San Marcos 7-Eleven store reportedly robbed
Clerk said a man wearing a blue bandana told him, "This is a stickup."
The store clerk reported he was grabbed from behind by a man who said, “This is a stickup, give me the money in the register.” The clerk at the 7-Eleven store said the robber “put an object” to the back …
Escondido man accused of gang crimes
Eighteen-year-old Pedro Manriquez Jr. denies latest car theft charge
An Escondido woman heard her car start, and looked out her apartment window in time to see her car being driven away, Sunday night, December 16, 2012. She also noticed a Honda Accord with a bike rack on the roof, …
San Marcos DUI checkpoint
Sheriff deputies checked 2,781 overnight, 2 arrests reported
Deputies conducted a drivers’ license and DUI checkpoint in San Marcos last night, into the early morning hours of today, according to a statement by San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. From 7 p.m. Friday night until 2 a.m. Saturday morning, …
Disbarred attorney leaves San Diego County
Divorce attorney took money from two clients’ trust accounts
An attorney who admitted taking funds from two trust accounts has failed to make a single restitution payment, and recently requested a jurisdictional transfer to another county where she has a new home, according to documents in her court file. …
Homeless man released from custody
Admitted attempted theft near Oceanside pier
A homeless man has been released from custody, after he admitted an attempted theft from a female passerby, near Oceanside pier last summer. Moore was taken into custody the same day as the alleged incident, August 22, 2012. Calvin Grey …
Suspicious person going door-to-door in Encinitas
Sheriff advises citizens to beware of fake utility worker
The Sheriff’s department issued a warning this morning stating that a man was seen going door-to-door in Encinitas, pretending to be a worker for a water utility. It was a Thursday morning, December 6, when someone told a resident in …
Library exposure
"His pants' zipper was unzipped," according to Escondido police.
“I noticed that somebody kept following me,” the pretty 30-year-old Latina testified today. She said she went to the Escondido library last month, on a Tuesday afternoon. First she went to the search computer and then she went to get …
Gangster bailed out
Target of Oceanside Police drug-and-gang sweep last October was released
A 24-year-old Oceanside man alleged to be a member of the Posole Locos street gang made bail, two weeks after he was arrested on a half-dozen felony drug counts. George Leno Orozco, who is reputed to go by the gang …
Former coach in court
Hearing for Oceanside High School PE teacher who admitted sex with student
A former physical education teacher for Oceanside High School was in court this month, requesting unsupervised visits with his 15-year-old daughter. A San Diego County Superior Court judge denied that request, although supervised visits were allowed. Corey Lane Hogue, now …
Career criminal back to prison
Offered robbery loot to girlfriend in recorded jailhouse phone call
A 36-year-old man who began his criminal career when he was 18 years old has been sent back to prison for more than 17 years, after he admitted his most recent crimes, which occurred in Escondido last summer. Torrence Andrew …
Attorney attacked in court
Defense attorney reportedly slashed with razor in front of judge and jury
A criminal defense attorney was slashed across the face with a razor by his own client this morning, about 10:20 a.m., according to a statement by the San Diego County Superior Courts. Attorney Bill Burgener was cut on the cheek …
Wife will go to trial for murder
Judge noticed the husband was shot from behind
A judge said the behavior of a Carlsbad housewife immediately after her husband was shot tended to show consciousness of guilt, rather than justifiable homicide. Judge Robert Kearney also noticed that the deceased was shot from behind, at the end …
Mother-in-law testifies
Carlsbad woman is accused of shooting husband while children played downstairs
The mother-in-law of a woman accused of murdering her husband, was in the witness box more than two hours today, in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse. Defendant Julie Elizabeth Harper, 39, is accused of shooting her husband Jason Harper, …
Courtroom revelation
Repeat felon admitted meth problem to the judge
The man blurted out to the judge that he just realized he is “an addict” and wanted to plead guilty to methamphetamine possession, in San Diego’s North County courthouse yesterday. Jack Edward Henson made the statement to Judge Richard Mills …
Jury selection
Kansas City man accused of robbing homeowner in Vista of marijuana and cash
Jury selection has begun for a Kansas City man accused of stealing three pounds of marijuana at gunpoint, more than two years ago, in San Diego County. The prosecution alleges that Phillip Esquire Miller IV, now 28, complained of the …
Case delayed again
Trial for man in 5-year-old cop shooting was moved from this month to February 2013
The trial date for a man charged with murder after cops reportedly shot and killed the female passenger in his car, was delayed again, this week. Trial was set to begin yesterday for Ronald Sisson, now 39. He was reportedly …
Escondido woman arrested again
Accused of frequenting Walmarts with a huge black handbag
June Reiko Cooper, 40, is back in custody, accused of more thefts in San Diego County. Her theft convictions listed in court records date back to early 2000, when she would have been 27 years old. There are eight separate …
Jacked
Man allegedly stabbed for wallet while trying to buy Xanax pills from two Carlsbad youths
Drew Maxwell Davidson, 19, and Dylan Manley Maldonado, 20, are accused of assaulting and robbing a young man who hoped to buy Xanax pills from them, last month. It was after midnight, in the early morning minutes of October 2, …
Second second chance
Disbarred attorney released from custody again
This afternoon a San Diego County Superior Court judge granted probation to Michael Theodore Pines, who was captured as a fugitive in Mexico last month. “I’m gonna give Mister Pines an opportunity to prove himself on probation,” Honorable K. Michael …
Plea deal for experienced robber
Repeat felon expects more than 17 years prison for latest
Torrence Andrew Williams, 36, admitted three felonies in connection with a robbery and then police chase, which occurred in Escondido last July, according to plea deal paperwork. A little before 11 a.m on July 5, 2012, a robber came into …