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Solana Beach man sentenced to 5 years for attempted assault
VISTA — A Solana Beach dog groomer was sentenced to five years in state prison last week after pleading guilty to the attempted sexual assault...
Former VUSD employee gets 10 years for child molestation
VISTA — A former employee of the Vista Unified School District and North County water polo coach was sentenced to 10 years in prison on...
Former VUSD employee pleads guilty to child molestation charges
VISTA — A former Vista Unified School District employee and Carlsbad water polo coach pleaded guilty Monday to several charges after allegedly molesting a 13-year-old...
San Marcos man gets 31 years for killing mother with hammer
SAN MARCOS — A San Marcos man who beat his mother to death with a hammer, then set himself on fire inside a car where...
Burglary crew ringleader sentenced to 56 years
REGION — The ringleader of a residential burglary crew that San Diego prosecutors say targeted 43 homes and took more than $1 million in cash...
Woman gets life without parole for ‘horrendous’ Carlsbad murder
CARLSBAD — A transient woman who pleaded guilty to the killing of a Carlsbad resident who was stabbed more than 140 times was sentenced to...
Margaret Hunter gets eight months home confinement for misusing campaign funds
REGION — Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Man who threatened high school sent to jail, treatment
A former Torrey Pines High School student who posted threats targeting the school on his Instagram account was sentenced today....
Driver who hit, killed toddler sentenced
VISTA — The driver who struck and killed 3-year-old Juan Ruiz was sentenced to one year in jail on Feb. 27 at the Vista Courthouse....