Vista Detention Facility

MAN ARRESTED IN EL CAJON DIES IN VISTA DETENTION FACILITY

By Miriam Raftery

April 18, 2023 (El Cajon) — Eddie Faulkner, 53, was arrested by El Cajon Police on November 7th last year on charges of failing to register as a sex offender and parole revocation. Last night, he died in the Vista Detention Facility.


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FAMILY SOUGHT FOR INMATE EARL SMITH WHO DIED AT A HOSPITAL

By Miriam Raftery

 

December 3, 2021 (San Diego) – The Sheriff’s department has been unable to locate any family members for Earl Benjamin Smith, 63, an inmate at the Vista Detention Facility who died in a hospital on November 23 after falling ill on November 6 while in custody.

 

Smith was arrested by San Diego Police on April 2 for assault with a deadly weapon.

 

If you are a relative or family member of Smith, please contact the Medical Examiner's Office at (858) 694-2895.


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PALA POT STOP

 

By Leon Thompson

March 27, 2015 (Pala) –  According to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, a Fallbrook deputy saw a couple hanging out inside a car that was awkwardly parked in the 2700 block of Pala Road at around 8:15 a.m.


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