Detectives asking the public for help to identify any other potential victims
–Recently, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office detectives received information of suspected child sexual abuse concerning multiple victims under the age of 14.
The investigation by detectives was submitted to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, who filed multiple counts charging lewd and lascivious acts with a child under the age of 14-years old. An arrest warrant was obtained, and on May 26, sheriff’s investigators took 63-year-old James Peter Storton of Arroyo Grande into custody.
The location of where these incidents occurred is being withheld to protect the victims and their families, authorities said.
SLO police identify officer killed in Monday shooting
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. - The San Luis Obispo Police Department has identified the officer who was killed in the line of duty Monday as well as the man suspected of killing him.
The police department says Detective Luca Benedetti was the officer shot and killed Monday evening while serving a search warrant at a San Luis Obispo apartment. Benedetti was a 12-year law enforcement veteran, the police department said.
Detective Steve Orozco was also injured in the shooting and was transported to the hospital where he was treated and released. He is expected to make a complete recovery.
Former Uber driver sentenced for sex crimes, burglary and theft
San Luis Obispo County District Attorney s Office
Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez
and last updated 2021-04-26 20:42:27-04
A Santa Maria man has been sentenced to 46 years to life, plus 8 years and 8 months for his conviction of 13 felony counts, including sexual crimes, burglary and theft involving five women.
In March, Alfonso Alarcon-Nunez, 43, was found guilty of charges that include assault with the intent to commit rape during a residential burglary, four counts of burglary of an occupied residence, one count of rape by force, two counts of rape of an intoxicated individual, one count of oral copulation of an intoxicated individual, one count of assault with intent to commit rape, and one count of grand theft.