CRIME & SAFETY
Deputies Find ‘Ghost Gun’ During Vehicle Search in Vista
A 19-year-old felon faces multiple charges after deputies found him with a “ghost gun” during an encounter in Vista. Just before 9 p.m. Wednesday, deputies from the Vista Sheriff’s Station Gang Enforcement Team made contact with three individuals sitting in a vehicle in the 100 block of Emerald Drive, according to San Diego County Sheriff’s Sgt. Seung Park.
13 cars impounded, 2 people arrested after sideshows in San Diego County: Police
Authorities have seized more than a dozen vehicles and made two arrests in connection with two illegal public stunt-driving events that caused tens of thousands of dollars worth of damage in various San Diego-area neighborhoods, police said Thursday. The illicit automotive exhibitions, a type of underground entertainment known as street...
PB rapist sentenced to 96 years in prison is up for parole
SAN DIEGO — Kenneth Bogard entered apartments in the middle of the night, terrorizing women in Pacific Beach. Known simply as the PB rapist, he started his attacks in 1992 and attacked at least seven women over the next two years. On August 17, 1993, he broke into Kim...
Raheem Malik Meals Sentenced to Life Without Parole for Delivery Driver’s Shooting Death
A man who robbed and fatally shot a marijuana delivery driver in Southcrest was sentenced Friday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Raheem Malik Meals, who was 18 years old at the time of the shooting, was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder, plus a special-circumstance allegation of murder in the commission of a robbery for the Jan. 15, 2020 killing of 20-year-old Ismail Abouabid.
Superintendent fired for threatening students who ‘didn’t clap enough’ for her daughter
The superintendent of a California school district has been fired after allegedly threatening students who she believed did not clap “loud enough” for her daughter at an annual softball awards ceremony.Dr Marian Phelps was dismissed by the Poway Unified School District’s board, following claims she peddled a bizarre “conspiracy” that other players on the Del Norte High School sports team had not applauded sufficiently and sought to “bully and intimidate” them.The decision to fire Dr Phelps was announced following a closed board session on Monday 30 April. It followed an investigation launched in November into her conduct, which included...
2 Antifa Adherents Guilty of Conspiracy to Riot in PB; Mistrial on Tear Gas Counts
After nearly nine full days of deliberation, a San Diego jury Friday found two men with antifa affiliations guilty of conspiracy to riot at a Pacific Beach “Patriots March” in January 2021. The nationally watched case began with 11 defendants — nine of whom pleaded guilty to lesser...
Ricardo Vazquez-Gongora, 18, Pleads Guilty to Causing Soldier’s Death During Botched Car Theft
An 18-year-old man who caused a soldier’s death while stealing his car in Coronado pleaded guilty to second-degree murder Friday. Ricardo Vazquez-Gongora was arrested last year for stealing 32-year- old Eddie Foster’s car on June 11, then crashing it as Foster clung to the car’s hood in an attempt to get the driver to stop, gravely injuring him.
Man Sentenced to Over Six Years for Wrong-Way Fatal DUI Crash on I-805
A man who drove under the influence the wrong way on Interstate 805 in San Ysidro and plowed into another vehicle, killing the other driver, was sentenced this week to more than six years in state prison. Fernando Goneortiz, 29, pleaded guilty to the July 26, 2023, crash that killed...
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