DAs Granted Temporary Restraining Order Preventing CDCR from Increasing Credits for Second-Strikers w/Serious, Violent Convictions
Date: 12/29/2021 2:35:53 PM
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 histories.

Delivery Drivers Beware: New scam attempts to defraud delivery drivers
Date: 12/22/2021 10:50:04 AM
District Attorney Dan Dow issues warning about new scam targeting delivery drivers.

District Attorney urges Governor to reverse the Parole Board’s granting parole to Jason Adam Greenwell for the brutal 2010 murder of Dystiny Myers
Date: 12/22/2021 3:14:33 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow writes letter to Governor Newsom urging him to exercise his authority to review and reverse a parole board’s decision last month to grant convicted murderer Jason Greenwell parole despite objections.

Judge Sentences David Avis Vance to serve 30 years in prison and lifetime sex offender registration for sexual abuse of four minors
Date: 12/20/2021 3:28:59 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that David Avis Vance of San Miguel was sentenced to 30 years in state prison for sexually abusing four minors.

Judge Sentences Chris L. Berdoll to serve 4 years and 4 months in prison for production and possession of child pornography
Date: 12/17/2021 3:15:07 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that San Luis Obispo County Superior Court Judge Jesse Marino has sentenced Chris L. Berdoll (52) of Atascadero to serve 4 years and 4 months in state prison for his convictions of 25 felony counts of production and possession of child pornography, involving 17 separate victims.

Judge Sentences Michael Anthony Brians to serve 100 years to Life in prison after a jury found him guilty of 8 counts of sex crimes against children
Date: 12/13/2021 3:45:23 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that the Honorable Judge Jacquelyn H. Duffy sentenced Michael Anthony Brians (61) of Santa Margarita to serve 100 years to life in state prison for his convictions of eight (8) felony counts of sex crimes committed against three child victims.

Jury convicts Kammeron Isaac Anderson (26) of residential burglary, multiple sexual assault crimes and theft. He faces a life sentence.
Date: 12/17/2021 3:45:44 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that after nearly a three-week trial, a San Luis Obispo County jury found Kammeron Isaac Anderson guilty of various sex crimes including residential burglary with intent to commit rape and two counts of assault with intent to commit rape. Anderson was also convicted of petty theft.

Kejuan Guy Bynum sentenced to serve 36 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Cristopher Vento Wilson
Date: 12/13/2021 2:51:14 PM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Shandon resident Kejuan Guy Bynum (29) was sentenced to serve 36 years to life in prison for the second-degree murder of Cristopher Vento Wilson (23) occurring during a June 2019 assault in Shandon.

Antonio Rojas Ortiz sentenced to serve 40 years in state prison for repeated sexual abuse by force against a child under 14
Date: 12/3/2021 11:10:18 AM
District Attorney Dan Dow announced today that Antonio Rojas Ortiz (47) of San Luis Obispo has been sentenced to 40 years in state prison and ordered to register as a sex offender for life based on his plea of no contest to four counts of performing lewd acts by use of force upon a child under the age of 14.