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Due to COVID-19 the District Attorney’s Office lobby is closed until further notice. However, staff is still working so you can call 805-781-5800 if you need assistance. If you are experiencing an emergency call 9-1-1. For public health information go to ReadySLO.org.

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Due to COVID-19 the District Attorney’s Office lobby is closed until further notice. However, staff is still working so you can call 805-781-5800 for assistance. If you are experiencing an emergency call 9-1-1. For public health information go to www.slopublichealth.org/COVID19.

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Court Reinstates DAs’ Request for Temporary Restraining Order Preventing CDCR from Increasing Credits for Second-Strikers w/Serious, Violent Convictions Click to view article, Temporary Restraining Order is reinstated preventing CDCR from increasing custody credits for inmates convicted of two strikes

Temporary Restraining Order is reinstated preventing CDCR from increasing custody credits for inmates convicted of two strikes

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today the reinstatement of a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) against the CDCR which prevents the department from awarding custody credits to so-called “nonviolent” second-strikers.

Booking Photo 12/18/2018: Carlo Alberto Fuentes Flores (DOB 05/27/1976) Click to view article, Carlo Alberto Fuentes Flores found guilty of murdering Nancy Woodrum of Paso Robles during the commission of a rape. Will be sentenced on February 24, 2022.

Carlo Alberto Fuentes Flores found guilty of murdering Nancy Woodrum of Paso Robles during the commission of a rape. Will be sentenced on February 24, 2022.

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Carlo Alberto Fuentes Flores was convicted of murdering Nancy Woodrum by Superior Court Judge Timothy Covello who presided over a court trial after Fuentes Flores waived his right to a jury trial. Judge Covello also found true the special circumstance that the murder occurred during the commission...

Booking Photo (08/01/18): Arthur Tiofilo Rocha (DOB 06/22/78) Click to view article, Arthur Tiofilo Rocha sentenced to serve 50 years-to-life in prison for violent sex crimes against three San Luis Obispo women survivors

Arthur Tiofilo Rocha sentenced to serve 50 years-to-life in prison for violent sex crimes against three San Luis Obispo women survivors

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Arthur Tiofilo Rocha (43) was sentenced to serve 50 years-to-life in prison. The sentence is based on his August 13, 2021, conviction of four violent felony sex crimes committed against three women in San Luis Obispo in 2018.

Booking Photo 03/05/2019: Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson (DOB 04/23/1987) Click to view article, Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson (34) has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2019 murder of Carrington Jane Broussard and her full-term unborn baby

Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson (34) has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the 2019 murder of Carrington Jane Broussard and her full-term unborn baby

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Daniel Raul Rodriguez Johnson (4/23/1987) has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of Carrington Jane Broussard (27) and their full-term unborn baby occurring at their home in rural Paso Robles in March of 2019.

Booking Photo 08/23/2018: Fred Raymond Knight, Jr. (DOB 03/13/1975) Click to view article, Fred Raymond Knight, Jr. sentenced to 28 years to life in state prison for sexual abuse of a child under the age of 10

Fred Raymond Knight, Jr. sentenced to 28 years to life in state prison for sexual abuse of a child under the age of 10

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Fred Raymond Knight, Jr. (46) has been sentenced to 28 years to life in state prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for life for his conviction of sexual abuse of a child under the age of 10.

Judge Grants DAs’ Request for Temporary Restraining Order Preventing the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) from enacting an increase of 50% credits to 66% credits Click to view article, DAs Granted Temporary Restraining Order Preventing CDCR from Increasing Credits for Second-Strikers w/Serious, Violent Convictions

DAs Granted Temporary Restraining Order Preventing CDCR from Increasing Credits for Second-Strikers w/Serious, Violent Convictions

District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that he and 27 other elected District Attorneys across California have been granted a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) preventing the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR) from enacting an increase of 50% credits to 66% credits for second-strikers with serious and violent criminal...