CRIME & SAFETY
Brothers Plead Guilty to Holding Three Migrants Hostage for Ransom in Escondido
Two brothers who kidnapped three people without documentation and held them for ransom at an Escondido home in 2023 pleaded guilty Tuesday to federal charges, prosecutors said. The U.S. Attorney’s Office said that Virves Pablo-Francisco, 22, and his brother Nicolas Pablo-Francisco, 20, held a father and son from Ecuador and...
Ex-San Diego nonprofit executive pleads guilty to stealing over $400K for personal use
A former San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation executive who prosecutors say stole more than $400,000 from the nonprofit pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal wire fraud charge. Katherine Lu Acquista, 47, of Escondido, who previously served as the EDC's director of operations and accounting, used her access to the...
Escondido Car Crash Leaves Gas Station Customer Trapped Under Fallen Fuel Pump
An out-of-control vehicle veered off an Escondido thoroughfare Tuesday and crashed into a fuel pump at an adjacent gas station, knocking it over and leaving a man trapped underneath it until emergency crews could free him. The accident occurred shortly after 10 a.m., when two vehicles collided at East Valley...
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