Man Who Mailed Heroin Into Jail Gets Sentenced
Lee Edward Amesquita, 37, was sentenced to 8 years prison this morning, for three separate counts of mailing heroin into jail. Amesquita sent the hidden drug to his incarcerated girlfriend, according to evidence presented during a two-week trial last April. …
Picasso, Pistol and Porsche Stolen from Posh Place
Tuesday afternoon a lady returned to her seaside home in a posh part of San Diego County and found her garage door open and her Porsche missing, according to San Diego Police spokeswoman Lt. Andra Brown. The license on the …
Fugitive Wanted On Murder Charges Arraigned
Ruben Anthony Cepeda, 21, is accused of putting a gun to the belly of the woman carrying his baby and killing both her and her four-month-old fetus, in an apartment in Escondido last April. Cepeda kept his head down in …
69-Year-Old Man Denies Child Abuse Charges
Corazon Paulino Flores is on trial in San Diego’s North County Superior Courthouse, charged with more than 40 counts of felony child abuse. He is pleading not guilty through his public defender. Three named victims were allegedly abused over multiple …
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 17. Playford, who calls himself …
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, and the second charge, possession …
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 door, according to evidence shown …