Department has experienced a noticeable increase in occurrences and arrests related to organized check and credit card fraud. How check fraud is being committed 1. Suspects...
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SLO police plan DUI patrols for Cinco de Mayo
Impaired driving enforcement operations planned this weekend –Cinco de Mayo has become a deadly holiday due to drunk and drugged driving. Forty people were killed in impaired driving crashes across...
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County’s most wanted: Felipe Gutierrez
–The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this man? Felipe Gutierrez, 37, is wanted for failure to appear in court, two counts of carrying a concealed firearm in a vehicle and...
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Prowler spotted peering into victim’s window at night, police say
Suspect was allegedly holding a cell phone and watching a pornographic video while shining a light into the victim’s bedroom –At approximately 12:40 a.m. Tuesday morning, officers responded to the 600...
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Police seek help identifying suspect they say burglarized local high school
–The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is looking for the public’s help in identifying the subject in these photos (taken from surveillance video). On the night of April 11, Lopez High School in...
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County’s most wanted: Richard Corbitt and Lindsay Jo Trejo
Richard Corbitt and Lindsay Jo Trejo. –The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this couple? Richard Corbitt, 22, is wanted for two counts of conspiracy to commit a crime, a...
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Authorities seize 18 roosters from suspected cockfighting operation
–On Thursday, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Rural Crime Unit served multiple search warrants in Los Osos and rural Los Osos related to the possession of gamecocks for fighting purposes and...
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Murderer denied parole
–In September 1989, a jury convicted Linza Earl Russell of first-degree murder in the stabbing death of his girlfriend, Kelli Daniels, who was 21. Russell has been in prison for that crime ever since...
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Police seek help identifying burglars
Video shows footage of men making purchases with stolen credit cards The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance in identifying two suspects who are accused of...
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Painted swastika, racial slurs, and other acts of vandalism reported at...
Graffiti, vandalism, causes thousands in damages –The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a vandalism incident that occurred Saturday at Templeton High School. Deputies responded...
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Man arrested after leading police on high speed chase near Cuesta Grade
Anaheim resident 25-year-old Raul Mihai Pop. –Anaheim resident 25-year-old Raul Mihai Pop was arrested Sunday near the Cuesta Grade after leading police on a high-speed chase on his Yamaha motorcycle....
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Woman sentenced to 2 years, 8 months in state prison for arson
–Debra Collins, age 58, was sentenced today to state prison for a term of 2 years 8 months by the Honorable Craig Van Rooyen of the San Luis Obispo Superior Court. On March 13, 2017 Ms. Collins pled...
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SWAT team apprehends man after he fires shots at an inhabited dwelling
–On Wednesday, at approximately 11:59 p.m., officers from the San Luis Obispo Police Department responded to the report of a disorderly male yelling and running in the street near the 800 block of...
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Driver of black Mustang fires shot at Kia on Highway 46, CHP reports
Monday night at 9:40 pm a 2002 Kia, traveling eastbound on Highway 46, west of Jardine Road, was struck on its passenger side by a bullet, California Highway Patrol reports. The driver and his three...
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County’s most wanted: Cody James Mazzi
Cody James Mazzi. –The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this man? Cody James Mazzi, 39, is wanted for a probation violation, receiving or purchasing stolen property, and...
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Two store clerks arrested after minor decoy alcohol sting
The Templeton Chevron station. Photo from Google Maps. –On May 19, the San Luis Obispo Sheriff’s Office’s Alcohol Compliance Team operated a California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC)...
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