Category: San Diego

Ocean Beach Man Gets Over 15 Years in Prison for Fatal Fentanyl Sale

SAN DIEGO—An Ocean Beach man was sentenced Jan. 13 to more than 15 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that caused another man’s fatal overdose. Alexander Michael Randise, 29, pleaded guilty to providing fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of 30-year-old Tyber Joseph Lustig. According to Randise’s plea agreement, he provided four counterfeit M-30…


San Diego Man Gets Over 15 Years in Prison for Fatal Fentanyl Sale

SAN DIEGO—An Ocean Beach man was sentenced Jan. 13 to more than 15 years in federal prison for selling fentanyl that caused another man’s fatal overdose. Alexander Michael Randise, 29, pleaded guilty to providing fentanyl-laced pills that caused the death of 30-year-old Tyber Joseph Lustig. According to Randise’s plea agreement, he provided four counterfeit M-30…


Woman Driving Across Border Finds 2 Unwanted Riders Inside Her Trunk

SAN DIEGO—A woman allegedly discovered two people hiding inside her trunk Jan. 12 in Sorrento Valley. Shortly before 5 a.m., a woman was driving into the U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico for work when she heard noises coming from the back of her vehicle, according to San Diego police. Police said the woman pulled over and…


Pilot Flips Light Plane, Walks Away After Crash in San Diego Desert Community

AGUA CALIENTE, Calif.—The pilot of a light plane that flipped over Jan. 12 at the end of a runway at a small airport in an eastern San Diego County desert community was able to walk away from the accident, apparently unscathed. The aviation accident at Agua Caliente Springs Airport was reported about 11:45 a.m., according…


San Diego Mayor Comes Down Hard On Fentanyl Crisis In State of City

SAN DIEGO—Mayor Todd Gloria took aim at the city’s most pressing issues in his third State of the City Address, including infrastructure, public safety, homelessness, and housing affordability. “None of tonight should come with the suggestion of mission accomplished,” Mayor Todd Gloria said Jan. 11 night. “Our city has crawled out of the deepest of…


Man Sentenced for Card Skimming Installations at SoCal Gas Stations

SAN DIEGO—A Los Angeles County man was sentenced Jan. 6 to more than three years in federal prison for building card skimmers that were secretly installed at gas pumps throughout Southern California in order to steal financial information. Robert Fichidzhyan, 40, of North Hollywood, pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court to creating electronic card…


San Diego Regional Task Force on Homelessness Calls For Volunteers

SAN DIEGO—The Regional Task Force on Homelessness put out a call today for more volunteers to participate in the upcoming 2023 Point in Time Count scheduled for Jan. 26. The count is a federally required activity and a “crucial source of information and funding for homelessness across the county,” a statement from the agency reads. “A robust volunteer basis…


Officer Injured After Patrol SUV Collides with Trolley in Downtown San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego Police officer suffered non-life-threatening injuries Jan. 5 when her patrol vehicle collided with a trolley in downtown San Diego. Just before 8 a.m., the collision was reported at First Avenue and C Street, according to the San Diego Police Department (SDPD). The injured policewoman was taken to a hospital. The officer…


Man, Women Who Died in San Diego Murder-Suicide ID’d

SAN DIEGO—Authorities Jan. 3 publicly identified two women and a man who died by gunfire last week in a murder-suicide in a neighborhood near Lake Jennings. Killed in the shooting at the 13500 block of Interstate 8 Business in Lakeside on Dec. 30 were Kenneth Harrington, 59; his girlfriend, Michelle Mallucci, 60; and her sister,…


Man Kills 2 Women in Lakeside, Turns Gun on Himself

SAN DIEGO—In what investigators believe was a murder and suicide, a man shot two women to death inside a home in Lakeside before turning the gun on himself, authorities said Dec. 31. Deputies dispatched just before 11:30 p.m. Dec. 30 to a home in the 13500 block of Interstate 8 Business, on a radio call…