Author Archives for Ben Cheeks
October 12, 2016 8:10 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
An 8-year-old boy was struck by a vehicle while standing outside of a Panda Express in Kearny Mesa Wednesday evening, police said.
The Toyota sedan hit the boy, then crashed into the front entrance of the restaurant on Clairemont Mesa Boulevard near Ruffin Road about 6:30 p.m., police said.
The...
October 12, 2016 7:25 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A driver traveling with five undocumented immigrants pulled out a knife on Border Patrol agents near the Pine Valley checkpoint early Wednesday, authorities said.
The six people had ditched the vehicle they were in, and were taken into custody a short time later.
The group of unauthorized immigrants...
October 12, 2016 5:10 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
The Coronado-San Diego Bridge was shut down for nearly two hours Wednesday until crisis negotiators convinced a man to step off a bridge rail.
The man, reportedly in his 30s, was taken into custody about 5:45 p.m., California Highway Patrol officials said. The state Route 76 bridge reopened about...
October 12, 2016 3:40 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A pedestrian died after being struck by two vehicles, one a hit-and-run, on Interstate 5 in National Tuesday night, the California Highway Patrol said.
The name of the pedestrian, a 50-year-old San Diego man, was not released.
Motorists started calling 911 about 11:30 p.m. to report that a man...
October 12, 2016 3:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
The Rev. Al Sharpton on Wednesday called on the Department of Justice to investigate the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man last month by an El Cajon police officer, a shooting he called “egregious at best.”
Flanked by members of Alfred Olango’s family at a news conference in South Los Angeles,...
October 12, 2016 1:15 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
San Diego’s U.S. attorney, Laura Duffy, is under consideration for appointment by California Gov. Jerry Brown for a seat on the Superior Court bench.
The Commission on Judicial Nominees has begun to circulate confidential questionnaires to lawyers and judges in the area as part of the evaluation...
October 12, 2016 8:35 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A La Jolla couple were held at gunpoint and robbed in their home Wednesday, hours after a string of armed holdups near the coast.
It was not known if the robberies were connected.
Two armed men broke into a house on Avenida Alamar, off Paseo Dorado, and held a gun to the husband’s head Wednesday...
October 12, 2016 6:50 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A 5-year-old boy saw his mother fatally shot at their Lake Murray apartment late Tuesday and told investigators her boyfriend did it, San Diego police said. Police are looking for Roderick Lamar Harris, 29, as a suspect in the slaying at the Summit...
October 12, 2016 6:50 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A 5-year-old boy saw his mother fatally shot at their Lake Murray apartment late Tuesday and told investigators her boyfriend did it, San Diego police said.
Police later arrested Roderick Lamar Harris, 32, suspected of slaying Vanessa Marie Bobo at their Summit Park Village apartment on Lake Arrowhead...
October 11, 2016 11:51 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
San Diego police are investigating three similar robberies that occurred Tuesday night within an hour of each other in the Sunset Cliffs area, Ocean Beach and La Jolla.
“We are not saying that they are a series, but that the suspect descriptions are similar,” police Sgt. Michael Tansey said.
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