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Eva Knott

Eva Knott

Eva Knott has covered crime and courts for the San Diego Reader since 2008.

Articles by Eva Knott

San Marcos goat thief blames Elon Musk

The would-be goat thief admitted he was psychotic. But Elon Musk had nothing to do with it.Alexander Belinsky was 36 when he first sneaked into the San Marcos backyard . The woman was home and she …

Jurors affirm riot charges for two defendants in 2021 PB violence

Two men – Jeremy Jonathan White, 41, and Brian Cortez Lightfoot, Jr., 27 – who drove from Los Angeles to attack a pro-Trump rally in Pacific Beach in 2021 were found guilty of felony conspiracy …

Roberto Flores admits trying to kill Oceanside cop, just before third trial

Roberto Ignacio Flores, 32, who was convicted by two different juries of the attempted murder of an Oceanside cop, but had both convictions overturned, made a plea deal in which he admitted the attempted murder …

Antifa asks for names of embedded cops in Pacific Beach violence

San Francisco attorney Curtis Briggs asked for the names of all policemen who were embedded in the Antifa mob during an assault in San Diego on January 9, 2021. The demand was heard Friday, March 1, …

Questions Ashli Babbitt left behind

“It’s never gonna get easier, losing her. It just gets a little different, every day.”— Aaron Babbitt, widower of Ashli BabbittOn January 6 of 2023, Ashli Babbitt’s mother Mickie Witthoeft was arrested in Washington, D.C. for …

January 24, 2024
Del Mar wife living rich sentenced for trying to kill rich husband

Tatyana Natasha Remley, 43, stood before a judge last Thursday, December 28 and admitted that she tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband and that she possessed a concealed, loaded firearm that was …

January 1, 2024
Not long after Todd Gloria removed gang injunctions, San Diego violent crime is up

“It’s time for the city to take a hard look at and update its police practices for modern times,” said Mayor Todd Gloria on April 9, 2021. He declared his intention to make “common sense …

Deathly bike routes: Friars, Nimitz, Pershing

Dangerous bike spotsFriars Road, Nimitz Blvd, University Ave., Pershing Dr., Genesee, Pacific Hwy at Barnett Ave.Safer routes: SD River Trail, West Point Loma, Robinson, GovernorBy Dryw Keltz, Sept. 23, 2015The curvy road from Fallbrook to …

November 11, 2023
Not so innocent off trail in Cuyamaca

Citizen pot bustI thought about the spring day my two hiking buddies and I were off-trail, crashing through dense thickets of tangled brush. It was growing dark, and the three of us had gotten separated. …

October 29, 2023
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