A Burger King employee stole a large amount of cash from the business, then told police the restaurant had been robbed, according to the Atascadero Police Department. At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, Atascadero police responded to a report that a robbery had just occurred at the Burger King located at 8304 El Camino Real. Juan […]
A Burger King employee stole a large amount of cash from the business, then told police the restaurant had been robbed, according to the Atascadero Police Department. At about 1 a.m. Wednesday, Atascadero police responded to a report that a robbery had just occurred at the Burger King located at 8304 El Camino Real. Juan […]
An oversized visitor made a surprise appearance inside an Atascadero pediatrics office Thursday afternoon. A Dodge Durango SUV slammed into and through the exterior wall of Patterson and Tedford Pediatrics and came to a rest in the lobby of the doctors’ office at 7700 Morro Road. Shortly before the crash, an employee of the office […]
Atascadero police are searching for two suspects who robbed the Chevron gas station at 6280 Morro Road at gunpoint on Friday night. Shortly after 9 p.m., two suspects, one armed with a gun and the other wearing gloves, entered the store. One robber held a gun on the clerk while the other demanded money. The […]
For a second time this year, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff detectives searched a home on the 2200 block of I Street in Santa Margarita looking for evidence about a missing man who officers suspect is a victim of a homicide. In May, detectives first searched the property. On Tuesday morning, detectives served a search […]
An armed man robbed Fatte’s Pizza in Atascadero on Thursday evening, the fourth armed robbery in the North County in the past two weeks. At about 9:45 p.m., a man wearing a mask and wielding a gun approached the cashier at Fatte’s Pizza on the 5700 block of El Camino Real. Though the robber did […]
After an hour-long search that included K9s and a CHP helicopter, Atascadero police managed to capture a man who is wanted in Nevada on felony arrest warrants. Donovan Foot, 20, was designated a flight risk in the neighboring state. [KSBY] Shortly before 5 p.m. Thursday, Foot rolled through a stop sign on San Andreas Avenue […]
After fa suspect evaded capture and ran up a hillside, authorities used a thermal imaging device to spot a suspect hiding inside the attic of an Atascadero home. The man had led police on a wild chase in which he nearly ran over two officers and drove on train tracks in a stolen vehicle that […]
A group of thieves broke into an Atascadero train store Wednesday morning and loaded numerous items into a pickup truck in broad daylight. The burglars fled just before police officers arrived, and they managed to evade capture. Shortly after 8 a.m., an alarm at Central Coast Trains in the 7600 block of El Camino Real […]
Students arriving early to Atascadero High School Wednesday morning found multiple buildings defaced with graffiti, some of which contained messages aimed at President Donald Trump. [Tribune] Around 7 a.m., an Atascadero police officer checked the high school campus by foot and found the graffiti, Police Sgt. Caleb Davis said. It appeared the graffiti was painted […]
Officers chased a parolee on Highway 101 Wednesday morning from Atascadero to well into Monterey County. The chase reached speeds of nearly 130 mph. At about 8:26 a.m., an Atascadero officer tried to conduct a traffic stop on a vehicle that was traveling at an unsafe speed on El Camino Real. The car did not […]
After hitting speeds of more than 100 mph and stealing an ATV in a Templeton vineyard, a 25-year-old man’s day fleeing local law enforcement came to an end. Around 8 a.m., Atascadero police received a report of a stolen vehicle that was found unoccupied in the Santa Margarita area. While police were responding, a suspect […]
A Santa Maria man crossed San Luis Obispo County south to north Sunday morning after stealing a car and holding a father and son hostage. The man then stopped in Atascadero to commit a robbery before driving to San Miguel with sheriff’s deputies on his tail. After entering the victims’ car in Santa Maria, Baltazar […]
Workers arrived at an Atascadero car dealership Sunday morning to find a total of 28 tires slashed on 14 vehicles. The car dealership says the suspects have been identified, but it is unclear if Atascadero police have made any arrests. Justin Hendrix, the owner of Triple 7 Auto Sales, said three teens under the age […]
A 38-year-old Pismo Beach man is in San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of kidnapping to commit rape and sexual penetration with a foreign object while the victim is intoxicated. Atascadero police arrested David Ebrahimi Ardebili in Paso Robles on July 19, according to press release. Ardebili is being held in SLO County Jail […]
A burglar broke into a Mexican restaurant in Atascadero on Monday and stole the cash register, surveillance footage shows. Shortly after 5 a.m., the thief was captured by surveillance video entering Garcia’s Restaurant, which is located at 9550 El Camino Real. The man, who was wearing a hat and a bandana over his face, […]
On the morning that students were due to walk out of class to protest gun violence, Atascadero High School was placed on lockdown, or “shelter in place,” as a result of a student’s social media threat to carry out a deadly shooting on campus Wednesday. [Cal Coast Times] At 7:56 a.m., police received notification that […]
A convicted sex offender who lives in Atascadero is facing fresh sexual abuse allegations, which include a charge of sodomizing a child under the age of 10. [Cal Coast Times] Fred Raymond Knight II, 43, is currently in the San Luis Obispo County Jail on charges of sexual intercourse or sodomy of a victim under […]
The Atascadero Police Department is temporarily changing its no visible tattoos while on duty policy while seeking public input. [Cal Coast Times] Several months ago, an Atascadero officer asked the city to amend its tattoo policy. At the end of the two month trial period (September and October), the department will consider changing its tattoo […]
A robber allegedly entered an Atascadero restaurant Thursday morning and sprayed an employee in the face with an unknown chemical before fleeing with an undisclosed amount of cash. [Cal Coast Times] At about 9 a.m., the robber entered the Tastee-Freeze restaurant on Montecito Avenue and demanded cash. Following the robbery, the restaurant worker was taken […]