Ryan ChartrandSan Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Department deputies and Gang Task Force officers are still investigating a beating and stabbing that occurred the morning of Jan. 5 in Nipomo.
Deputies responded to a private birthday party on the 200 block of Ponderosa Street after uninvited guests arrived and a fight ensued outside the house. 19-year-old Jacob Long of Arroyo Grande was beaten and stabbed but the suspects apparently fled the party before deputies arrived. Long was taken to Arroyo Grande Community Hospital with multiple lacerations and stab wounds to the back.
The suspects allegedly identified themselves as members of the Nipomo 13 street gang and “jumped” Long after an argument inside the house.
William Travis Kearny was taken into custody around 8 p.m. on Jan. 5 and was booked into the San Luis Obispo county jail with bail set for $500,000.