A Vista man who befriended a fellow marijuana user reported being robbed by his new acquaintance in Vista on Thursday, San Diego County sheriff's investigators said. Officers were called to the 1200 block of Buena …
April 23, 2010
Articles by Steve Perez
Begged for His Life
Elderly Scare
Mary Louise Wilson was sentenced to nearly 20 years in state prison on February 8. The 54-year-old admitted to setting fires at the two nursing homes she stayed at briefly during 2009. According to state …
February 11, 2010
Something's Rotten in Secondary
The evidence was hidden in a cargo of fish, but authorities at the Otay Mesa border crossing sniffed out 708 pounds of marijuana anyway. According to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection press release, the …
January 26, 2010
Abandon Whip!
On Tuesday afternoon, when heavy rains flooded a section of North Torrey Pines Road near Torrey Pines Scenic Drive, the driver of a silver compact was left stranded, according to San Diego police Capt. Chris …
January 21, 2010
Breeding, Fighting, Dying
A pickup heading southbound to Mexico on Monday, January 11, had a compartment concealed under the truck’s bed that was filled with more than 40 game birds. U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers detected the …
January 14, 2010
Crash Hinders Robbery Suspects
Josh Johnson was playing a video game in his home near the intersection of Allegheny Street and Calle Tortuosa on Monday, July 6, at around 5 p.m. when he heard a loud crash. He said …
July 8, 2009
No More Eyesore in O.B.
For longtime residents of O.B., their community is representative of many things, from tolerance of alternative lifestyles to richly colored cliffs at sunset. As for the elements that creep in like crabgrass in a perfectly …
June 22, 2009
Red Means Stop
San Diego police are investigating a two-car collision that killed a 24-year-old woman on Tuesday, June 2. The crash, which occurred shortly after 1 p.m. at Camino Ruiz and Carroll Canyon Road, prompted authorities to …
June 4, 2009