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  The question of whether a San Luis Obispo salesman knew he was buying stolen jewelry when he purchased diamond and sapphire rings in 2010 was at the heart of closings arguments Wednesday in his stolen-property trial.

  The case against William Roger McBurney, a sales associate at All That Glitters in San Luis Obispo, is now in the jury’s hands.

  McBurney, 57, has pleaded not guilty to two felony counts of receiving stolen property and a misdemeanor offense of delaying an officer in the course of his duties.

• 10-year sentence for Oceanside man accused in Cambria, San Diego molestations

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  A 32-year-old Oceanside man was sentenced Wednesday in San Luis Obispo Superior Court to 10 years in state prison after being found guilty this fall of lewd acts against a child.

  A jury convicted Jackson Sullivan McGuire in October of three felony counts of lewd acts — kissing the victim’s breasts, oral copulation and digital penetration.

  Before the trial, McGuire turned down the prosecution’s plea offer of one year in County Jail, which the victim was willing to support at the time.

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  A former salesman at a San Luis Obispo jewelry store was found not guilty Friday of two felony counts of receiving stolen property, but a jury found him guilty of a misdemeanor charge of delaying a police officer in his duties.

  William “Mack” McBurney, 57, was acquitted by a jury of six men and six women of the most serious allegations against him.

  Deputy District Attorney Karen Gray argued McBurney knew he was buying stolen property when he purchased a stolen diamond ring worth more than $20,000 for $204, and then a stolen sapphire worth $3,500 for $132.

• All That Glitters operator knew he was buying stolen jewelry, prosecutor says

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  Receipts and other evidence show that the operator of a San Luis Obispo jewelry store received stolen property when he purchased two pieces of jewelry for much less than their actual value, a prosecutor argued Wednesday.

  Deputy District Attorney Karen Gray gave her opening statement in San Luis Obispo Superior Court to begin a trial against 57-year-old William Roger McBurney.

  McBurney has pleaded not guilty to accusations that last year he bought a stolen diamond ring worth about $20,000 for $204 and a stolen piece of sapphire jewelry valued at $4,500 for $132.

• Text says man gave drug to half sister, authorities say

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  A 27-year-old Grover Beach man wrote in a text message that he gave the drug methadone to his teenage half sister, who was found dead in May, because he wanted to help her deal with depression, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.

  But when he talked to detectives, Theo Evan Macey denied that he gave the drug to his half sister, who was found dead May 25 at the Nipomo residence where Macey was staying with his girlfriend, Cariann Gardner.

  Macey has pleaded not guilty to the charge of furnishing a drug to a minor. A preliminary hearing to determine if prosecutors have enough evidence to warrant a trial is scheduled for Dec. 1 in San Luis Obispo Superior Court.