SLO Mayor says she was raped in high school
San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon has revealed she was sexually assaulted when she was a 17-year-old high school student. Read More …
Tag: Sexual Assault
Uber driver who raped SLO college students sentenced to more than 50 years
By JOSH FRIEDMAN An Uber driver who raped and stole valuables from college students in San Luis Obispo received a sentence on Monday of more than 50 years in state prison. Read More …
Paul Flores killed Kristin Smart while sexual assaulting her, DA alleges
By JOSH FRIEDMAN Paul Flores murdered Cal Poly student Kristin Smart, who has been missing since 1996, while raping or attempting to rape her, San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Read More …
Man arrested for raping unconscious girl in SLO
By JOSH FRIEDMAN A 22-year-old San Luis Obispo man allegedly raped an unconscious 16-year-old girl last month after plying her with alcohol. Shortly after 8 p.m. on March 20, the victim’s Read More …
Worker at assisted living homes allegedly raped elderly patient
A worker at several assisted living homes in Santa Barbara County allegedly engaged in sex acts with three elderly patients, raping at least one of them. Read More …
Cal Fire SLO employee says ex-captain groped her at work
Ex-Cal Fire Capt. James Peter Thomas reached under the shirt of a female Los Osos station employee and groped her at her work desk last month, the alleged victim says. Read More …
Recently-retired Cal Fire SLO captain arrested for sexual battery
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s detectives arrested a former local Cal Fire captain earlier this month for sexual battery. Read More …
Santa Barbara sheriff warns of sexual predator on hiking trails
The Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office is warning of a possible sexual predator on hiking trails, following two reported incidents of sex crimes against hikers in rural areas. Read More …
Lawsuit accuses outgoing UCSB police chief of sexual battery
The UC Santa Barbara chief of police grabbed the buttocks of a 19-year-old college student, slid his hand up her back and whispered in her ear, according to a lawsuit filed this summer in Santa Barbara County Superior Court. Read More …
Atascadero man convicted of drugging and sexually abusing girls
A jury found a 59-year-old Atascadero man guilty of 20 felony counts related to sexually abusing and drugging four teenage girls, ages 15 to 17. Read More …