Crime

Reward offered for information about homicide case suspect

–The San Luis Obispo County Crime Stoppers program is offering a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Full Article

Man charged with local bank robbery federally indicted

–A man suspected of robbing banks in Grover Beach and Long Beach, California, has been indicted by a federal grand jury, announced Nicola T. Hanna, Full Article

Man stabbed in the chest in Los Osos

–On Saturday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded to a reported stabbing that had occurred in the early morning hours in Los Osos. Full Article

Update: Former pastor sentenced to two years for arranging lewd acts with a minor

Update posted Feb. 22 –On Wednesday, former pastor, 53-year-old Nathan George Rieger, was sentenced to two years confinement in state prison. Rieger was found guilty Full Article

Armed robbery, attempted carjacking reported in Avila Beach

–On Monday, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call regarding an attempted robbery at the parking lot at Cave Landing Road Full Article

Five arrested for drug charges, toddler taken into protective custody

–On Thursday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Patrol Deputies along with members of the narcotics unit and gang task force served a search warrant at Full Article

Former treasurer convicted of embezzlement from high school FFA non-profit

–On Feb. 5, Nipomo resident Chandra Dee Mehlschau, 48, pleaded no contest to felony embezzlement from the non-profit Ag Friends. Sentencing is scheduled for March Full Article

Woman sentenced to five years in prison for embezzling money from local couple

–Paso Robles resident Diana L. Russell (43) was sentenced to five years prison for embezzling nearly $500,000 from an elderly couple, Sandra and Ole Viborg Full Article

Suspicious death reported in Oceano

–On Thursday, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to a check the welfare call at a home in the 1400 block of Strand Full Article

Update: Search of two Atascadero homes yields multiple arrests

Update posted Jan. 17, 2 p.m. –On Wednesday, the Atascadero Police Department, in partnership with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office, served a narcotics Full Article