Former Carlsbad dance teacher pleads not guilty to child sex abuse
VISTA — A former dance teacher accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl while she was a student at a Carlsbad dance studio pleaded not...
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Suspect arraigned in San Marcos fire that killed ‘two incredible people’
SAN MARCOS — Luis Alvarado, 33, of San Marcos, appeared in Vista Superior Court on Thursday on murder and arson charges, following a residential fire...
Fallbrook suspect appears in court; family mourns father killed in shooting
FALLBROOK — Family members of 40-year-old Martin Lucas crowded into Department 14 at the Vista Courthouse on Thursday afternoon, as the man suspected of shooting...
Shaffer felony charge reduced to misdemeanor in parking dispute
VISTA — A judge ruled during a preliminary hearing Thursday in Vista Superior Court to reduce the felony assault charge filed in August against Encinitas...
Judge OKs release of video in alleged Shaffer assault case
VISTA — A San Diego County Superior Court judge has approved the release of surveillance video in an alleged felony assault case against Encinitas Councilmember...
Driver pleads not guilty to DUI, other charges in Gelato 101 crash
VISTA — The driver accused of crashing a truck into the front of a gelato shop in downtown Encinitas last week pleaded not guilty on...
Former Encinitas school employee pleads guilty to child molestation
VISTA — A former employee at an Encinitas middle school who was arrested last year on suspicion of molesting a 12-year-old girl has pleaded guilty...
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...
Vista mother of two kids killed on freeway pleads guilty
VISTA — A woman whose two children were struck and killed on a Vista freeway last June pleaded guilty last week to felony child endangerment...
Evidence presented in fatal crash that killed San Marcos mother, daughter
VISTA — A man accused of killing a San Marcos mother and daughter in a suspected DUI crash on Interstate 15 near Fallbrook last spring...