An Atascadero man who, in emotional distress, fired shots and engaged in a standoff with police on Sunday has been identified as 53-year-old John Floyd Jones, according to San Luis Obispo County Jail records. Jones is still in jail, as of Tuesday morning, with bail set at $500,000. He is charged with shooting at an […]
An Atascadero man who, in emotional distress, fired shots and engaged in a standoff with police on Sunday has been identified as 53-year-old John Floyd Jones, according to San Luis Obispo County Jail records. Jones is still in jail, as of Tuesday morning, with bail set at $500,000. He is charged with shooting at an […]
Officers arrested a 53-year-old teacher at his Atascadero home for allegedly molesting students at Avenal Elementary, police said. Christopher Nugent was also an after school tutor, a youth sports photographer and a former teacher of the year. On Wednesday, three to four students in Nugent’s fourth grade class said that their teacher had touched them […]
Atascadero police arrested a 38-year-old transient Sunday for a starting a fire in the former printery building. The man told police he was escaping the rain and using the fire to warm himself. [Tribune] At 2:12 p.m., public safety personnel received a report of smoke coming out of one of the bottom floor windows at […]
Two people were found dead Saturday in an apparent murder suicide in Atascadero, according to police. At about 12:45 p.m., Atascadero police were dispatched to a home on Dulzura Avenue, just off Bajada Avenue, for a report of two deaths. Office arrived to find the bodies of two people in their 80s inside the residence. […]
A shooting on a Highway 101 off-ramp in Atascadero left a man bleeding Saturday, according to the city’s police department. But, everyone involved in the shooting reportedly fled, and police have not identified any suspects or victims. At approximately 7:23 p.m., Atascadero police received a report of a shooting on the off-ramp at Curbaril Avenue. […]
Atascadero police arrested two juveniles Monday for starting a fire in an office building that was under renovation. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze and limited the damage. At 10:52 p.m., neighbors reported a fire at 5812 Entrada Avenue. As firefighters and police officers responded to the blaze, dispatchers informed them that the fire had been […]
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff detectives searched a home Wednesday on the 2200 block of I Street in Santa Margarita looking for evidence about a missing man who officers suspect is a victim of foul play. On Feb. 26, Jared Jay Walters, 38, was reported missing to Atascadero police. Sheriff’s detectives assisting with the case […]
A former Atascadero mayoral candidate, who received 40 percent of the vote in 2014, reached a plea agreement with prosecutors that settled two court cases against him and secured his release from the county jail. However, Charles Scovell will receive a prison sentence of seven to 14 years if he violates his probation, according to […]
A police search is on for a woman whom surveillance footage caught stealing from an Atascadero jewelry store. The woman stole succulent plants, not jewelry. K-Jon’s Fine Jewelers posted a video on its Facebook page showing a thief driving up to its store in a a blue SUV. The woman gets out of the vehicle, […]
As with the city of Santa Maria, Atascadero had a shooting on July 4, though it did not result in a death. An Atascadero officer shot and wounded a man who was approached police with a metal bar after ramming his truck into a building. Shortly after 1:05 p.m., the man drove his white truck […]
The Atascadero Police Department has released the identities of the officer who fired a shot and the suspect who was wounded in a July 4 altercation. The officer is on administrative leave pending the results of an investigation into the shooting, and the suspect is in stable condition at Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. On […]
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff deputies arrested four suspects and are searching for a fifth following a home invasion robbery in Templeton early Wednesday morning. Shortly after 3 a.m., five suspects allegedly broke into a home in the 4700 block of See Ranch Lane where about 20 teens and young adults were having a party. […]
The Atascadero Police Department is asking for the public’s help in finding a man who burglarized a liquor store on Friday and two men who broke into a home several months ago. The department has provided videos of the robberies. At 4 a.m. on Friday, a man bashed in the window of the front door […]
Atascadero police arrested three North County men who were traveling in a car with several guns, about $10,000 worth of narcotics, cash and ammunition. On Monday, an Atascadero police officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle on northbound Highway 101 at the Santa Rosa exit and determined the driver did not possess a driver’s […]
Law enforcement officers seized 40 dogs from an Atascadero woman Thursday before arresting her on animal cruelty charges. Suzanne Sollenne and her dogs were living in unsanitary conditions and many of the dogs needed treatment for physical ailments. There were also decomposing carcasses of at least two large dogs in a yard next to the […]
Update: Police arrested three suspects — each of whom is from the Sacramento area — in connection to the reported robbery in the Madonna Plaza Shopping Center. Two of the three suspects remain in San Luis Obispo County Jail on robbery and conspiracy charges, while the third is no longer in custody, according to the […]
A man wielding a handgun robbed the Atascadero Walgreens late Thursday evening. Shortly before midnight, while several other people were checking out, a man wearing a black sweatshirt pointed a gun at a store clerk and demanded cash. The clerk then gave the robber approximately $300. The suspect fled the scene prior to police arriving. […]
