SAN DIEGO–The last day to register to vote for the 80 State Assembly District and San Diego City Council District No. 4 special consolidated election is Monday, May 6. Voters will be asked to choose who should fill the two remaining years in the terms for those districts because the elected officials resigned their respective positions to [...]
Unknown Suspect Wanted For Commercial Burglary Series
May 5, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–Crime Stoppers and investigators from the San Diego Police Department’s Southeastern Division are asking for assistance from the public to help identify and locate an unknown suspect wanted in connection with at least two different commercial burglaries at the same Arco gas station. Detectives said the first case occurred on April 5 at approximately [...]
Man Arrested For Bank Robbery
May 4, 2013 By
EL CAJON—Police officers arrested Friday a 41 year old man after he robbed the Chase Bank in El Cajon. El Cajon police say Jason Henry Osborne, who is unemployed, entered the Chase Bank located at 1133 Avocado Blvd., with a simulated weapon, and demanded cash from the teller. The suspect then fled the bank with [...]
Local Moms Get Early Mother’s Day Present
May 1, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–More than 100 new and expectant moms will receive an early Mother’s Day present: a special kind of pillow for moms and babies. The low-income moms, all participants in the County’s Nurse-Family Partnership (NFP) program, will receive the pillows thanks to an ongoing partnership between the NFP and The Boppy Company. A total of [...]
Law Enforcement To Conduct Cinco de Mayo DUI Crackdown
May 1, 2013 By
VISTA–As party‐goers celebrate Cinco de Mayo with mariachi music and authentic cuisine, many will also indulge with their favorite margarita or tequila, and then, unfortunately, choose to get behind the wheel. That’s why the Sheriff’s Department and its Avoid the 15 partners will be conducting DUI patrols all over the county during the Cinco de [...]
Mortgage Broker Pleads Guilty To $100 Million Loan Origination Fraud
April 30, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–An unlicensed mortgage broker who operated a nationwide loan origination fraud and kickback scheme from San Diego, pled guilty Monday before United States District Judge John Houston to all five counts of an indictment charging her with wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy. Mary Armstrong was indicted on May 10, 2012, and apprehended in Las [...]
Hepatitis A Case Reported At County Pyschiatric Hospital
April 30, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–An individual at the San Diego County Psychiatric Hospital has been diagnosed with Hepatitis A, potentially exposing others to the virus according to the San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency. Some staff, patients and visitors who were at the hospital between April 5 and April 25 are being notified they were potentially exposed. [...]
Former Executive Director Of Indian Human Resource Center Indicted For Embezzling Non-Profit’s Money
April 30, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–A former executive director of the Indian Human Resource Center (IHRC), was arraigned April 26 on an indictment charging him with eight felony counts of theft from the San Diego-based non-profit that received federal funds. The defendant was arrested by Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents on April 25 in Riverside. According to the [...]
DA Charges Couple Who Scammed Elderly Out Of Nearly $2 Million
April 30, 2013 By
SAN DIEGO–A fake insurance agent and his wife have been charged with 11 felony counts including burglary, grand theft, theft from an elder, tax evasion and other charges for their roles in bilking $1.9 million from hundreds of San Diego County senior citizens in a scam in which the couple sold phony ‘in-home service agreements.’ [...]
Former Security Guard Arrested In Connection Of Shooting Incident
April 30, 2013 By
SANTEE–A former security guard was arrest in connection with a fabricated shooting incident in Santee. Lance Wright, 22, was taken into custody at his Lakeside home by Santee Sheriff’s Detectives on April 26. Wright was booked into Central Jail on charges of felony vandalism, shooting at an unoccupied dwelling/vehicle and filing a false police report. Wright’s bail is [...]
