After serving a prison term for killing Kennedy Love in 2017, Gianna Brencola is sentenced again to prison for felony DUI with a blood alcohol level above .30
Date: 1/30/2023 4:27:29 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Gianna Catherine Brencola (DOB 10-15-1999) of Los Osos was sentenced to six years in state prison for her conviction of felony driving while under the influence of alcohol. The sentence is the result of her guilty plea to the charge and admission to having been earlier convicted of vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated in 2018.

Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham awarded the District Attorney Special Commendation for his efforts to combat Human Trafficking
Date: 1/27/2023 4:13:20 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow presented Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham with a rarely given award to recognize his outstanding advocacy for improving public safety and promoting legislation to combat human trafficking and to increase protections for victims of trafficking while serving in the California State Assembly.

Judge sentences Robert W. Koehler, IV to serve 56 years to life in prison for the murder of Kristen Marti
Date: 1/31/2023 5:46:31 PM
Grover Beach resident Robert W. Koehler, IV (40) was sentenced to 56 years to life in prison today for the January 2018 brutal murder of 26-year-old Kristen Marti, who remained missing for over two months.

Jury Convicts Craig Anthony Grunow (57) of Sex Crimes Involving Three Child Victims
Date: 1/26/2023 2:03:51 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that a San Luis Obispo County jury has convicted Craig Anthony Grunow (04/21/1965) of 11 counts of sexual abuse of three child victims occurring over a three-year period.

Nathan Daniel Abate (34) charged with committing felony sex crimes against two victims
Date: 1/19/2023 3:56:38 PM
Nathan Daniel Abate of Atascadero has been arrested and charged with sex crimes alleged to have occurred between 2008 and 2010 involving two victims.