By SDCN Staff A California couple who fled to Montenegro to avoid serving lengthy prison sentences has been returned to the United States after approximately one year and two months as fugitives, prosecutors said. Richard Ayvazyan, 44, and his wife, Marietta Terabelian, 38, were extradited by Montenegro and arrived in Los Angeles Thursday night. They […]
Sheriff’s deputies arrest man on suspicion of arson
By Gina Yarbrough Fallbrook, CA–A 23-year-old man was arrested Saturday on suspicion of setting two fires near a grocery store in Fallbrook, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Alexis Lopez was taken into custody in Fallbrook after surveillance video linked him to the fires. He was booked at the Vista Detention Facility on two […]
Man barricades himself with 2-year-old son inside Carlsbad home
By Gina Yarbrough Carlsbad, CA–A welfare check led to a Carlsbad man barricading himself inside his bedroom with his 2-year-old child Saturday morning, the Carlsbad Police Department said. Carlsbad police responded to a welfare check call, just before 7 a.m., to a residence in the 6900 block of Clearwater Street. Officers attempted to speak to […]
Traveling this holiday? Plan ahead and apply for Electronic I-94
By SDCN Staff San Diego, CA–U.S. Customs and Border Protection is encouraging travelers to apply for a paperless I-94 tourist permit through the CBP OneTM mobile application this holiday season to help streamline their travel into the United States. “The holidays are some of the busiest times of the year and good preparation is key […]
CPUC adopts transportation electrification program to accelerate electric vehicle adoption
By SDCN Staff San Francisco, CA–The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) Thursday continued its work to help ensure California meets its ambitious climate and electric vehicle (EV) goals by adopting a five-year, statewide, $1 billion transportation electrification program, a groundbreaking investment. The decision provides a unified policy-driven funding structure for utility transportation electrification efforts through […]
Border Patrol agents seize $1.4 million in cocaine
By SDCN Staff Temecula, CA–San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a man, and seized 41 bundles of cocaine from his vehicle in the U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint near Temecula on November 9, federal authorities said. Agents conducted a vehicle stop at approximately 11:30 a.m. of a 2001 White Ford Edge driving northbound on Interstate […]
Man found lurking in woman’s backyard arrested
By Gina Yarbrough Encinitas, CA–A 51-year-old man was arrested Tuesday by Sheriff’s deputies on suspicion of lurking in a woman’s backyard at her home in the Cardiff-by-the-Sea community of Encinitas, authorities said. It happened on Tuesday just before 8:30 p.m. in the 2100 block of Oxford Avenue. A woman called 9-1-1 to report a man […]
CBP intercepts Giant African Snail at Atlanta International Airport
By SDCN Staff Atlanta, GA–A slow, slimy, and highly invasive Giant African Snail was intercepted by an alert beagle and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agriculture specialists at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. On November 8, “Mox,” a member of CBP’s “Beagle Brigade” alerted to a traveler’s luggage after arriving on a flight from Nigeria. During […]
Pharmacy owners plead guilty to COVID-19 money laundering, fraud
By SDCN Staff Two New York men pleaded guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to commit money laundering for using New York-area pharmacies to submit false and fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the criminal proceeds, federal prosecutors said. Arkadiy Khaimov, 39, of Forest Hills, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. […]
Sheriff-elect-Kelly Martinez announces two new executive appointments
By Gina Yarbrough San Diego, CA–San Diego County Sheriff-elect Kelly Martinez announced two executive appointments to the agency. Assistant Sheriff Rich Williams will serve as Martinez’s second in command. He began his career in 1992 working at various detention facilities. His first patrol assignment was at the San Marcos Sheriff’s Station. He was promoted to […]
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