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County DA’s Office Explains Manslaughter Charge For Recent Sentencing 11.19.2025

The county district attorney’s office has released an explanation regarding the recent sentence for the Pismo Beach stabbing death. The DA’s office says they are releasing this due to community questions about why the DA’s office agreed to involuntary manslaughter charges for 35-year-old Andrew Rodriguez. Rodriguez was accused of murdering Jonathan Perez in Pismo Beach…

Man Sentenced to 8 Years in Prison For Stabbing a Pismo Beach Man to Death 11.18.2025

The county district attorney’s office announced that 35-year-old Andrew Frederick Rodriguez has been sentenced to eight years in prison, for the stabbing of 39-year-old Jonathan Campbell Perez in Pismo Beach. Rodriguez plead guilty to the charge of involuntary manslaughter back in October, also admitted he was previously convicted of the crime of residential burglary in…