Category: San Diego County Sheriff Department

Train Fatally Strikes Pedestrian at Old Town Transit Center

SAN DIEGO—A passenger train fatally struck an unidentified man at Old Town Transit Center on July 11. The southbound Coaster train hit the pedestrian at the rail depot in the 4000 block of Taylor Street in San Diego at about 2:45 p.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The victim, who appeared to…


Train Fatally Strikes Pedestrian in San Diego Old Town

SAN DIEGO—A passenger train fatally struck an unidentified man at Old Town Transit Center on July 11. The southbound Coaster train hit the pedestrian at the rail depot in the 4000 block of Taylor Street in San Diego at about 2:45 p.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. The victim, who appeared to…


2 Arrested in Countywide Crime Spree in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A man and a woman were in custody July 7 after a violent crime spree that spanned from Coastal North County to the South Bay, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Around 7 p.m. on July 5, a man called 911 to report he was the victim of a carjacking in the 800…


Man Shot to Death During Neighborhood Argument in San Diego

VISTA, Calif.—An argument between two neighbors in Vista escalated into a shooting on July 5 that left one of the men dead and the other under arrest on suspicion of murder. Deputies responding to a report of an assault with a firearm found Juan Valdovinos, 37, suffering from gunshot wounds to his upper torso in…


911 Call Led to Man’s Own Arrest; 28 Firearms, Drugs Seized in San Diego

ENCINITAS, Calif.—A 25-year-old man called the police saying that he found several dead people in his Encinitas apartment. However, there were no dead people in the residence, but the police arrested two people and seized weapons and drugs because of the call, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department reported Jan. 20. Around 11 a.m. on…