Saturday, May 19, 2012
The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 22 years old, wearing a dark jacket and dark pants.
The La Mesa Police Department released the following announcement on Friday night: On Friday, May 18, at approximately 9:30 p.m., the La Mesa Police Department received a radio call of a robbery that just occurred at Sam’s Market located at 7587 University Avenue. A male suspect entered the store and brandished a small dark colored handgun with a brown handle. The suspect pointed the handgun at the clerk and stated, “Give me the money.” The clerk complied with the suspects demands giving him the cash from the register. The suspect fled the scene on foot and was last seen southbound on Parks Avenue. Officers searched the surrounding areas with the assistance of San Diego Sheriff Department’s ASTREA, but were unable to locate the suspect. …
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Friday, May 18, 2012
Daniel Hubbard of La Mesa, was arrested Friday and charged with attempted kidnapping, false imprisonment and child annoying.
The La Mesa Police Department, in connection with a joint effort with local high schools and the El Cajon Police Department, have arrested a man in connection with a recent spate of sexual harassment of female high school students, as they walked to school. Daniel Hubbard, of La Mesa, is alleged to have been involved the man involved in recent reports of harassing two Grossmont High School students and one Helix Charter High School student in the last 10 days. On Wednesday, police say Hubbard approached an 18-year-old female student, and Lemon Grove resident, as she was walking to Helix High School at about 9 a.m. Hubbard, who was driving an older pickup truck, drove up to the student and whistled at her, while also making comments of a …
The campaign encouraging drivers and passengers to buckle up begins on Monday and will last two weeks.
Seat belt laws have been on the books in California since 1986, yet there are still a few people that risk a ticket—or worse—by not buckling up. The odds of getting a seat belt ticket will go up next week, as the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department will be joining law-enforcement agencies across the state in a crackdown on violators. The Click it or Ticket campaign starts on Monday and will last until June 3, although deputies issue tickets all year. The cost of a first-time ticket starts at $142, according to the Sheriff’s Department. “Too many drivers and passengers on the road at night are not wearing their seat belts, and it all too often ends in tragedy,” Sheriff Bill Gore said in a statement. “Our goal is to save more lives, so …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Witness to 2010 SUV plunge off Carlsbad cliff sought $256,000 from Chargers great in April.
Updated at 9 a.m. May 18, 2012 Six days before killing himself, Junior Seau was being represented in a downtown San Diego courtroom by an attorney fending off a personal-injury lawsuit. According to court documents, Murray Lea sought $256,000 from Seau as compensatory damages in connection with Seau’s 2010 SUV plunge off a Carlsbad cliff. Lea says he was close enough to the car he could have grabbed the door handle, but injured himself jumping away. He listed a San Marcos address in the lawsuit, but now says he is homeless—living out of a van on Coast Highway and fearing for his life as a result of publicity about the case. “I’m suing a dead legend for a quarter-million dollars,” Lea noted Thursday afternoon from his car in Carlsbad. But …
On May 16, a female student was forcibly grabbed by a suspicious man while walking to Helix High School. She pulled away and ran to school, where she notified the administrators.
Incidents of female high school students being harassed by adult males near local high schools have continued this week, according to police. On Wednesday, May 16, at approximately 12:30 p.m. an adult male was seen following a female student as she was walking to Helix Charter High School. The male subject was driving a large grey pick-up truck. The man pulled the truck up along side the student and made several vulgar comments that were sexual in nature. When the student did not reply, the male subject got out of his car and forcibly grabbed the student by the arm, repeating the comments. The student pulled away and ran onto the Helix campus where she reported it to the school administration and the School Resource Officer. This case was …
Ever wonder where our police officers get some of their equipment?
Ever wonder what happens to surplus military equipment once the Defense Department doesn't need it? According to California Watch, some of it ends up in San Diego County as well as thousands of other agencies nationwide. More than 17,000 local agencies in the United States take advantage of the Defense Department’s equipment giveaways, when they can snatch up items like M16 rifles, helicopters, microwaves, survival kits, workout equipment, bayonet knives, ammunition cans and more. While other local police agencies have stocked their equipment shelves, the La Mesa Police Department has not participated in the program since 2000, when it received a ground troops parachutist's helmet, valued at $2,977, according to the California Watch data…
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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Zane Holloway, 18, was booked into jail on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon.
Updated at 6:20 p.m. May 16, 2012 A possibly deaf El Cajon man was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of stabbing a Walmart employee at Grossmont Center, authorities said. The employee was struck in the abdomen and arms, suffering minor lacerations. He was treated at the scene and did not require hospitalization. Zane Holloway, 18, was booked into County Jail on charges of robbery and assault with a deadly weapon, said La Mesa police. Bail was set at $100,000. Police said the employee was stabbed as he tried to stop a robbery suspect from leaving the store. Police Lt. Matt Nicholass said officers had a “hard time communicating” with the suspect. Although he couldn’t confirm whether Holloway was deaf, he said the suspect had some …
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Sunday, May 13, 2012
Along with the bandana, the heavy male robber was wearing a gray coat and dark pants, police say.
A man in a red bandana but not showing any weapon robbed the 7-Eleven store on Palm Avenue early Sunday, La Mesa police report. The same outlet was robbed twice in 24 hours in early February and also last October. Sgt. Steve Osmers said the store at 4253 Palm was staffed by a lone clerk when the robber entered the store a little after 3:30 a.m. Sunday. “The man demanded cash, but never made any threats with a weapon and no weapon was seen,” Osmers said. “The clerk gave the suspect cash from the register. The man left the business on foot, going north toward Echo Drive.” The robber may have entered a car that drove away east on Echo or he left on foot. “The clerk activated a silent robbery alarm at the start of the robbery, but the suspect…
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4253 Palm Ave, La Mesa, CA
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Saturday, May 12, 2012
Augie Ghio was flown to Palomar Medical Center to be treated for injuries in the crash.
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Updated at 10:25 p.m. May 12, 2012 The man who suffered major injuries in a desert motorcycle crash Saturday morning was identified as Augie Ghio, chief of the San Miguel Consolidated Fire Protection District, U-T San Diego reported. The paper said Ghio was in serious but stable condition, fire district spokesman Leonard Villarreal said Saturday afternoon. “He was conscious and in reasonably good spirits, considering the circumstances,” Christopher Winter, a fire district board member who visited, was quoted as saying. U-T San Diego reported: Winter said Ghio, on a Harley Davidson, and a friend on another motorcycle were headed across the desert, “out for a nice ride” when the accident occurred. The other rider didn’t see the crash, but …
Friday, May 11, 2012
A private celebration for the fallen former NFL star brought friends and family to Calvary Chapel in Oceanside Friday.
Some 2,000 friends and family of Junior Seau gathered at Calvary Chapel in Oceanside to say farewell to the NFL legend. “It was beautiful,” Lauren Godinet, Junior's niece, said of Friday's celebration of life. Seau was found dead at his beachfront home on May 2. Related: Junior Seau Death Being Investigated as Suicide Friday’s occasion was filled with joy, she said, adding that eulogies by friends and family were held together by a common theme — her uncle’s smile. Her father, Wilson, said the service was “positive and uplifting.” “It just made you want to get closer to God,” he said. The event featured island music. Various professional football players attended, including John Lynch, Ronnie Lott and Sean Salisbury. Another memorial took…
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