Category: San Diego

Active Tuberculosis Case Reported at National City Boys and Girls Club

NATIONAL CITY, Calif.—Students and staff at Boys & Girls Club’s National City location and some Boys & Girls Club summer campsites may have been exposed to tuberculosis (TB), San Diego County public health officials announced Jan. 26. The county’s Health and Human Services Agency’s Public Health Services department and club officials have worked to identify…


Man Found Asleep in Stolen Vehicle at the San Diego Police Department

SAN DIEGO—A man was arrested Jan. 26 after officers found him asleep in an allegedly stolen vehicle parked in the San Diego Police Department’s Traffic Division lot. Just after 3 a.m., an officer noticed an unusual vehicle with a man asleep inside of it in the Traffic Division’s parking lot on Aero Drive and Serra…


San Diego Sunsets COVID-19 Emergency, City Employee Vaccine Mandate

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego City Council Jan. 24 voted to end the city’s COVID-19 emergency declaration and a city employee vaccine mandate at the end of February. Mayor Todd Gloria, City Attorney Mara Elliott, and City Councilwoman Marni von Wilpert on Monday released a joint statement proposing to end the emergency declaration—which had been in…


Man Sentenced 13 Years for Selling Fentanyl That Killed Coronado 15-Year-Old

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego man who sold a fentanyl-laced pill to a 15-year-old Coronado High School sophomore, leading to the teen’s death, was sentenced Jan. 24 to 13 years in prison. Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap, 22, pleaded guilty last year to a federal distribution of fentanyl count for selling a counterfeit oxycodone pill that led…


Man Gets Life in Prison for Murdering Estranged Wife, Her Sister in Escondido

VISTA, Calif.—A man who killed his estranged wife and her sister in Escondido was sentenced Jan. 23 to life in prison without the possibility of parole plus 26 years to life in state prison. Juan Carlos Ortega, 38, was convicted by a Vista jury last month of first-degree murder for the August 2018 deaths of…


Man, 29, Gunned Down Near Petco Park in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A 20-year-old man was arrested Jan. 21 in connection with the shooting death of a 29-year-old man during a confrontation with a group of people near Petco Park. Dajon Shingleton surrendered without incident to officers at about 3:40 a.m. after he was located at a residence in the 3200 block of Sweetwater Springs Boulevard,…


Man Arrested on Suspicion of Arson at Pacific Beach Fire Station

SAN DIEGO—A man suspected of setting two fires at a Pacific Beach fire station was arrested Jan. 20. The San Diego Metro Arson Strike Team was called to investigate two fires set on Jan. 7 and investigators from the team gathered evidence from the scenes and identified Brett Hoffman as a suspect in both arsons,…


Armed Man Fatally Shot After Police Chase in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A 37-year-old man was fatally wounded at the end of a short vehicle pursuit with police officers in San Diego, authorities said Jan. 21. It was the second fatal shooting by San Diego police officers in four days. Officers conducting a routine traffic stop in the 1800 block of Logan Avenue at about 11:30…


San Diego Police Fatally Shoot Armed Man After He Killed Woman

CREST, Calif.—A 77-year-old armed man was fatally shot by police Jan. 18 during a confrontation in a neighborhood east of El Cajon, authorities reported. The law enforcement shooting in the 800 block of La Cresta Boulevard in Crest occurred shortly before 5 p.m., sheriff’s Lt. Chris Steffen said. Paramedics attempted to perform life-saving measure, but…


San Diego Sheriff’s Detectives Bust Tijuana Man With 240,000 Counterfeit Opioid Pills

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—San Diego County sheriff’s detectives stopped a speeding car near Camp Pendleton and found 32 packages of counterfeit Oxycodone pills inside the vehicle, authorities said Jan. 14. The bust was made at about 7:30 a.m. Friday when detectives from the sheriff’s Border Crime Suppression Team spotted a speeding vehicle and stopped it on the…