WARNER SPRINGS–Sheriff’s deputies are searching for a man involved in an attempted kidnapping of a woman on February 14 in the east county. Investigators said the 7:30 a.m. attempted kidnapping occurred in the 29000 block of State Route 79 in Warner Springs. The 29-year-old woman told deputies she was getting out of her car to […]

LAKESIDE–Additional help is now available to victims of domestic violence in the East County. The Lakeside Sheriff’s Substation is partnering with  La Mesa City Hope, a non-profit group, to offer direct and immediate assistance to victims. The goal of this collaborative approach is to enhance services for domestic violence victims who may otherwise not seek […]

CASA DE ORO–Authorities served a search warrant on Thursday at the Spring Valley Collective marijuana dispensary in Casa De Oro. Detectives and the Rancho San Diego Crime Suppression Team served the warrant just before 9 a.m. at the dispensary’s location in the 9900 block of Delores Street. County code enforcement officers were also on scene […]

SANTEE–A man driving a stolen vehicle Tuesday led authorities on a traffic pursuit in San Diego county. On Feb. 6, just after 2:30 p.m., a man carjacked a vehicle at 501 Greenfield Drive. Deputies spotted the stolen vehicle had been stolen during the carjacking earlier in the day. Deputies attempted to conduct a vehicle stop […]

SPRING VALLEY–Homicide investigators arrested a Spring Valley man in connection with a fatal shooting during a physical altercation near a grocery store. Sheriff’s detectives and members of the San Diego County Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested 28-year-old Thomas Jackson without incident in San Diego. Jackson was transported and booked into the San Diego Central Jail […]

SAN DIEGO–Crime Stoppers and investigators from the Santee Sheriff’s Station are asking for the public’s help to identify and locate an unknown suspect or suspects wanted in connection with the theft of a trailer that was parked behind a business in Santee. Sometime between the evening of January 23 and 5 a.m. on January 24, […]

EL CAJON–Four adults and four children were displaced Thursday morning after a fire damaged their two-story apartment units in El Cajon, fire officials say. At approximately 8:30 a.m., Heartland Fire and Rescue units from El Cajon, with assistance from San Miguel Fire and Lakeside Fire, were dispatched to a reported residential structure fire in the 200 […]

SANTEE–A driver and his passenger were arrested after they led California Highway Patrol officers and Sheriff’s deputies on a traffic pursuit in east county. Just before 4:30 p.m. on January 15, Sheriff’s deputies from Alpine, Lakeside, and Santee assisted the CHP with a traffic pursuit. The driver was wanted for speeding and was driving westbound […]

SPRING VALLEY–A man fatally shot during a physical confrontation with a group of males near a grocery store in Spring Valley has been identified. The victim has been identified as twenty-five-year-old Aurice Turk, of Spring Valley. The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office said the cause of death has been ruled a gunshot wound and […]