Jury declares woman guilty of three DUI manslaughters
A jury declared Debbie Pacheco Sumi guilty of three counts of gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated, today, after a two week trial. Three persons were killed on the side of highway 78 two years ago, in August 2010, when a …
Disbarred attorney back in jail again
Jail records show that Michael Theodore Pines was arrested about 8 p.m. yesterday, and is currently held in San Diego’s downtown jail. The Sheriff’s website states that Pines was captured by U.S. Marshals and booked Friday evening, October 19, 2012. …
Man accused of $3 million fraud admits 48 felonies
A man accused of using the identities of his mom and dad to run up more than $3 million in debt admitted all 48 felony counts in court yesterday. He could get up to 41 years in prison, according to …
Experts dispute each other in DUI manslaughter trial
Forensic experts for both prosecution and defense gave conflicting testimony this week, in the triple-manslaughter trial of a woman accused of being the driver in a fatal highway crash. Thirty-six-year-old Debbie Pacheco Sumi denies that she was behind the wheel …
Trial continues for woman accused of DUI manslaughter
Defense is expected to begin their case today, in a two-week trial for 34-year-old Debbie Pacheco Sumi. The petite woman is charged with killing three persons on the side of highway 78 more than two years ago. An “accident reconstruction …
Police canine demonstration in Carlsbad
Police canine Tyson and partner Corporal Alonso De Velasco demonstrated their work yesterday, at the Carlsbad safety center. Officer DeVelasco first drove up in his patrol car before a roped-off crowd, then got out of his car and spoke to …
Firefighters demonstrate a rescue
A team of rescuers swarmed a crushed car during a demonstration at the Carlsbad safety center yesterday. Three different power tools were used on a sample traffic-collision-casualty, and the car was taken apart in surprisingly few minutes. The child-mannequin inside …
Oceanside Police announce special investigation
Oceanside Police finished a special operation in which they arrested 11 persons associated with drug and gang activity, they announced in a press conference this week. The special investigation began four months ago, police said, when they put a wire-tap …
Former cop back in court, the good and the bad
A disgraced cop got words of approval yesterday afternoon, from the same judge who took his guilty plea five months ago. Judge Kimberlee Lagotta read from a doctor’s report affirming that former-cop Michael Christian Koch has been attending group therapy …
New details in case of man "dating" 12-yr-old girl
New details in the case of a 24-year-old man convicted of sex with a 12-year-old girl are alleged in a probation officer’s report. According to the report, five different “sexually explicit” photographs were found on Christopher Bradley Nutt’s cell phone, …
Man accused of fatal stabbing due in court next week
“She told dispatchers that her ex-boyfriend, later identified as Christopher James Selena, had just stabbed her current boyfriend while inside her home.” Police issued a statement later the same day. “The woman said she had been in her townhome with …