SAN DIEGO—The Board of Supervisors unanimously chose Anthony Ray on March 22 to serve as the interim sheriff of San Diego County. Ray, an assistant county sheriff who oversees courts and human resources, will fill the role previously held by Bill Gore, who stepped down last month after serving a dozen years in the position….
Anthony Ray Selected as Interim Sheriff of San Diego County
Homeless More Likely to Be Crime Victims and Perpetrators in San Diego County: DA
SAN DIEGO—The San Diego County District Attorney’s Office announced on March 21 a strategy to prevent the homeless from being involved with crime, following the release of data showing homeless people in the county were more likely to be both crime victims and perpetrators. The District Attorney’s office says that, based on two years of…
15-Year-Old Stabbed 4 Times in San Diego
SAN DIEGO—A 15-year-old boy was stabbed four times in the Nestor neighborhood of San Diego Friday evening but is expected to survive. San Diego Police Department officers were called at 8:09 p.m. to 2301 Grove Ave. where they found the stabbing victim, said Officer Robert Heims. Police learned the victim called police after he was…
San Diego Student Brings Ghost Gun to School, Prompting SWAT Standoff
SAN DIEGO—A Lincoln High School student who brought a ghost gun onto the campus locked himself in an administrative room on March 15 after being confronted by campus police and refused to surrender for more than an hour, prompting a SWAT standoff that ended in his arrest. The gun scare at the secondary school in…
Video of Fatal Police Shooting in Little Italy Released
SAN DIEGO—Authorities released on March 11 uniform-worn-camera footage of the fatal shooting by law enforcement personnel of a woman who charged them with a large kitchen knife, stabbing one in the chest, as they were trying to evict her from her Little Italy condominium. Yan Li, 47, was struck repeatedly by gunfire when three San…
Happy ‘Birthing People’s’ Day?
Commentary The greeting card industry isn’t going to like this. They’re going to have to change all their cards for Mother’s Day, this year on May 8, to Birthing People’s Day. That’s if they follow the terminology in San Diego Board of Supervisors Chair Nathan Fletcher’s March 1 Agenda Item, which passed unanimously. The content…
Felon Arrested After Allegedly Assaulting Officer With Bat in El Cajon
EL CAJON, Calif.—A 26-year-old convicted felon was arrested on March 4 after allegedly hitting a police officer with a baseball bat outside an El Cajon Walmart. El Cajon Police Department units were called to the Walmart at 605 Fletcher Parkway, near Interstate 8, just before 3:40 p.m. by the store’s loss prevention team, which reported…
Driver Gets Shot From Moving Car on SR-94 in Spring Valley
SPRING VALLEY, Calif.—A 27-year-old National City woman is in a hospital after she was shot on March 5 while driving on state Route 94, the California Highway Patrol (CHP) said. The shooting happened at 5:40 a.m. on Saturday when a vehicle pulled up behind a white Ford Edge that was traveling westbound on SR-94 east…
Man Sentenced to Death for Killing San Diego Police Officer
SAN DIEGO—A man who shot two San Diego police officers, one of whom died, was sentenced to death Friday. Jesse Michael Gomez was convicted of murder last year for the July 28, 2016, shooting of San Diego Police Officer Jonathan “J.D.” De Guzman, 43. In addition to murder, the jury also convicted Gomez of the…
Acquitted Cop Charged in Wake of 2020 Protests Fights to Get Job Back
A San Diego-area police officer acquitted on charges of falsifying a police report in La Mesa, Calif., in May of 2020 is now fighting to get his job back. The case is expected to go before a California Superior Court judge on April 1. Matthew Dages, 31, was fired from the La Mesa Police Department…
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