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01-05-2025
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4 arrested as police bust drug house in SLO
Four San Luis Obispo residents were arrested on suspicion of operating a drug house last month after police found large amounts of meth, fentanyl, LSD and more than $3,000 cash, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said in a Wednesday news release. Shane Parker, 38, was first arrested on March 20 after officers served a search warrant on a vehicle stopped on Santa Rosa Street near the Meinecke intersection. Parker was arrested on a felony warrant, on suspicion of possessing a controlled substance for sale. He was also in possession of a 'substantial' amount of cash, and a small quantity of fentanyl was found in the trunk of the car, police said. Court records show he was charged with that crime, as well as obstructing a police officer and possessing drug paraphernalia in January in relation to a July incident. It is unclear at this time whether the felony warrant was related to the January filing. The search warrant continued at the property where Parker lived at the 800 block of Murray Avenue, the news release said. Detectives found 50 grams of methamphetamine, 56 grams of fentanyl, LSD tabs and two jars of a liquid solvent for the production of dimethyltryptamine, also known as DMT, which is a hallucinogenic drug. The SLO County hazmat team responded to the property to facilitate safe collection of the liquid. Also found inside the house was brass knuckles, a stun gun, a metal baton known as a 'billy club,' scales, plastic baggies and more cash. Parker was booked into San Luis Obispo County Jail on suspicion of operating a drug house, possessing metal knuckles, two counts of possessing a controlled substance for sale and possessing a controlled substance for sale with prior convictions — all felonies — and misdemeanor possession of a stun gun. The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office inmate database shows Parker was no longer in custody as of Wednesday. Three other residents of the Murray Avenue property were also arrested, the news release said. William Phelps, 45; Shannon Sanda, 40; and Evan Dyer, 39; were all arrested on suspicion of felony operating a drug house. Phelps and Sanda were also arrested on suspicion of felony possession of a controlled substance with prior convictions, and Phelps had an additional suspected felony possession of a controlled substance for sale charge. None were in jail custody as of Wednesday. Court records show the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office has not yet filed formal charges against any of the suspects as of Wednesday evening.
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26-03-2025
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St. Fratty's Day arrests and citations fall sharply from year before
After St. Fratty's Day citations and arrests hit record highs in 2024, the annual party saw a stark drop in both this year, according to police. In total, St. Fratty's Day 2025 saw 45 citations and 25 arrest, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said Tuesday in a news release. In contrast, there were 159 citations and 35 arrests in 2024. Much of that could be credited to the fact that the illegal street party — which drew more than 6,000 people to the neighborhoods near California and Foothill boulevards in 2024 — did not happen this year. 'The street party was eliminated, and alcohol and noise related violations were managed swiftly,' the release said. San Luis Obispo Police Department partnered with 23 other law enforcement agencies to deploy nearly 300 officers to prevent the event and maintain order. Officers told people who were walking in the neighborhoods, 'Go home or get arrested.' Cal Poly also organized the 'Morning on the Green' music festival as an alternative event, with EDM artists Galantis and Zhu headling the festival. At its peak, the music festival drew around 6,000 people, the university said. 'We are pleased with the results — even as we acknowledge there are lessons to be learned and areas where we can improve in the future,' Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said in a statement following the event. The festival had a chaotic start, with students breaking down barriers and crowd crushing to enter the event. The city again employed safety enhancement zones across two weekends to deter unruly partying. Safety enhancement zones are periods in which fines are double from $350 to $700 for a first citation, then increase to $1,000 for all subsequent citations. Last year was the first where the city had stricter enforcement over two weekends. Before, the enhancement zone took place from midnight on March 17 to 7 a.m. on March 18 — a total of 31 hours. Also, the city warned revelers that arrests this year would also not be eligible for misdemeanor diversion, meaning the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney's Office will file criminal charges against those who were arrested. Ultimately, the majority of the arrests and citations did not happen on March 15, the day of the party. That day, four people were arrested for public intoxication, San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune. She said there were 20 citations that Saturday as well — 11 open container, seven noise, one unruly gathering and one public urination. She added that the public urination citation took place in downtown San Luis Obispo, not in the neighborhoods or at the festival. In total for the weekend of March 14-18, police arrested 11 people for minor in possession of alcohol, six for public intoxication and three for DUI, the news release said. They issued 17 open container citations, 14 noise citations, four public urination citations and one unruly gathering citation. From March 7-10 — the prior weekend also deemed in the safety enhancement zone — there were three DUI arrests, two drunk in public arrests, eight noise citations and one public urination citation.
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16-03-2025
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SLO, Cal Poly beefed up enforcement for St. Fratty's Day. Did students stay off the street?
The city of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly made prevention of property destruction at the hands of St. Fratty's Day partiers a priority this year — and on the morning of the big celebration, the famously large crowds failed to materialize in the neighborhoods around campus. In the weeks leading up to Saturday's festivities, the city and university officials teamed up to introduce enhanced enforcement measures after last year's party drew over 6,000 people. In January, the city expanded the usual safety enhancement zone — which previously ran on St. Fratty's Day only — to include the weekend before and the days surrounding the event as well, while the university staged a 5,000-person concert with headliners Zhu and Galantis on campus. As the sun rose over the neighborhoods surrounding the university, crowds flocked to the on-campus music festival, then trickled out to the streets as the concert wore on. 'I would say it's good enforcement, but they should have gave a better option for all the students,' third-year student Emily Lopez said while hanging out on Hathway Avenue at 8 a.m. 'I like the concert idea, but they should have made it available to all students.' In 2024, Hathway was packed shoulder-to-shoulder with partiers, with little breathing room and crowds covering more than two blocks of streets, sidewalks and yards. This year, scattered groups of people searched the street for places to party as police officers set up checkpoints throughout the neighborhoods nearest Cal Poly and patrolled the area on foot, bike, motorcycle and horseback, keeping crowds from accumulating. Law enforcement appeared to place an emphasis on keeping crowds from collecting in the street, corralling the masses onto the sidewalks and away from any one neighborhood. Though law enforcement permitted students to walk through the neighborhoods that have historically been home to the party, they gave the crowds a short leash when it came to lingering anywhere. Their message: 'Go home or you get arrested.' San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune that it looked like the city's work to prevent street partying appeared successful as of Saturday morning. 'We are appreciative of the support of the agencies that came in to assist,' she said. 'We were able to manage the people who were in the neighborhoods looking to create a street party and disseminate them (before) anything could really get going.' San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart told The Tribune the St. Fratty's Day management was 'heartening' — but also asserted that it was not over yet. She credited local police as well as the law enforcement that traveled from around the state to help the city and university prevent the block party. Still, Stewart said the city was moving forward with 'heightened awareness.' 'We're still all very aware that St. Patrick's Day is not done and the safety enhancement zone is still here throughout Tuesday,' she said. As of mid-morning on Saturday, Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said there had been no major incidents of on-campus vandalism or damage related to partying. 'Some partying activity with minor damage,' Lazier told The Tribune around 7:30 a.m. 'So far, nothing on the order of what we saw last year.' San Luis Obispo resident Kathie Walker, who lives in the vicinity of the traditional block party, told The Tribune she was happy with the neighborhood management Saturday morning. Walker is active in Residents for Quality Neighborhoods, a community group that has advocated for better management of St. Fratty's Day partying. 'The response by law enforcement exceeded our expectations and we are really happy with how everything was handled this morning,' she said. 'We all hope this continues in future years.' Cindy Vix, another San Luis Obispo resident and Residents for Quality Neighborhoods affiliate, owns a rental home on Bond Street that was vandalized during last year's block party. She had concerns about this year's celebration, but was ultimately happy with how the city and university managed the party. 'I'm just thrilled,' she told The Tribune on Saturday after the bulk of the celebration wound down. She said she would remain 'cautiously optimistic' this weekend and hoped law enforcement would maintain a strong presence in the neighborhoods. Many students said while they understood the reasons for the enhanced enforcement measures, they were disappointed that the mass party was off the table. 'Being a criminology major, I understand the conflict,' second-year student Scott Craig said. 'I think the law enforcement want everyone to have a good time but they want to keep the street safe, and I understand why they're trying to stop it, but at the same time it's Cal Poly. Let the kids live and have fun.' San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune that nearly 300 officers from agencies across several counties helped with the response. In total, Wallace said, 24 law enforcement agencies worked the event. At least eight of those agencies were local to San Luis Obispo County: the San Luis Obispo Police Department, San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office, police departments from Arroyo Grande, Morro Bay, Pismo Beach and Grover Beach, the San Luis Obispo County Probation and Atascadero State Hospital. Six were state agencies: the California Highway Patrol, State Fish and Wildlife, State Parks, the California Deptartment of Alcohol Beverage Control, the Department of Corrections and the California National Guard. The National Guard was not in the field but was assisting with technology related to field deployment, Wallace said. The other out-of-county agencies were the sheriff's offices from Ventura County, Santa Barbara County and Kings County and police departments from Guadalupe, San Francisco, Shafter, Oxnard, Santa Maria, Lompoc and Santa Barbara. Kings County and Santa Barbara County sheriff's offices both provided equestrian units.
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15-03-2025
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‘Go home or you get arrested.' See live updates from St. Fratty's Day in SLO
This is a developing story. Check back to for updates. To get breaking news alerts, click here Editor's Note: The Tribune has dropped the paywall on this article and made it available to all readers in the interest of promoting public safety. Please consider supporting local journalism and similar coverage with a subscription to The Tribune. St. Fratty's Day is here — and The Tribune will bring live coverage of Saturday's event throughout the morning. The annual St. Patrick's Day celebration has drawn thousands of people to the neighborhood streets of San Luis Obispo in past years — but the city and Cal Poly are hoping to keep both students and neighbors safe by preventing the crowd from surging to those levels again. Cal Poly will host an early morning music festival featuring EDM artists Zhu and Galantis on campus in hopes of drawing students out of the streets, but some students indicated they'd be heading to the block party anyway after the university's 5,000 available tickets sold out within minutes. Read along for live updates from campus and the surrounding neighborhoods. Update, 10:30 a.m.: Cal Poly spokesperson Matt Lazier told The Tribune the university was satisfied with the way Saturday morning played out. He said the level of damage and disruption in the dorms was minimal compared to previous years. 'We attribute that this to our proactive measures implemented for the weekend,' he added. As for the concert, Lazier said the event went 'generally smoothly,' despite students pushing through the security barricades. Cal Poly ultimately decided to allow attendees to enter freely to ensure the safety of both students and others, Lazier said. 'We are also pleased that our goal of keeping students out of the neighborhoods was successful,' he added. Update, 9:30 a.m. San Luis Obispo Police Department spokesperson Christine Wallace told The Tribune that it looked like the city's work to prevent street partying appeared successful as of Saturday morning. 'We are appreciative of the support of the agencies that came in to assist,' she said. 'We were able to manage the people who were in the neighborhoods looking to create a street party and disseminate them (before) anything could really get going.' Wallace said the Police Department was still seeing a 'healthy crowd downtown at a few of the bars' and was getting 'a fair number of noise complaints from all over town.' 'We'll stay upstaffed throughout the day to continue to monitor and address areas as needed,' she said. Wallace said the agency would also be prepared to respond to anticipated crowds downtown on Monday for St. Patrick's Day as well. Update, 8 a.m.: After a quiet start to the morning, several hundred students began gathering on Hathway Avenue and the neighborhoods adjoining Cal Poly just before 8 a.m. The police weren't having it, however. The assembled students were at first being herded off the street and onto the sidewalk, but as of 8 a.m. they were being told to clear the area entirely. 'Either you go home or you get arrested,' one motorcycle officer told the crowd on a loudspeaker. Meanwhile inside the concert, several attendees could be heard debating whether they wanted to leave and head out to the street party. Other students on campus also appeared to be considering the same thing. 'Alright we're going to go take a shot, then we're going to the street,' one person could be heard saying on the outskirts of campus Saturday morning. Update, 7:30 a.m.: Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier said there had been no major incidents of on-campus vandalism or damage related to partying as of mid-Saturday morning. 'Some partying activity with minor damage,' Lazier told The Tribune around 7:30 a.m. 'So far, nothing on the order of what we saw last year.' Update, 6:45 a.m.: Another large swarm of people pushed through security to get into the concert on Saturday morning, an event staff member confirmed to The Tribune. The rush happened while Galantis, one of the two concert headliners, was on stage. Cal Poly spokesperson Matt Lazier said the university has since opened up the fencing around the concert and is allowing students through without tickets. 'We made the strategic decision, given that students had broken down the barricades, to open the fences and allow students through,' he said. Despite some of the confusion, attendees said they were enjoying the concert so far. 'Honestly I think it is going really well,' student Charlotte Sheya told The Tribune. 'Their motive to control people is going really well. There's a lot of people here. It's taken it away from the street.' She added: 'In general I feel like the street is like I'm standing there, I can't move. Whereas here it's like, it's a concert. It's fun.' Third-year Cal Poly student Jamison Gorospe echoed that. 'This is way better,' Gorospe said. 'You can hear the music, the vibes are going, it's free — it's so much fun!' Update, 5:55 a.m.: Just ahead of the 6 a.m. opening, a mass of people appeared to swarm and break through security barriers to the main ticketed line and cut into the crowd. Security personnel worked to get the line back under control, but it continued grow larger and several people expressed confusion at where the line to enter was. Some people could also be seen bypassing security in the confusion and hopping security fences to get into the concert. Cal Poly spokesman Matt Lazier told The Tribune around 6 a.m. that the university was 'monitoring the situation.' After the rush, one person could be seen limping, before she was escorted to a seat and attended by medics. The music festival on Cal Poly campus for St. Fratty's day has become chaotic at the entrance as hundreds of kids try to get to see Galantis and Zhu[image or embed] — Chloe Jones (@ March 15, 2025 at 6:01 AM As a crowd began swarming the stage, the student DJ announced that he would pause his set and there was an announcement to not rush forward as staff worked to divert some of the flow of people to larger areas. 'Everyone needs to back up,' the DJ yelled. 'Stop pushing! ... Think about the people next to you.' Around 20 police officers from different agencies also arrived at the scene shortly after the crowd rushed into the venue. Announcer on the stage says the event will not start until it is safe and tells the crowd to stop pushing each other. Someone next to me is telling someone on the phone do not start the music yet until she gives the OK[image or embed] — Chloe Jones (@ March 15, 2025 at 6:18 AM Update, 5:45 a.m.: Maya Armstrong and Ana Prasad, both first years at Cal Poly, were some of the lucky students who got tickets. They said they opted for the music festival over the potential street party because they wanted a safe option to celebrate and were worried about negative interactions with the police. 'So I decided that I wanted to have some fun at the party, instead of go to the streets,' Armstrong said. Armstrong and Prasad said they were some of the only people they knew who got tickets. 'I feel disappointed that Cal Poly forced us to go to the event and then didn't let enough people get tickets,' Prasad said, adding that her friends who didn't get tickets were planning to go to the street party. Others had similar concerns. 'I'm from SLO County, so I've experienced St. Fratty's every year, and I think it's crazy that they want students off the streets, but they don't provide enough tickets,' said Kayla, a Cal Poly freshman waiting in the standby line at 5:30 a.m. She and friends Sarah and Amy said they tried to get tickets, but weren't successful. They decided to wait in line for the concert instead of the street party partially because of the police presence. As the start time neared, more students began flocking to the concert, lining up to get inside. As of about 5:30 a.m., more than 200 students were waiting in the standby line to be allowed in when the doors open to people without tickets at 6 a.m. Original story: Cal Poly will host an early morning music festival featuring EDM artists Zhu and Galantis on campus in hopes of drawing students out of the streets, but some students indicated they'd be heading to the block party anyway after the university's 5,000 available tickets sold out within minutes. Students who didn't get tickets can wait in a standby line to be let into the event starting at 6 a.m., according to Cal Poly spokesperson Matt Lazier. Around 3:30 a.m., Lazier told The Tribune it was 'dark and quiet' on campus. 'Let's hope we keep it that way,' he added. Around 4 a.m., dozens of students could be seen making their way from on-campus dorms bedecked in St. Patrick's Day green. They made their way out of residence halls — where thumping music could already be heard — destination unknown. 'Yeah, we're going to carry this guy up the stairs,' one student leaving his dorm with a group of friends could be heard saying. In an effort to prevent destruction to on-campus buildings, as happened last year, the university increased volunteer security at the dorms this year On Saturday morning, all exits at the Santa Lucia dorms were guarded with volunteers, according to Cal Poly Partners volunteer Brian Fein. Students were required to show their ID and the volunteers check the roster to ensure they live there before they are allowed in, he said. Freshmen Collin Eden and Ryan Gerhart told The Tribune on Saturday morning that though they did not have tickets to the on-campus concert, they had planned to see if they would be allowed in for standby. When they arrived however, they said there appeared to be few people there yet. 'There was no one there,' Gerhart said. 'It was probably outmanned, maybe 50 employees for every one person there.' They said the planned to next check out the potential block party in neighborhoods surrounding Cal Poly. 'It's an early morning and there's not a lot going on so far,' Gerhart laughed — right as a herd of deer ran across a campus street, distracting the duo. Beyond having some fun, Gerhart and Eden also had an altruistic motive for getting out on Saturday. The pair, who were bedecked in custom green tanks tops that read St. Fratty's Day 2025, said they had made and were selling the shirts to help raise money for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cal Poly graduate student Lauren Anderson and several of her friends were able to get tickets to the event and were on their way to the concert Saturday morning before 5 a.m. 'I am saddened in so many ways that, like, they have to make up for people being vindictive and destructive,' Anderson told The Tribune. 'I don't think that many people that I know at least would act like that. So that was a bummer, but I am really glad that like there's something to do this year.' She added: 'It's very early, but I think it's fun.' It was also looking quiet Saturday morning in the neighborhoods surrounding Cal Poly. As of 4:30 a.m., music could be heard blaring from inside some houses in the area of Hathway Avenue, though the party had not spilled out into the street. That's potentially due to the heavy law enforcement presence throughout the area, with officers stopping students from entering streets where there has been large gatherings in previous years. As of 4 a.m., police and San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office vehicles could be seen parked at most entrances and exits from Cal Poly's campus. UC Santa Barbara police were also on hand to help with enforcement. The San Luis Obispo Police Department had previously said it will be issuing citations without warnings and making arrests for violations during the party. The city's mandated safety enhancement zone started Friday and will last through Tuesday morning. Fines will be doubled during that period. Ambulances and first responders were also expected to be stationed in the area to offer emergency medical support. The SLO County District Attorney's Office has also upped the ante — indicating it will prosecute crimes committed during the St. Fratty's Day safety enhancement zone without the option for misdemeanor diversion, which provides some low-level, first-time offenders the chance to divert criminal charges through a rehabilitative education program.
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14-03-2025
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2 SLO students detail accusations against fake Uber driver charged with sexual assault
Editor's note: This story mentions sexual assault. The Cal Poly employee accused of posing as an Uber driver and sexually assaulting one female student and locking the other inside his vehicle while he asked for sexual favors apparently gave both victims fake cash after their assault, witnesses said in court Thursday. Angel Munoz Quintana, 29, was arrested on Jan. 15 after two separate incidents in the neighborhoods adjacent to Cal Poly the weekend before, the San Luis Obispo Police Department said in a news release. The Nipomo resident was accused of posing as a rideshare driver and then sexually assaulting a female student. The other victim testified she was locked in Quintana's car as he asked her for sexual favors. Quintana will face trial for assault with the intent to commit rape, oral copulation by force, oral copulation of an intoxicated victim, false imprisonment and criminal threats, San Luis Obispo Superior Court Judge Michael Duffy ruled at the end of Thursday's hearing. Details of the allegations were revealed for the first time during Thursday's hearing, where both victims testified about what they experienced after they got in Quintana's car thinking he was their Uber driver. The court did not identify the women to protect their privacy. His next court hearing was scheduled for March 25. The first student to testify was a third-year Cal Poly student. On the evening of Jan. 10, she started her evening around 8 or 9 p.m. at her friends house near San Miguel Street She estimated she drank about six vodka shots and a High Noon seltzer before her and her friends took an Uber to a house on Albert Street. She didn't recall what she drank at the Albert St. house, but said she felt drunk at the party. When her friends wanted to leave the party after 30 to 45 minutes, the student said she walked to another party about 10 minutes away on Hope Street. When she arrived at the Hope Street party, she socialized a bit and then felt sick from drinking. She walked back to a different Albert Street house, where she began to feel sick in the backyard. She said she threw up at least once in the backyard. Man posing as rideshare driver sexually assaults woman near Cal Poly, police say She said she does not typically get sick from drinking and believes she drank more than she usually does. Eventually, the student said she told her friends she was going to go home, which was about a 10-minute walk. She doesn't remember walking but does remember talking to someone in a car while she was in the passenger seat. She does not remember how she got inside the car, she said, but remembers the man saying he was an Uber driver. That driver has been identified by the prosecution as Quintana. The driver eventually parked in the parking lot of her apartment, the student said. Through tears, the student began to testify the details of her assault. She said the next thing she remembered, her pants, underwear and boots were gone. She said he then performed oral sex on her, tried to have vaginal sex with her and forced her to perform oral sex on him. She recalled feeling scared, 'like a pit in my stomach,' she testified. She said she wanted to leave and doesn't recall how exactly she got out of the car, but she said the driver gave her money to not say anything. Immediately after she left the car, she said, she broke down in tears and went to her apartment. She said a neighbor had to help her get into her apartment because she was shaking too much to put her key in the doorknob. San Luis Obispo Police Department Det. Hayden Warner said the neighbor told him she heard the student crying and saying she'd been raped. The neighbor helped the student get into her apartment, and the student told her neighbor, 'I think my Uber driver took advantage of me.' Man who allegedly posed as rideshare driver, sexually assaulted woman is Cal Poly employee The student said she tried to call her friends and sister, but it was around 1 a.m. and no one answered, so she filmed herself on her phone to talk about what happened. 'No one was answering. I recorded myself so that I could just talk about it,' she testified. 'I was really overwhelmed and didn't know what to do. But I know that I was taken advantage of.' The student was not asked to identify the defendant in court, but SLO police Det. Marcello Magana testified she gave a description that matched Quintana right after the alleged assault. One of her socks was also found on the floor of Quintana's passenger seat, Magana said. The evening before on Jan. 9, another third-year Cal Poly student planned to meet up with friends after being apart over winter break. She and her roommates took an Uber to a party on Hathway Street. She estimated she consumed about five shots of vodka prior to leaving for the party. The student said she was definitely drunk but still felt coherent. Her roommates left the party early, but she stayed a little longer. Her roommates called her, and she decided to call an Uber home. One of her friends who was still at the party walked her up the driveway, and the student waited on the sidewalk she said. She saw a car parked across the street that she thought was her Uber, because the driver rolled down his window and said, 'Are you looking for a ride?' she said. She approached the car and asked 'Uber?' to which the driver, who the student identified as Quintana, replied 'Yes.' The student said she did not check the license plate before getting into the backseat of the vehicle. Cal Poly employee accused of sexually assaulting woman while posing as driver appears in court She didn't think much of Quintana driving in the wrong direction at first because her Uber app sometimes has a previous address that auto-populates as the destination. She said gave Quintana an address that was a few houses away from her actual house. She didn't have a reason why she did not give her exact address. It was about a three-minute drive from the Hathway Street house to her house on Albert Street, she said. Quintana stopped his vehicle about five houses from her drop-off point, she said. That's when she said Quintana began complimenting her looks and asking to pay her in exchange for sexual favors. He asked if she would sleep with him for $10,000, she said. 'That's when I started getting uncomfortable, because I said no immediately,' she testified. She said she tried to open the car door, but it was locked. She wasn't sure if he noticed her trying to leave the vehicle. Quintana continued to ask her to exchange sexual encounters for money, she said, with him saying he knows college girls need money and asking if she'd exchange a kiss for $5,000. 'He said, 'He knows college students and they need money. It's an easy way to get money. Nobody needs to know,'' she testified. She kept saying no, she said, and then he asked to see her feet. She said she felt very uncomfortable and should have felt more scared, but in the back of her mind she thought that if something happened he would be easy to find since his driver details would be on the Uber app. She said she felt like showing Quintana her feet was the only way for him to stop pestering her so she could get out of the vehicle, so she took her shoes off and placed her feet on the middle console. She said he asked to 'suck her toes' and she said no, but agreed to show him her feet. Quintana touched her feet and then placed his mouth on her toe, which she said 'freaked me out.' She had her shoes in her hand and and found the latch on the door to unlock the car. He gave her $1,000 and as she exited the car, he said, 'I know where you are so I can come see you again,' she said. She ran and hid in her neighbor's yard until she saw his car drive away. When she finally got inside, she told her roommates she had the 'weirdest' Uber ride and that her driver gave her $1,000. The next morning, she found out Quintana was not her Uber driver, her driver had canceled the ride, and the $1,000 was fake. Magana testified that the video taken by the student who interacted with Quintana on Jan. 9 corroborates her story. He added that the videos from the student who was assaulted Jan. 10 show her crying hysterically and her repeating that she had been taken advantage of. In a law enforcement interview, Magana said, Quintana admitted to having interactions with both students but claimed that they were consensual and that he got permission before performing any acts. Quintana first denied giving either woman money, Magana said, but when told there was a video of his conversation, Quintana said, 'I forgot about that.' Fake $100 bills were found inside Quintana's vehicle, Magana said. Magana said Quintana told him he had the money 'to flex and be a douche and kept it in the car to throw it stripper style.' Quintana has never worked for Uber and denied claiming he did, Magana said. Warner said another woman who was under 21 described an incident with Quintana in April 2024, where she was walking alone and Quintana kept driving next to her, telling her she's beautiful and telling her he wanted to be her sugar daddy. She did not get into the car with him. Duffy ordered Quintana to face trial. He was remanded to San Luis Obispo County Jail custody with a $1.2 million bail. If you or someone you know are a survivor of sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-4673. The hotline offers a range of free services including confidential support from a trained staff member, help finding a local health facility, legal and medical advice and referrals for long-term support. Survivor support and resources are also available through Lumina Alliance at or their Crisis and Information Line at 805-545-8888.
