Category: San Diego

Man Gets 14 Years for Fatal Shooting of Grossmont High Graduate

SAN DIEGO—A man who pleaded guilty to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old last year in the College Area was sentenced June 29 to 14 years in state prison. David Rasean Vereen, 23, pleaded guilty to a voluntary manslaughter count earlier this month in connection with the June 25, 2022, shooting of Kevin Burton. Police…


Man Pleads Guilty to Robbing Same San Diego Bank He Robbed 12 Years Ago

SAN DIEGO—A man who robbed a La Mesa bank over a decade ago pleaded guilty June 29 to holding up the same bank, as well as a credit union in Imperial County. Asim Shakir Daniels admitted Thursday to robbing a Bank of the West in La Mesa on Jan. 4, 2022, as well as a…


Rare Wild Horse Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

SAN DIEGO—The San Diego Zoo Safari Park announced the birth of a young Przewalski’s horse on June 29, a critically endangered species previously considered extinct in the wild until 1996. The unnamed horse was born this month to its mother Nikki and father Ziggy, according to the San Diego Wildlife Alliance in a news release….


Inmate Dies in San Diego Sheriff’s Custody; 2nd in 3 Days

SAN DIEGO—A man became the second in-custody death in three days after he was found unresponsive in his jail cell and later died at the University of California–San Diego Medical Center, the Sheriff’s Department announced June 29. Pedro Junior Ornelas III, 27, died at the medical center around 10 a.m. on June 28, according to…


Rescuers Work for Hours to Free Worker From Collapsed Trench in La Jolla

SAN DIEGO—Emergency crews worked for more than five hours on June 28 to free a construction worker who wound up injured and precariously trapped in unstable dirt and debris following a trench collapse at a home-remodel site near La Jolla Shores Beach. The industrial accident in the 8400 block of El Paseo Grande took place…


San Diego’s First ‘Safe Sleeping’ Camping Site for Homeless to Open June 29

San Diego’s first new Safe Sleeping program site in the Golden Hill neighborhood will open on June 28, offering legal camping for those experiencing homelessness, Mayor Todd Gloria announced. The city’s Central Operations Yard has the capacity to hold 136 tents, each in a space measuring 13 feet by 13 feet. The number of people…


Man Gets 36 Years to Life for Killing Elderly Woman, Critically Injuring Her Daughter in San Diego

SAN DIEGO–A man who fatally stabbed an 87-year-old woman and seriously wounded her 60-year-old daughter in Mira Mesa last year was sentenced to 36 years to life in state prison on June 26. Anthony Duane Siddle, 61, pleaded guilty earlier this year to murder and attempted murder charges for the April 22, 2022, killing of…


3 Camp Pendleton Marines Among 4 Killed in Downey Crash

SAN DIEGO—Three U.S. Marines from Camp Pendleton were among four people who died in a single-vehicle crash on the southbound Santa Ana 5 Freeway in Downey, authorities said on June 27. All four were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash that occurred about 2:30 a.m. on June 24. The name of the fourth…


Man Shot in His Parked Car in Attempted Robbery at San Diego Mall

SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old man was shot in his car during a robbery at Fashion Valley shopping mall, authorities said June 24. The crime occurred at 7067 Friars Road, just northwest of the convergence of the Mission Valley 8 Freeway and state Route 163 around 9:45 p.m. The suspect, a man believed in his 20s, approached…


Man Shot in Neck Following Argument in San Diego

SAN DIEGO—A 29-year-old man suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the neck during a shooting in the East Village community of San Diego, authorities said June 25. The suspect fled eastbound on the 1400 block of Commercial Avenue riding a white bicycle, the San Diego Police Department reported. The victim and suspect were arguing about…