Paso Robles city manager gets restraining order against man named in alleged conspiracy
The man accused of stalking Paso Robles City Manager Ty Lewis cannot go within 100 feet of City Hall, according to a temporary restraining order approved Tuesday.
According to the temporary restraining order’s petition, Glenn O’Hagan, 48, “has engaged in an escalating pattern of harassing and stalking behavior” toward Lewis for nearly eight years.
The temporary order is a workplace violence order, which prevents O’Hagan from coming near and contacting Lewis and his workplace.
The petition said the harassment stemmed from a 2017 child welfare case in which O’Hagan allegedly gave an addicted pregnant woman drugs in exchange for her baby. O’Hagan claims Lewis participated in child trafficking after the child was taken from his custody. The child was put into foster care and later adopted by a new family, according to O’Hagan’s Facebook posts and messages to Lewis.
The temporary restraining order was granted Tuesday afternoon.
When reached for comment, O’Hagan told The Tribune he had not been served with the order. He also told The Tribune to not contact him again, but continued to text several paragraphs. He accused The Tribune of publishing false information, called the reporter dishonest, uneducated and a “lier (sic),“ and told the reporter to “serve me in person.”
The temporary restraining order was filed by the city of Paso Robles on behalf of Lewis. The Tribune obtained the documents through the San Luis Obispo Superior Court. Reporters do not have the authority to serve documents.
Under California law, a judicial officer can issue a temporary workplace violence restraining order without immediately informing other parties or holding a hearing.
The temporary order is in effect until Jan. 22, when a hearing for a permanent restraining order will take place. According to the document, O’Hagan will be served at least five days before the hearing.
O’Hagan did not give a definitive answer or response to the specific allegations in the petition.
Restraining order follows city manager’s extortion accusation
The petition comes about two weeks after Lewis accused O’Hagan and Cal Coast News reporter Karen Velie of working together to extort him. A judge issued an emergency protective order, preventing O’Hagan from being near or contacting Lewis. Velie denied the allegation on Wednesday’s episode of her radio show “Sound-off” on KPRL.
“The judge agreed that there was enough there to be worried about our safety,” Lewis said, adding that the protective order lasted a week and he felt it necessary to make the order permanent. “It’s all about safety for me and my family.”
The Paso Robles Police Department initially investigated the report and referred the case to the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office, Assistant District Attorney Eric Dobroth confirmed Tuesday evening.
In August, Lewis accused both O’Hagan and Velie of being part of a conspiracy with Paso Robles City Councilmember Chris Bausch to spread false stories with the ultimate goal of ousting Lewis from his position as the city’s top administrator.
Citizen’s arrest and Christmas Day threats escalated harassment, petition says
The petition said O’Hagan blames Lewis for a child custody issue in 2017, “where an infant was taken from (O’Hagan’s) custody after it was alleged that (O’Hagan) had made a deal with a drug-addicted pregnant woman to take possession of the child after birth in exchange for drugs.”
Lewis was not involved and has never contacted O’Hagan personally about the case, the petition said.
Robert Burton was police chief at the time of the child welfare case. Lewis told The Tribune that O’Hagan’s focus shifted from Burton to himself once he became police chief in 2018.
O’Hagan “repeatedly and falsely claimed that (Lewis) ‘kidnapped his son,’” the petition said, adding that O’Hagan has sent numerous harassing and threatening messages to Lewis over the years and made posts on social media.
“Recently, things escalated,” the petition continued. In August, O’Hagan allegedly “threatened to conduct a citizen’s arrest of (Lewis) at a City Council meeting based on these false claims.”
Then, on Dec. 22, O’Hagan threatened to make Lewis “regret taking his son” on Christmas Day, which prompted the emergency protective order.
O’Hagan’s allegations are “categorically false and have seriously alarmed, annoyed and harassed (Lewis) for years,” the petition said. “(O’Hagan’s) behavior must cease immediately.”
According to the temporary order, which was signed by a judicial officer on Tuesday, O’Hagan cannot be within 100 feet of Lewis’ or Lewis’ fiance’s workplace, home, school or vehicle.
O’Hagan was ordered to not harass, stalk, commit acts or threats of violence, contact or enter the workplace of Lewis.
Attached to the petition were several messages from O’Hagan to Lewis between 2018 and 2024.
In the most recent attached message from Oct. 13, O’Hagan wrote “Tye (sic) you and your buddy kidnapped my son, then you helped him cover it up. Don’t get much darker than that. Then your nabor (sic) continently (sic) ended up adopting my boy. Dark days indeed.”
Lewis responded the following morning.
“Glenn, the pain you’ve experienced must feel overwhelming. I hope for nothing more than for your heart to heal. I wish you no ill will and despite what you might think, I have never conspired against you,” Lewis said. “I truly wish you the best and I am positive there is a Glenn capable of choosing a path without hate, a path that doesn’t fuel a misguided need for revenge.”
Man accused of stalking city manager previously banned from Department of Social Services building, post shows
Velie said on “Sound off” on Wednesday that O’Hagan is not a Cal Coast News employee. She did not clarify what his relationship was to Cal Coast News and has not responded to questions from The Tribune asking about the relationship.
According to O’Hagan’s Facebook posts, he has Cal Coast News decals and a “press” decal on his vehicle. The Tribune also obtained a Sheriff’s Office report that showed Velie and O’Hagan working together previously.
At the time of the child welfare case in 2017, O’Hagan was charged with criminal threats, cruelty to a child by endangering health, and being under the influence of a controlled substance, but all three charges were ultimately dismissed. Court records show O’Hagan completed mental health competency court relating to the charges.
O’Hagan has an extensive criminal history dating back to 1994, according to court records and the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office case database. They include drug charges, driving violations and one domestic violence charge. The domestic violence charge was dismissed at the request of the victim in 1995, records show.
O’Hagan’s most recent charges occurred in 2019 and include misdemeanor violating a protective order related to children and misdemeanor drug charges, records show. O’Hagan pleaded no contest to both charges in 2020.
In 2019, one of O’Hagan’s Facebook posts showed, an alert was issued at the San Luis Obispo County Department of Social Services office against O’Hagan because of his “threatening language in social media posts and emails to staff about CWS and social workers.”
“If Glenn O’Hagan comes into any DSS office, call 911 immediately,” the alert said, according to his post.
The Department of Social Services told The Tribune it could not comment on the 2017 child welfare case, the allegations made by O’Hagan or the alert that was issued in 2019.
This story was originally published January 9, 2025 at 2:08 PM.
