Crime Beat

ARREST MADE IN FELONY HIT-AND-RUN

 

December 30, 2010 (El Cajon)—An El Cajon man turned himself into the El Cajon Police Department around 11:30 a.m. today, stating that he was the driver of a hit and run vehicle. According to El Cajon Police Detective Tim Roberts, the driver is John Senati, 46, of El Cajon.

 

The collision occurred Monday evening in the 500 block of North Mollison Avenue when a vehicle struck and  injured a pedestrian who was crossing the roadway. The pedestrian remains hospitalized in critical condition.


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SPRING VALLEY MAN ATTACKED BY SON WITH SAMURAI SWORD

December 29, 2010 (Spring Valley) – John Cahan, 39, pled not guilty to charges of elder abuse, first-degree burglary and assault with a deadly weapon. He is accused of walking into his father’s bedroom on Terrace Sprio in Spring Valley on December 26th and attacking him with a samurai sword.


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WOMAN ATTACKED WHILE WALKING DOG IN LA MESA PARK

 

December 22, 2010 (La Mesa) – La Mesa Police are seeking a suspect who attacked a woman, 30, this evening in Aztec Park at 5400 Aztec Drive. The attack was reported at 6:19 p.m. The woman was walking her dog in the southeast area of the park when she was grabbed from behind and hit on the right side of her head.


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JUVENILE ASSAULTED & ROBBED IN LA MESA

 

December 21, 2010 (La Mesa)—La Mesa Police Department responded to a robbery near the Jack in the Box restaurant located at 6987 University Av., La Mesa around 5:20 p.m. today. According to police, three juveniles approached a 16-year-old and demanded his cell phone. One suspect grabbed the victim’s phone while the other two kicked and punched him. The victim had abrasions and some bruising from the incident.


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SUSPECT IN SPRING VALLEY ATTACK FOUND GUILTY OF ATTEMPTED MURDER

 

DNA match found in cold case leads to conviction

December 20, 2010 – Jorge M. Gutierrez has been convicted of attempted murder for shooting Javier Carillo, over four years ago during an attempted robbery in Spring Valley. Carillo suffered serious injuries to his lower torso when he was shot in March 2006 in the 900 block of Harness Street in Spring Valley. The victim was in and out of the hospital for the next six months, but has since recovered.


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$50,000 REWARD ANNOUNCED IN UNSOLVED 2008 HIGHWAY 54 MURDERS OF 2 TEENS IN BONITA

 

December 20, 2010 (Bonita) -- It’s the season for family celebrations. But two local mothers, it’s a painful reminder of that empty spot at the dinner table. Their teenage sons were shot and killed on Highway 54 in Bonita two years ago. Today, both made an appeal to find the killer(s) of their children, Brandon Johnson, 16, and Donnell Davis, 15.

 


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RANCHO SAN DIEGO MOTHER IN CUSTODY FOR KILLING SON

 

December 20, 2010 (Rancho San Diego) – Josephine Mary Ring, 66, was taken into custody by Sheriff’s deputies last night after she called authorities to report that she had shot her son, Vincent Bonfiglio. Sheriff’s deputies found Ring outside the home and her son lying on the floor inside the home at 2214 Tina Street in the unincorporated area of El Cajon.  Paramedics were unable to revive him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.


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DUI ARRESTS MORE THAN DOUBLE IN COUNTY FOR HOLIDAY WEEKEND

 

December 20, 2010 (San Diego) -- A winter holiday crackdown by 14 local law enforcement agencies resulted in 122 arrests for driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs from 12:01 a.m. Friday, December 18 to midnight Saturday, December 19. That’s more than double the 57 DUI arrests made during the same period in 2009. Fortunately, no fatalities associated with DUIs were reported this weekend.

 

Through year's end, DUI checkpoints, sting operations, multi-agency task force operations and warrant/ probation sweeps will be conducted by local law enforcement agencies.


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BODY FOUND IN JAMUL; HOMICIDE INVESTIGATING

December 17, 2010 (Jamul)-Jamul Drive was shut down this afternoon after a passerby found a dead man at 1:45 p.m. The body , which had blood on its face, was lying face-down in the 14000 block of Jamul Drive. California Highway Patrol officers responded and determined that the death did not result from a traffic accident, then summoned Sheriff’s homicide detectives.


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ARMED ROBBERY AT SANTEE 7-11, SHERIFF REPORTS

 

December 16, 2010 (Santee) -- On Tuesday, December 14 shortly before 3 a.m.,a clerk at the 7-11 store at 9750 Cuyamaca Street in Santee was robbed at gun point by a man wielding a semi-automatic handgun, according to Sergeant Craig Johnson with the Sheriff’s Department.


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HIGH SPEED CHASE ENDS IN CRASH, INJURING TWO

 

December 16, 2010 (San Diego) – A woman, 31, suspected of assault with a deadly weapon at 7102 Astoria Street in East San Diego led police on a high-speed chase for several miles shortly after midnight. After running a red light at eastbound Imperial and Valencia Parkway, the suspect collided with a Toyota that was making a left turn.


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DOG SHOT, RESIDENTS BOUND AND BLINDFOLDED IN HOME INVASION ROBBERY IN RANCHO SAN DIEGO

1 RESIDENT PISTOL-WHIPPED; SUSPECTS ELUDE CAPTURE

December 16, 2010 (El Cajon )- Last night around 10 p.m., deputies from the Lemon Grove Sheriff's Station responded to a report of an armed home invasion robbery at 2966 Wildwind Drive in the Rancho San Diego area of unincorporated El Cajon near Steele Canyon County Park. (View map) Four armedm masked white men entered the home and held four victims at gunpoint while conducting the robbery, Sergeant Chris Davis reports. Victims were also bound and blindfolded.


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$20,000 REWARD OFFERED IN GEEZER BANDIT INVESTIGATION

 

December 16, 2010 (San Diego) --The FBI and several local banks are offering a combined reward of $20,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the “Geezer Bandit.” 

 

The “Geezer Bandit” is believed to be responsible for robbing 12 banks since August 2009 throughout San Diego County, including East County, and most recently, in Bakersfield.


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PHONE SCAMS TARGET EAST COUNTY RESIDENTS

 

FTC offers tips on how to avoid falling victim to phone fraudsters


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SERIAL BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT ARRESTED, FBI ANNOUNCES

December 15, 2010 (San Diego)-- The FBI today announced the arrest of Sammy William Thomas,  27.  Thomas was taken into custody on December 8 by Agents and Officers from the FBI, San Diego Police Department, El Cajon Police Department and the California Department of Corrections. 

 

He is charged with nine bank robberies, including several banks in East County.


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FRAMED: LA MESA OPTOMETRY ROBBED AT GUNPOINT, DOCTOR FIGHTS OFF ROBBER

December 15, 2010 (La Mesa) –Most robbers demand cash. But at noon yesterday, a man armed with a handgun entered Dr. Newman’s Optometry Office in the 5600 block of Lake Murray Boulevard and demanded that the doctor fill a bag with eye glass frames.


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MURDER-SUICIDE VICTIM REMEMBERED IN COLLEGE AREA

December 13, 2010 (San Diego) – Hundreds gathered in front of Michel David’s College-area apartment Saturday night at a candlelight to remember the slain student after David was identified as the victim in a murder-suicide that occurred on Friday. David, 22, was a senior at SDSU. Her former boyfriend, Daniel Shoemake, is believed to have murdered David with an assault rifle before killing himself with a handgun.

“She was just an angel. She always had a positive outlook on life,” April Hernandez, aho traveled to Costa Rica with David in a study-abroad program, told ECM News partner 10 News.


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CLERK WITH SCREW DRIVER FOILS ROBBERY BY MAN WITH PHONY GUN

 

December 11, 2010 (La Mesa) – This morning at 3 a.m., a man wearing a black bandana tried to rob the Shell Station at 5302 Lake Murray Blvd. The clerk noticed that the “weapon” held by the suspect was a glove folded in the shape of a gun. So when the would-be thief demanded money, the clerk armed himself with a screw driver and told the suspect to leave.

 


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GIRL ESCAPES KIDNAPPER IN SOUTHEAST SAN DIEGO


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MURDER-SUICIDE ON COLLEGE AREA STREET

 

December 10, 2010 (San Diego) – San Diego Police homicide detectives are investigating the murder of a 22-year-old woman and the suicide of a man, 21, whom she had dated. Officers responded to a report of gunshots and found the woman lying in the street in the 4500 block of 55th Street this morning at 9:52 a.m. She had several gunshot wounds and an assault rifle was found near her body.


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MAN ARRESTED FOR IMPERSONATING POLICE OFFICER IN BAR

 

December 9, 2010 (San Diego) – San Diego Police arrested Jorge Pando, 22, for impersonating a police officer. According to Sgt. Ray Battrick, Pando had been drinking at Vallartas Bar at 4125 El Cajon Blvd. around 1 a.m. when he told a woman that he was a police officer and insisted that she had to give him personal information. She refused, telling him her boyfriend was present, and Pando then flashed a badge twice.


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PAROLEE ARRESTED FOR KIDNAP, RAPE OF GIRL ABDUCTED FROM WAL-MART IN EL CAJON

 

December 8, 2010 (El Cajon)—A 15-year-old girl was abducted from the Wal-Mart at 13487 Camino Canada in El Cajon on Monday December 6th, San Diego Sheriff’s Department reports. Parolee David Lascelles has been arrested for allegedly using a gun to kidnap the victim, then drive her to Fiesta Island, where he reportedly raped her.


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JUDGE DENIES REQUEST TO HALT BURNING OF BOMB HOUSE IN ESCONDIDO

Photos courtesy of San Diego Sheriff Department

December 8, 2010 (Escondido) – A federal judge has denied a final-hour plea by accused bombmaker George Jakubec to halt the burning of the home he rented in Escondido. Authorities plan to proceed tomorrow morning with plans to burn down the residence and the massive stash of explosives and chemicals inside.

 


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BURNING OF ESCONDIDO "BOMB FACTORY" HOUSE NOW SET FOR THURSDAY


I-15 to shut down; shelter to open for evacuees

Map of traffic plan during burn

 


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DUO ROBS CRICKET WIRELESS STORE IN EL CAJON

 

December 7, 2010 (El Cajon) – Two men stole cash and phones from the Cricket Wireless Store at 1110 Broadway, El Cajon Police report. Police responded to a call around 6:10 p.m. from a witness who said she saw two masked men running from the store, according to Lt. Tim Henton.


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BODY FOUND ON BARONA RESERVATION DURING SEARCH FOR MISSING TEEN

December 5, 2010 (Lakeside) – Yesterday afternoon, investigators following- up leads in the case of missing 17-year-old Christopher Cory Carioscia discovered a male body in a remote area on the Barona reservation.

 

Carioscia, who was a student at El Capitan High School and lived with his mother in Lakeside, disappeared October 27th. His burned vehicle was later found on the reservation, where the investigation has focused.


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SHERIFF PLANS DUI CHECKPOINTS IN SANTEE AND POWAY THIS WEEKEND

 December 3, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) –In a continuing effort to reduce the number of people killed and injured in alcohol related crashes. The Sheriff’s Poway and Santee Stations will be deploying deputies on saturation patrols and DUI/driver’s license checkpoints tonight and tomorrow.


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DRIVER EVADES POLICE IN HIGH-SPEED CHASE THROUGH LA MESA

 

December 3, 2010 (La Mesa)-- La Mesa Police were involved in a vehicle pursuit through La Mesa. An officer attempted to stop a black BMW for running a red light at the intersection of University Avenue and Allison Avenue at 8:20 last night. When the officer initiated his emergency lights and siren, in an attempt to stop the vehicle, the driver fled.


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JUVENILES ARRESTED FOR GANG STABBING

 

 

December 3, 2010 (San Diego) – Two 16-year-olds have been arrested for assault with a deadly weapon following the stabbing of a 22-year-old woman in the Colina Del Sol neighborhood last night around 10:38 p.m. Additional suspects have been identified and are currently being sought by police.

 


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CRIMESTOPPER TIPS LEAD TO ARREST OF FUGITIVE MICHAEL LACHAPPA

December 2, 2010 (San Diego’s East County) –The San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force announced today that Michael Edward LaChappa, 33, has been arrested in Winterhaven, California, after Crimestoppers received tips that he was hiding on a Quechan Indian reservation there.

 

LaChappa was wanted on a $250,000 bail felony warrant for robbery, sexual battery and false imprisonment. According to authorities, he has an extensive criminal record that includes attempted murder, shooting at an inhabited dwelling and domestic violence.


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