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Don Bauder 9:47 p.m., May 25
Vista
Blog entries concerning the Vista area of San Diego County.
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Some of La Jolla's Richest and an L.A. Casino Operator Kick in Big for Fletcher
The most recent campaign disclosure report for San Diegans for Nathan Fletcher - Mayor 2012, posted online earlier today by the San Diego city clerk's office, reveals a virtual Blue Book of La Jolla contributors ...
Cameraman Found Guilty of Obstructing Officer
After a two-day misdemeanor trial, a jury found James Charles Playford, 48, guilty of one count of obstructing a peace officer. The jury deliberated about an hour before their verdict, announced the afternoon of May ...
Carlsbad Cop Makes a Plea Deal
A Carlsbad police officer charged with stealing heroin from headquarters’ evidence room copped a plea today in the Vista courthouse. Michael Christian Koch, 44, pleaded guilty today to one of two felonies, second degree burglary, ...
Escondido Man Photographed Teen Under Bathroom Door
Walter David Hunt, 44, took photos and video of a teenaged girl while she was in the bathroom by placing his cell phone near the floor and getting the images through the space under the ...
Killer Left Advice for Sons Before He Committed Suicide
Michael David Robles, 43, left notes giving advice to his sons on how to live before he hanged himself in his jail cell last March, according to a County Medical Examiner’s report released today. Investigator ...
Minty Fresh Developments at Iron Fist Brewing Company
Amid the brew-fueled post-event revelry at this weekend’s World Beer Cup award ceremony, I took a few minutes and my last few functioning brain cells to interview Iron Fist Brewing Company brewmaster Brandon Sieminski. You ...
Purse Snatcher Expects Four Years Prison
Fletcher Everingham Calen, 25, made a plea deal last week that could get him four years in prison for his most recent offense, a purse-snatching. Calen admitted he was out on bail for a previous ...
"Grand Theft Dog" Felon Has Moved
A woman who went to jail because she said she tried to “rescue” a dog had her case moved to another jurisdiction last week. Trina Vukov was found guilty of “grand theft dog” after she ...
Escondido Teen Guilty of Crime Spree
Hugo Elmer Garcia committed nine felonies during a violent crime spree in Escondido on the night of May 18, 2011. A jury at the Vista courthouse deliberated for about an hour before declaring the defendant ...
Burglar Wants Her Property Back
An admitted felon has demanded Carlsbad Police return property to her that they seized when they went to her home investigating the theft of thousands of books from county libraries. Through her attorney, Maria Carmen ...
Man Admits Setting Fire to Girlfriend's Home
Marc Bentley Thompson, 52, admitted arson and injury to a roommate in a plea deal he signed last Wednesday, May 2. Thompson used gasoline to set ablaze his girlfriend’s trailer home in Valley Center last ...
Boxing Trainer Gets 86 Years for Shooting Rival
Mark Anthony Diaz, 51, was sentenced to 86 years prison yesterday for shooting a rival boxing trainer in the back two years ago; the shooting occurred April 7, 2010. Testimony at trial suggested that Diaz ...
Signs of the Times
The other day, I was waiting for the Escondido library to open when I overheard two men talking. One of them said he lives in the apartment building where the young pregnant woman was shot ...
Marine Described as "Person Of Interest" in Homicide
Louis Ray Perez, 45, was described as a “person of interest” in an on-going murder investigation by a prosecutor in San Diego’s North County Superior courthouse today. The active-duty Marine was not charged with murder ...
Former Attorney Back in Jail
Former Carlsbad attorney Michael Theodore Pines, 60, was taken back into custody last month, according to online records of the San Diego County Sheriff. Charges listed on the sheriff’s website include stalking and making criminal ...
Car Key Allegedly Stolen From Woman’s Bra
A Vista woman said her roommate took her car key out of her bra on February 28 to steal the car. Antonio Angeles Rico, 52, had been living with the 41-year-old woman for about a ...
Mexican Mafia Said to Urge Campaign Against Blacks
The Mexican Mafia has put the word out for Hispanic street gangs to stop battling each other, to “focus on getting the blacks out” of their territories, according to an Escondido police gang specialist. Detective ...
Batteries R Us
So, out of the blue, I've visited this business twice in the last month. I'm getting ready for a trip, and have a tiny Pentax digital camera - a couple years old, and I needed ...
Two Arsonists Make Plea Deal
Two young men avoided possible life sentences in a plea deal today, April 13, when they admitted setting a fire last summer that consumed more than 14,000 acres, injured 18 firemen, and caused more than ...
Jury: Vista Man Guilty of Rape
Jeremy Ryan Stutzman, 34, was declared guilty of rape and false imprisonment and sexual battery by restraint at the end of the court day yesterday, April 10. The jury unanimously found the repeat offender guilty ...
