Crime

District attorney charges Paul Flores with Kristin Smart’s murder

Father Ruben Flores charged with helping conceal Kristin’s body –District Attorney Dan Dow has announced charges against two men for the 1996 homicide of Kristin Full Article

Two arrested in Atascadero after traffic stop finds potentially stolen vehicle

–Wednesday at 12:30 p.m., an Atascadero Police officer attempted a stop near Smart and Final in the 8000 block of El Camino Real in Atascadero Full Article

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Police arrest man for suspected sexual assault of 16-year-old victim

–On March 20, at approximately 8:11 p.m., officers from the San Luis Obispo Police Department responded to a local hospital for a report of a Full Article

Authorities seek information about suspect wanted in sex trafficking case

–The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office is releasing new information regarding a human trafficking investigation that began in January. Two people have been arrested Full Article

Update: Atascadero bookkeeper sentenced to 10 years and four months for embezzlement

Update posted March 16, 2021: –San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Joy Wilde, 43, of Atascadero, was sentenced to serve Full Article

Two plead no contest to child endangerment charges

–District Attorney Dan Dow announced on Tuesday that defendants Cheyne Orndoff, 35, and Vanessa Bedroni, 32, each pled no contest to one misdemeanor count of Full Article

Driver convicted of killing 82-year-old woman receives 15 years-to-life sentence

–San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Edgar Saul Rojas Morales (25) has been sentenced to 15 years-to-life in prison for Full Article

Update: Update: Authorities release updated photos of wanted man

Update posted March 1 –On Monday, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department released new photos of 38-year-old Johnny Jesse Roman, Jr., a suspect wanted Full Article

North County man to be tried for murder of full-term pregnant girlfriend

–Last Thursday, San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Craig Van Rooyen ruled there was sufficient evidence for 33-year-old Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson to stand Full Article

Drug dealer arrested with thousands of dollars in drugs and cash, sheriff reports

–On Feb. 4 at about 10:20 a.m., detectives with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Narcotics Unit were notified that a vehicle associated with a Full Article