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El Centro educator convicted in grant fraud case

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Tue, 13 Mar 2012 15:30:00 +0000

An Imperial County education administrator has pleaded guilty to mail fraud charges in a San Diego federal court in connection with misuse of funds disbursed by the National Science Foundation.Michael P. Klentschy, former superintendent of the El...

Victim of fatal Mira Mesa motorcycle crash identified

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:34:44 +0000

County medical examiners have identified the man killed in a motorcycle crash in Mira Mesa on Thursday night as Dr. Jeffrey Marxen, 60, who lived in Carmel Valley. Marxen was wearing his helmet while traveling north at a high rate...

Concrete no barrier to CBP officers at Otay Mesa

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:46:24 +0000

The latest attempt to secret marijuana inside cargo making its way across the US border from Mexico appeared rock solid. However, it crumbled upon closer inspection. The incident was reported at the Otay Mesa cargo facility on Feb. 10 shortly...

Man accused of stabbing three with wine glass stem

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:04:19 +0000

Deputies arrested a man in Spring Valley after he allegedly stabbed three people with a broken wine glass early Sunday. The San Diego County Sheriff's dispatched deputies from the Lemon Grove Station around 1 a.m. to the...

'Jail bird' in county lockup

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:37:47 +0000

Pity the poor bird that was found wandering in Encinitas and which is now housed at the County Department of Animal Services. Through no fault of its own, the African Crowned Crane somehow found its way to the&nbsp...

Deputies search for Vista bank robbery suspect

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 15:32:36 +0000

A bank robber in Vista was very specific about what he wanted, making off with more than $4,000, San Diego County Sheriff's deputies said. It happened at the Well's Fargo inside the Food 4 Less...

Robbers strike at San Diego jewelry store

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 15:54:28 +0000

If someone offers you a smoking deal on a new watch today in San Diego, it just might be stolen. On Sunday afternoon shortly after 1 p.m., a man in his 20s walked into the Royal Maui Jewelers at...

"Bizarre, irrational" man found dead in Sweetwater Reservoir

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 15:43:05 +0000

Authorities are investigating a strange case in Spring Valley that ended in the discovery of a man's body in the Sweetwater Reservoir Tuesday night. Shortly before 3 p.m., deputies were called to the 9000 block of Camino...

DUI task force targets Lemon Grove

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Mon, 30 May 2011 19:45:53 +0000

More than 1,100 drivers passed through the "Avoid the 14 – San Diego County DUI Task Force" in Lemon Grove on Sunday night. The checkpoint, in the 7000 block of Broadway, was scheduled in the midst of...

CBP seizes marijuana shipment hidden among ceramic tiles

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:26:57 +0000

There appears to be no end to the ways drug smugglers attempt to sneak their illegal cargoes into the United States via San Diego area border crossings. Take this recent seizure reported on Wednesday by the U.S. Customs and...

Vista neighborhood informed of sex offender's residency

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Thu, 05 May 2011 03:42:02 +0000

Residents of a Vista neighborhood received a special message from San Diego County Sheriff's deputies on Wednesday morning -- a convicted sex offender was moving in nearby. The notification about the change of residence of Mark William Pliska...

Deputies: Valley Center school burglaries linked to Riverside Co. gang

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Tue, 03 May 2011 02:57:20 +0000

Sheriff's investigators say they've solved two burglaries at the Valley Center Elementary School that led to the loss of $70,000 worth of Mac computers. Classrooms were targeted around 3 a.m. on April 25 and...

Sam cooks up hope for juvenile offenders in San Diego County

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 03:07:45 +0000

It's a pretty safe bet the food cooked up by "Sam the Cooking Guy" in Juvenile Hall on Thursday was a shade better than the usual fare. Sam Zien and executive chef Matt Gordon of Urban...

ASTREA rescue's hiker near Julian

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:05:42 +0000

A weekend hike went awry in Mildred Falls near Julian on Sunday afternoon, providing a cautionary tale to all choosing to venture outdoors as the weather improves. The hiker, whose name was not released, reportedly became wedged into rocks after...

Fatal accident reported in Fallbrook

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 01:14:58 +0000

The Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal accident in Fallbrook reported Sunday morning. The driver, a 72-year-old Laguna Nigel resident, was in a vehicle southbound on South Mission Road with his wife, according to the San Diego County...

CBP seizes 1,300 pounds of drugs over busy weekend

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:05:49 +0000

The recently concluded weekend was a busy one for U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers along the state's border with Mexico. More than 1,300 pounds of narcotics were seized. In addition, CBP officers detained 200 undocumented...

Bomb/Arson unit probes Julian explosion

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 03:42:04 +0000

The preliminary conclusion following an explosion at a home in Julian that injured two people on Tuesday night is that a propane tank exploded, the San Diego County Sheriff's Department said. Foul play is not suspected, according to...

Former mayor of Encinitas convicted in conflict-of-interest case

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 04:00:02 +0000

Former Encinitas Mayor Daniel Dalager has pleaded guilty to a conflict-of-interest charge, San Diego county's chief prosecutor said Wednesday. Dalager, 60, pleaded guilty on Wednesday in a Superior Court in Vista to violating Government Code...

DUI warning for Super Bowl Sunday

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Sun, 06 Feb 2011 21:27:19 +0000

For those whose celebrations of today's NFL title game include alcohol consumption, the warning from San Diego law enforcement is to designate a driver. The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Sgt. J.T. Rothlein...

Two murder suspects arrested at border

Steve Perez, San Diego Crime Examiner — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 01:59:41 +0000

Two murder suspects were arrested Monday at two separate border crossings attempting to enter the U.S. from Mexico, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokeswoman said. The suspects entered the San Ysidro and Otay Mesa...