Staff Blog Entries

Sanity trial for Oceanside man who stabbed mom is delayed

Awful evidence right before Mother's Day is averted

In September 2011 a jury found Adam Brown guilty of first degree murder for plunging a kitchen knife into his ...

Band singer arrested for trying to hire out a murder, Sheriff said

Timothy Lambesis allegedly "solicited an undercover detective to kill his wife"

The lead singer for a heavy metal band has been arrested in California on suspicion of soliciting murder, according to ...

Accused nurse expected to testify in his own defense

Felony charges of mishandling 23-year-old autistic patient

A nurse accused of abusing an autistic patient in his care is expected to testify in his own defense today, ...

Marine accused of killing gay Army reservist due in court

Attorney: “No time waiver,” case set for trial later this month

Kevin Albert Richard Coset, 23, is due in San Diego Superior Court next Tuesday, to confirm his trial date for ...

Juvenile gangster declared guilty of murder

Seventeen-year-old Oceanside boy used the shotgun, jury decided

A boy accused of shooting and killing another teen when he was 16-years-old has been declared guilty of murder and ...

Oceanside transient accused of killing a man for being too loud

Killer couldn’t sleep nearby because of loud conversation, investigators say

Bruce Eric Hunt, 52, was charged with murder in San Diego’s North County Superior courthouse yesterday afternoon, May 3, 2012. ...

Vista woman charged with 40 felonies for alleged graffiti

Teenager held in lieu of $50,000 bail

Ramona Elena Montes, 18, was charged with 40 felonies and 20 misdemeanors for an alleged nine-month spree of graffiti vandalism, ...

Caretaker sentenced for dogs' attack on joggers

Valley Center man gets probation and must pay medical bills

A Valley Center man has been sentenced to 30 days public work service and 3 years probation and ordered to ...

Oceanside man gets 20-yrs-to-Life for killing transgender prostitute

And ordered to pay $4,592.55 restitution for funeral expenses

An Oceanside man was sentenced today to 20-years-to-Life for killing a transgender prostitute more than a year ago. Tyree Davon ...

Vista teen accused of more than 300 acts of graffiti vandalism

Eighteen-year-old woman signed her defacements HAZE, a sergeant said

An 18-year-old woman was arrested last night on suspicion of causing more than $100,000 in damage to the city of ...

Escondido man gets 45-years-to-Life for fatal DUI

Repeat felon, high on heroin, driving stolen vehicle, crossed into oncoming traffic

An Escondido man who caused the death of a passenger in his car when he drove head-on into another car, ...

Escondido man arrested in Carlsbad for drug possession

Prior convictions for robbery and stolen vehicle are alleged

When Michael Crain Grandys, 29, was arrested on Loker Avenue in Carlsbad he had a bindle of meth on him, ...

Handwritten notes are new evidence in Brittany Killgore murder

Pages signed by "Dee" and "Kitten" have ominous messages

More than a year since Brittany Dawn Killgore’s body was found just outside of San Diego County, a prosecutor in ...

Guilty: Valley Center man failed to control dogs that attacked joggers

Victims testified they were pulled to the ground by pack of pit-bull-mixes

After a two day trial, a Valley Center man was declared guilty of failing to control dogs that attacked and ...

Judge noticed man wore same shirt seen in surveillance photos

Abrahim Ah Saed accused of multiple ID frauds

A judge noticed that the defendant seated before him was wearing the “same exact” plaid shirt seen in surveillance photos, ...

Vista man gets work furlough for resisting arrest

Must spend every night at detention center for six months, after work

A Vista man was sentenced to 180 days “work furlough,” after he was found guilty of felony resisting-arrest during a ...

Jury: registered nurse guilty of abusing autistic man

Two felonies and four misdemeanors declared after two week trial

Today a jury declared a 62-year-old registered nurse guilty of felony abuse of a 23-year-old autistic man in his care ...

Teenager on trial for alleged gang shooting in Oceanside

Seventeen-year-old tried as adult for fatal shotgun blast in rivals' territory

Trial began last week for a 17-year-old boy accused of shooting another teenager in the belly with a shotgun. Prosecutors ...

Young gangster could face life in prison, DA says

Alleged gangster accused of ramming a man with his car, who rescued a beating victim

Jorge’s birthday happens to be Cinco de Mayo, but he will turn 22-years-old this year while in custody, in the ...

Man admits fatal crash in Pala one year ago

Driver under-influence-of-meth drove head-on into motorcyclist, prosecutor said

Michael James Inglett admitted gross vehicular manslaughter while under the influence, in San Diego’s North County Superior Court last week. ...