In Escondido, North County San Diego, around 9:00 p.m. an 18 year old women driving a Mitsubishi Mirage carrying a 16 year old passenger collided with a pickup truck. The traffic collision occurred at the intersection of South Escondido Boulevard and South Centre City Parkway. The 18 year old female…
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Oceanside Police Announce More DUI Checkpoints this Week
Oceanside Police Department has scheduled two more DUI checkpoints this week. Sergent Jeff Brandt said that these checkpoints will run from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. Friday night to 3 a.m. Saturday morning. The goals of these checkpoints is searching for drunken drivers. The location of…
North County, Oceanside DUI Cheeckpoint set for Memorial Day Weekend
Oceanside Police officers are conducting a DUI checkpoint this memorial day weekend to look for drunk drivers. It’s scheduled to run from 8p.m. on Sunday to 3a.m. early Monday morning as part of their DUI enforcement and awareness program. Police have not yet released any location on were this DUI…
San Diego Developer Involved in Criminal Loan Scheme
San Diego developer James Delbert McConville and five other associates consisting of, a licensed real estate agent, a banker,and an escrow officer of a title company, were accused of conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. As of now, Mr. McConville’s location is still unknown and only one of the…
Norh County San Diego, Oceanside a Man Found Guilty in the Dismemberment and Murder of a Women
Murder conviction without a body? Yes! Joaquin Murrieta Martinez,age 32, was found guilty in the murder and dismemberment of Janina Hardoy, age 24, in her Oceanside home. Mr. Martinez a known gang member testified that he did not kill Ms.Hardoy but he did contribute to the dismemberment of her hands…
Man Found Guilty After Making Threats Through Twitter
Threats, even if jokingly made, on social sites such as Twitter, Facebook or Myspace can land you in hot water and charged with a crime. This is not a local story but I feel that the outcome and severity of statements made like these are very real and severe. I…
Vista Gym Trainer Chargered with Murder of Fellow Boxing Coach
On Thursday, April 15th, a 49 year old boxing trainer was charged with the murder of a fellow coach, and attempted murder of a young boxer as well as injuring another. The defendant, Mark Anthony Diaz, plead not guilty to all the chargers including the killing of 52 year old…
Escondido Gets Large Turn Out in Support for Driver License Checkpoints
On Thursday, April 15th, a large crowd of supporters gathered in front of the Escondido City Hall building in support of the Driver License checkpoints that the Escondido police department has continuously conducted for the past six years. More than a 150 people showed, lead by Patricia Bennett, in support…
Escondido Councilwomen, Olga Diaz, Questions Legality of City Traffic Checkpoints by Police
Escondido Councilwomen, Olga Diaz, has been opposed to the city’s traffic enforcement checkpoints and has asked state Attorney General Jerry Brown to confirm that these checkpoints are conducted in a constitutional manner by the police department. The primary purpose of the Escondido traffic checkpoints are to check the validity of…
North County, San Diego Man Arrested & Charged with 27 Felonies after Reckless Police Chase
Eric Anthony Pomatto, the man who lead police officers on a lengthy and reckless pursuit after evading police on Friday March, 19th, was arrested and charged with 27 serious felonies including felony evading and 11 counts of attempted of murder. Mr. Pomatto’s car was first observed outside his ex-girlfriends father’s…