A deer mouse collected from an open nature area in Campo during routine monitoring has tested positive for the potentially deadly hantavirus, County Health officials said.
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–A man was sentenced to 130 years-to-life in state prison for kidnapping and raping a teenage girl multiple times on February 17, 1999 in Escondido. Judge Robert Kearney handed down the lengthy sentence after 66-year-old Mark Thompson Hunter was convicted by a jury in October of last year of seven…
Daniel Ethridge. Photo provided by San Diego County Sheriff’s Department By Gina Yarbrough Lemon Grove, CA–Sheriff’s Department investigators are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of a man on March 18 in Lemon Grove. Investigators have identified 34-year-old Daniel Ethridge as a suspect in the fatal shooting of 39-year-old Gregory…
By Gina Yarbrough Poway, CA–The Sheriff’s Bomb and Arson Unit is investigating a suspicious residential fire that broke out Saturday night in Poway, authorities said. The Sheriff’s Department received calls about a residential fire just after 7 p.m. in the 16000 block of Martincoit Road. A neighbor reported dark smoke coming from the house. When…
By Gina Yarbrough El Cajon, CA–A man was arrested by the Sheriff’s Department Fugitive Task Force Thursday on suspicion of murder in the east county, authorities said. The suspect, identified as 40-year-old Kenneth McNally, is accused of killing 59-year-old Samuel Holthaus. The motivation and circumstances of the incident are still under investigation, Sheriff’s Office Lieutenant…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The Captain of the Port for Coast Guard Sectors San Diego is actively monitoring Hurricane Hilary, which strengthened from a tropical storm to a hurricane on Thursday and is forecasted to bring significant rainfall and high winds to Southern California this weekend. According to the National Hurricane Center, Hilary is about 60…
By SDCN Editor A Colombian man was sentenced Tuesday to 27 years in prison for operating an international fentanyl trafficking organization while in prison, federal prosecutors said. According to court documents, 43-year-old Daniel Vivas Ceron – while in prison in Quebec, Canada – was the leader and organizer of an international criminal enterprise that distributed…