A man convicted in the kidnapping and killing of an 18-year-old U.S. citizen in Tijuana was sentenced in San Diego federal court Wednesday to life in…
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Drug trafficker gets life in prison for killing U.S. teen in Tijuana
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Bicyclist killed when motorist hits his rear tire in Rancho Peñasquitos
A San Diego police cruiser at the scene of an investigation. (File photo courtesy of the San Diego Police Department) A 60-year-old man was struck and killed by a vehicle while riding his bicycle south of state Route 56 in…
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Iran unveils advanced plasma therapy systems
Iran has unveiled two state-of-the-art plasma-therapy systems at the Second Iranian Congress of Plasma Medicine in Tehran.
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New ‘secure treatment’ program to improve inmate care
A San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy’s patch. (File photo courtesy of the San Diego County Sheriff ‘s Office) Over the course of two years, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office partnered with Paradise Valley Hospital in National…
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Bullet fired by deputy missed man who allegedly made threatening motion
A badge for a San Diego sheriff’s deputy. (File photo courtesy of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office) A deputy fired a round that missed a man who allegedly had claimed to have a firearm during a confrontation in Lakeside, …
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Ex-campus aide sentenced for sex crimes involving Mar Vista student
A gavel and a block is pictured. (REUTERS file photo) A former Mar Vista High School campus aide who pleaded guilty to engaging in sex acts with a 17-year-old male student was sentenced Thursday to serve six months in the county’s…
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DUI checkpoints planned Friday and Saturday as holiday enforcement begins
A San Diego Sheriff’s deputy makes a DUI arrest. (Image from department video) The La Mesa Police Department and San Diego Sheriff’s Office announced Friday and Saturday night DUI checkpoints as holiday drunk driving enforcement…
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7 people arrested during deputy-led retail theft operation in Lemon Grove
San Diego Sheriff’s Lemon Grove substation. (Photo courtesy of the department) At least seven people have been arrested on alleged retail theft charges in Lemon Grove, authorities reported Friday.
On Wednesday, deputies from…
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Four suspects jailed for Linda Vista Homicide
A San Diego Police cruiser. Photo by Chris Stone Four suspects were behind bars Friday for allegedly beating a man to death two months ago during a fight at Linda Vista Park.
Arrested Wednesday on suspicion of murder in…
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Police raid two illegal gambling operations, seize over 60 machines
Some of the gambling machines recovered in the raids. (Photo courtesy of the San Diego Police) San Diego Police raided two illegal gambling operations this week, seizing a total of 62 machines at a vacant building on El Cajon Boulevard…
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