The FBI San Diego office and the San Diego Police Department are seeking the public’s help with identifying a man who robbed the U.S. Bank in San Diego on December 1.
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher is being accused of sexual harassment and sexual assault by a former MTS employee who filed a complaint against him, and the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System on Wednesday in San Diego Superior Court. According to the complaint, the plaintiff, 34-year-old Grecia Figueroa, who worked as…
Methamphetamine seized by Border Patrol agents. Photo: U.S. Border Patrol By SDCN Editor Indio, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a Mexican citizen attempting to smuggle illegal narcotics through an immigration checkpoint on August 25. The driver of a 2008 Hyundai Santa Fe approached the primary inspection area of the Highway 86 checkpoint. Agents…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–The American Lung Association Research Institute was awarded $13.6 million in research grants to fund 129 innovative projects to advance today’s science to end lung disease tomorrow, including two projects in Southern California. Dr. Mona Alotaibi of the University of California – San Diego was awarded the COVID-19 Respiratory Virus…
By SDCN Editor Murrieta, CA–A Riverside County criminal grand jury has again returned an indictment against the owner/operators of a care home in the La Cresta area of unincorporated Riverside County, near Murrieta, CA, prosecutors said. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced the unsealing of the 15-count grand jury indictment on Thursday. Michelle Louise…
Customs and Border Protection officers at Otay Mesa Cargo Facility seized $38 million worth of methamphetamine within a shipment of kale. Photo provided by U.S. Customs and Border Protection By SDCN Editor Otay Mesa, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers assigned to the Otay Mesa Cargo Facility Saturday seized $38 million worth of methamphetamine…
By Gina Yarbrough Escondido, CA–A pedestrian was fatally struck by a Sprinter train Wednesday afternoon in Escondido, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. The incident occurred around 5:42 p.m. near the intersection of Mission Road and Enterprise Street, Sheriff’s Department Sergeant J. King said in a news release. The Sheriff’s Department Transit Enforcement Unit…