Fallbrook, CA–A man who burglarized a local gun store, and refused to exit the building, led to a SWAT standoff Wednesday in Fallbrook, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said.
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–Residents of San Diego and Imperial Counties will begin seeing 60 artists and cultural practitioners in their neighborhoods, creating projects that aim to engage and bring awareness to urgent issues shaping the region. The city of San Diego announced these artists and cultural practitioners are starting to implement their public…
By SDCN Editor Washington, D.C.–A California man was sentenced Thursday to 42 months in federal prison for his role in accessing, monitoring, and conveying confidential and sensitive information that could be used to identify and locate Twitter users of interest to the Saudi Royal Family. Ahmad Abouammo, 45, formerly of Walnut Creek and currently residing…
By Gina Yarbrough Potrero, CA–Sheriff’s deputies detained and arrested a man suspected in the December 29 homicide of an East County man, authorities said. The suspect, 38-year-old Richard Arnold, was taken into custody Friday and was booked into the San Diego Central Jail. The victim has been identified as 35-year-old Kevin Stewart. The two men…
By SDCN Editor San Diego, CA–To ensure compliance with the laws regulating the sale of cannabis, the city of San Diego sent an open letter to non-cannabis businesses classified as tobacco shops that sell intoxicating hemp-derived products. The letter was sent on Dec. 1, alerting the retailers to dispose of or surrender unlawful and dangerous products that…
County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher ended his run for State Senate after he revealed on Sunday his struggles with post-traumatic stress, trauma, and alcohol abuse, and his decision to seek help at a treatment center, the supervisor’s office states. “For many years, I’ve been suffering…
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–An inmate found unresponsive in his cell on July 19 died Saturday afternoon at an area hospital, authorities said. Sheriff’s Homicide investigators were notified that 47-year-old Jonathan McDowell, an individual in Sheriff’s custody, passed away at Scripps Mercy Hospital around 5 p.m. According to the Sheriff’s Department, deputies found McDowell…