Calexico, CA–El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to the Calexico Station seized packages filled with methamphetamine Thursday morning.  The incident occurred at approximately 5:32 a.m., when a Remote Video Surveillance System (RVSS) operator notified agents of packages being thrown over the International Border wall from Mexico into the United States.  An agent responded to […]

SAN DIEGO–The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department is seeking information on the disappearance of a 27-year-old woman who was last seen at Pala Casino Wednesday night. On June 25, at about 10:35 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies from the San Marcos station received a radio call regarding a missing person. The reporting party told deputies that Katelyn […]

SANTEE–A man is in custody following a carjacking and chase in Santee Friday.  The incident occurred just before 1 p.m. in the 9800 block of Mission Gorge Road. The man threatened to kill a woman and the family of the 77-year-old elderly victim. He struck the female victim, removed her out of the car and drove […]

LAKESIDE–A man accused of physical assault on his girlfriend barricaded himself in his home, and shot at Sheriff’s deputies in Lakeside, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department said. On June 14,  at about 8:30 p.m., Sheriff’s deputies responded to a domestic disturbance at the 11600 block of Hi Ridge Road in Lakeside. When deputies arrived, they […]

SAN DIEGO–Former Calexico City Councilman David Romero and Bruno Suarez-Soto, a former commissioner on the city’s Economic Development and Financial Advisory Commission, pleaded guilty in federal court Thursday to corruption charges, admitting that they accepted cash bribes in exchange for promises of official action by the city. The men entered their pleas before U.S. Magistrate […]

LA MESA–The City of La Mesa imposed a city-wide curfew Tuesday to protect residents and property from rioting and looting related to a police protest May 30.   The Director of Emergency and Disaster has ordered the curfew starting June 2 at 7 p.m. and ending at 5:30 a.m. on June 3.  During that time frame, […]

SAN DIEGO–Sycuan Casino Resort said Tuesday that it will be reopening its property on May 20. Sycuan temporarily closed March 20 and the closure was extended through May 19 following strict prevention guidelines put in place by several health and government agencies amid COVID-19 concerns.  “Over the past several weeks, we have made extensive changes […]

SPRING VALLEY–Homicide detectives arrested two teens in connection with a brawl Tuesday that left one man dead in Spring Valley, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. A 19-year-old San Diego man named Imara Khalil Jones was arrested and booked into San Diego Central Jail for one count of murder. A 17-year-old Spring Valley male juvenile was […]

EL CAJON–A residential fire early Tuesday morning destroyed a detached garage in El Cajon, Heartland Fire and Rescue reports. At approximately 3 a.m., Heartland Fire and Rescue crews from El Cajon and La Mesa, assisted by crews from San Miguel Fire and Santee Fire, were dispatched to reports of a garage on fire in the […]

SANTEE–A nurse who works at the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility in Santee tested positive for COVID-19 on Wednesday, according to the San Diego Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s Department officials said the unidentified nurse has been isolated at home since March 22 after feeling ill.  San Diego County Sheriff’s Department Detention Services Bureau has identified […]