Feb. 17 The Central Coast's state assemblyman is making a second effort to pass a bill inspired by a local case that would make records of police misconduct and shootings public, even if an officer involved resigns before an investigation is complete. Republican Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham, a former San Luis Obispo County prosecutor who manages a Templeton law firm, introduced the bill .
New drone footage released by a defense attorney Tuesday shows a car hitting a Black Lives Matter protester during a July 2020 demonstration in San Luis Obispo.
Newly released drone footage shows collision between BMW driver and protesters in SLO
SLOPD drone video released by attorney Vincent Barrientos shows an altercation between a driver and Black Lives Matter protesters on Highway 101 in San Luis Obispo on July 21, 2020.
Posted at 3:34 PM, Feb 16, 2021
and last updated 2021-02-17 01:36:01-05
Attorneys for two Black Lives Matter demonstrators are calling for charges to be filed against the driver of a silver BMW who was involved in an altercation with those protesters.
Sam Grocott and Robert Lastra are two of the six people charged in connection with a Black Lives Matter protest that took place in San Luis Obispo on July 21.
SLO County sheriff searches for man who allegedly trafficked missing Nevada teen Kaytlyn Leslie, The Tribune (San Luis Obispo, Calif.)
Feb. 4 After the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff s Office caught and released a man suspected of trafficking a missing 15-year-old Nevada girl, the agency says it is now obtaining a warrant for his arrest.
According to a news release Thursday, investigators from the San Luis Obispo County Counter Human Trafficking Team were answering online sex ads as part of the statewide effort to curb human sex trafficking under the umbrella of Operation Reclaim and Rebuild.
According to the release, detectives answered an ad featuring a girl who appeared to be under the age of 18.
–On Jan. 26, 2021, in San Luis Obispo, investigators from the San Luis Obispo County Counter Human Trafficking Team (which is comprised of an investigator from the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office and a detective and sergeant from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office), California Highway Patrol/ Coastal Division, and the FBI were answering online sex ads as part of the statewide effort to curb human sex trafficking under the umbrella of “Operation Reclaim and Rebuild.”
Detectives answered a sex ad in which the female appeared to be very young, likely under the age of 18. Ultimately, a “date” was arranged and the female subject from the photographs in the sex ad showed up. The female was detained, and after significant investigation, was determined to be a 15-year-old at-risk missing juvenile out of Nevada.