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SANTA MARIA, Calif. (KEYT) – A 44-year-old Santa Maria man was arrested early Wednesday morning in connection with a burglary in the 1700 block of South Thornburg Street.

On Feb. 18, around 3 a.m., officers were dispatched to an in-progress residential burglary in the 1700 block of South Thornburg Street stated a press release from the Santa Maria Police Department.

Arriving officers learned that the suspect had fled the scene and began to search the area shared the Santa Maria Police Department.

According to Santa Maria Police, officers contacted a man in the area of Sheila Lane and Lincoln Street who was "acting erractically" and the 44-year-old man was taken into custody after an investigation.

The Santa Maria resident was booked at the North County Jail on charges of burglary and elder abuse and was also found to have a $100,000 felony warrant for his arrest detailed the Santa Maria Police Department.

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By Lauren Said-Moorhouse, CNN

London (CNN) — UK police are “assessing” information about private flights flown into and out of London’s Stansted Airport following the publication of millions of documents from the US Department of Justice related to the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, an Essex Police spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.

Former UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week in a piece for the New Statesman called on London’s Metropolitan Police to “urgently” re-examine claims Epstein’s victims were trafficked to the country on these flights.

Brown said the emails released in the Epstein files showed a paper trail of visas, payments and transport records which demonstrate that women and girls were trafficked across the world.

He also said that the files suggested a number of British girls were aboard flights made from the sex offender’s private jet, dubbed the “Lolita Express,” from UK airports.

“Among the many aspects that should sicken anyone looking at the emails is that 15 of these flights were given the go-ahead after his 2008 conviction for soliciting sex from a minor. How the flights were allowed to continue should have been fully investigated,” Brown wrote.

Stansted Airport has said that private aircraft operations are conducted through separate independent terminals, while immigration and customs checks are handled by Border Force, a law enforcement command within the UK Home Office.

“These are entirely independent terminals not operated by London Stansted and no private jet passengers enter the main airport terminal,” a spokesperson for the airport said.

“The airport does not manage or have any visibility of passenger arrangements on privately operated aircraft.”

CNN has contacted the UK Home Office for comment.

Stansted is referenced in more than 80 documents in the files released by the DOJ. One email dated November 2012 from a redacted individual to Epstein discusses arrangements for an unnamed Russian woman to transfer between private aircrafts at the London airport before traveling on to the US.

In a separate email a month later, Epstein asks an unknown person about traveling with a redacted individual from Paris to London by train before heading to Stansted in a taxi.

Police are assessing numerous claims that have emerged from the massive document dump. This could lead to further action or investigations. At least six British police forces are looking into information or assisting with inquiries following the disclosures within the Epstein files. In addition to Essex Police, these include London’s Metropolitan Police, Thames Valley Police, Norfolk Constabulary, Bedfordshire Police and Wiltshire Police.

Bedfordshire Police said in a statement on Wednesday that it “is reviewing materials published as part of the DOJ Disclosures Under the Epstein Files Transparency Act, in relation to private flights in and out of London Luton Airport.”

Several high-profile individuals from Britain are facing increased scrutiny amid the fallout from the Epstein files.

Thames Valley Police has said in recent weeks that it is assessing multiple allegations against the disgraced former prince, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor.

The police force, which is charged with overs

ARROYO GRANDE, Calif. (KEYT) - San Luis Obispo County District 4 Supervisor Jimmy Paulding has accused opponent Adam Verdin of violating campaign finance rules.

In a press release, Paulding stated he has submitted a formal complaint to the California Fair Political Practices Commission (FPPC), with a copy provided to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, requesting an investigation into the alleged violation of local campaign finance law.

The release detailed Verdin's approximately $165,000 in campaign donations included $11,800 from Covelop, Inc., a local development firm, that exceeded the maximum amount of $5,900 per donor, per election.

Paulding's campaign release added, "in addition to the apparent over-the-limit contribution, Verdin’s campaign has accepted maximum or near-maximum donations from multiple development-linked donors with active interests in county land use decisions."

Paulding, who is seeking a second term as District 4 Supervisor after first winning the seat in 2022, is calling "for a thorough and impartial investigation into whether Verdin’s campaign knowingly violated contribution limits and whether any additional enforcement action is warranted."

In response, Verdin has denied the allegations and released a statement soon after the accusations became public this week.

In a release, Verdin said, "the Jimmy Paulding FPPC (not FPCC) complaint is incorrect in claiming the Covelop, Inc. contributions to Adam Verdin for Supervisor violate the county’s campaign contribution limits. Supervisor Paulding must not have read the Verdin campaign report, or does not understand the very state campaign law the county adopted in its own county ordinance 3487, that adopted the state law in 2023."

Verdin stated the $11,800 in campaign donations from Covelop, Inc. were allocated for two different elections, the June 2026 Primary Election and the November 2026 General Election.

The South County businessman and pilot who is participating in his first political race said in his statement, "This is perfectly lawful. It is expressly permitted by California Gov. Code 85301, subd.(d) which specifies the contribution limits from a “person” to an applicable local candidate are “per election.”  “Primary” and “general” elections are considered separate elections under Calif. Gov. Code 85318(a), a long-standing state law mandate required by the federal courts. See SEIU v. FPPC (1990).  

So, a local candidate may raise up to $5,900 for the primary election and another $5,900 to the general election (which may be raised before the general election).  $5,900 is the current state legislative candidate contribution limit as of 2021, adjusted by a cost-of-living adjustment in Calif. Gov. Code 83124 for 2026 elections."

District 4 in San Luis Obispo County represents Nipomo, Arroyo Grande, Oceano, Huasna, Edna Valley, California Valley and other unincorporated portions of the South County.

Voting for the seat will be held during the Primary Election on Tuesday, June 2, 2026.

A candidate will need to capture a majority of votes in June to win the election. If not, a runoff will take place during th

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