SOLANA BEACH — Solana Beach has not been good to Jesus Novoa Jr., or maybe it’s just that the 24-year-old hasn’t been good in Solana Beach. Novoa, of Oceanside, was sentenced to seven years in sta...
Escondido girls admit to trying to kill friend ESCONDIDO — Two teenage girls have pleaded guilty to a brutal stabbing and beating that nearly killed their friend. Karina Amador and Jovana Gudino, both 15, pleaded guilty to attempted murder a...
City treasurer’s death ruled suicide CARLSBAD — Co-workers and friends of Carlsbad City Treasurer Harold “Mac” McSherry, who committed suicide July 14, said the veteran tax attorney was dedicated to the city and his family, but str...
Convicted felon sentenced to prison for attempted employee theft CARLSBAD — A 25-year-old man who was arrested for trying to steal from his employer two months after being placed on probation for robbing and assaulting an elderly man was sentenced to two year...
DUIs over holiday weekend down countywide COAST CITIES — County law enforcement agencies arrested less motorists this Fourth of July weekend for driving impaired when compared to last year, a sheriff’s spokesperson said. Authorities m...
Former Oceanside police officer on probation for threats OCEANSIDE — A former Oceanside police officer was placed on probation June 30 for threatening his ex-wife with a loaded hand gun. Randy Judd, 50, received three years of probation relating to th...
Mistrial in case of DUI deaths of 2 couples VISTA — A judge declared a mistrial July 6 in the case of a woman accused of killing two North County couples during a head-on collision. San Diego Superior Court Judge Runston Maino made the d...
VISTA — From the moment Anthony Boles was pulled from a horrific accident near Pala Casino, he has been adamant that he was not behind the wheel when the vehicle he was in slammed into a vehicle ki...
OCEANSIDE — The use of deadly force by three Oceanside police officers in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old man three years ago was “reasonable and justifiable,” a San Diego Superior Court judge ...
ESCONDIDO — “The defendant does not suffer from a psychotic order. He is simply a bad guy who is inordinately interested in young girls,” said Dr. Matthew Carroll in 2000 after evaluating John Gard...
ESCONDIDO — A San Diego Superior Court judge on June 7 sentenced a 55-year-old woman to one year in jail and probation relating to a 2007 fatal hit-and-run accident that killed a teenager as she cr...
OCEANSIDE — A Superior Court judge on May 25 signed a permanent gang injunction against members of a multi-generational Latino gang. The civil injunction granted by Judge Aaron Katz targets 29 mem...
OCEANSIDE — A San Diego jury on May 26 convicted a 28-year-old man for molesting his niece while the girl was visiting her grandmother’s house in Oceanside. After nearly four full days of delibera...