Crime

County’s Most Wanted: Suspect captured

—Thomas Earl Lemas, a County’s Most Wanted subject from June, was arrested on Jan. 2 by the Merced Police Department. He was wanted for two counts of Full Article

County’s Most Wanted: Suspect captured

Update posted Jan. 6 Shaun Michael Riley, the County’s Most Wanted subject from Dec. 6, was arrested on Dec. 21 and is in custody. He was wanted for Full Article

County’s Most Wanted: Santos Padilla-Rodriguez

–The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this man? Santos Padilla-Rodriguez, 44, is wanted for violating his probation for a lewd Full Article

Police seek help identifying, locating theft suspects

-The Atascadero Police Department is warning business owners and office personnel throughout the county about an organized crime crew that has been working in the Full Article

Holiday thieves captured by Morro Bay Police Department

–On Dec. 26, Morro Bay Police Officer Will Marvos conducted a traffic enforcement stop for a vehicle code violation on Kennedy Way near Quintana Road Full Article

Update: Teen suspects involved in parking lot robbery arrested

Update posted Dec. 22 –All three suspects wanted for reportedly robbing a victim in a parking lot have been identified and arrested, according to Morro Full Article

Three arrested for drug, theft charges

–37-year-old Joaquin Martin Ferraiz III of Arroyo Grande, 37-year-old Sean Kilby Witsaman Reinhardt of Creston, and 37-year-old Monica Menchaca of Nipomo were arrested Saturday for Full Article

DUI checkpoint nets one arrest

–San Luis Obispo Police Department Traffic Unit conducted a DUI/Driver’s License checkpoint on De. 15, at Marsh/Morro between the hours of 7 p.m. and 3 Full Article

County’s Most Wanted: Steven Ernest Goularte

–The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office asks: Have you seen this man? Steven Ernest Goularte, 48, is wanted for violating his post release community Full Article

Paso Robles firefighter survives shotgun blasts, gunman arrested

–Monterey County Sheriff’s deputies, with the help of the California Highway Patrol, arrested Jacob Kirkendall, 25, after he reportedly shot U.S. Forest Service Division Chief Full Article