Author Archives for Ben Cheeks
October 6, 2016 5:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A little more than a week before she was shot and killed by her ex-boyfriend, Arnisha Harris changed her cellphone number.
She finally had decided to end the physically abusive relationship.
On Sept. 29, Joseph Robinson showed up at Harris’ workplace in Bankers Hill, shot her and turned the gun...
October 6, 2016 4:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
Three suspected Fallbrook gang members will face trial in the fatal stabbing of a black man, attacked at random while walking through town, but only one of the trio will face accusations that the crime was racially motivated, a judge ruled Thursday.
Superior Court Judge Harry Elias rejected the...
October 6, 2016 3:55 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A creepy craze hit North County Thursday when two teens dressed as clowns showed up at a San Marcos middle school, frightening children and prompting a call to police.
The high school students — one dressed as a clown with red hair and the other as a clown with blue hair — were parked in front...
October 6, 2016 3:40 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A Whitter couple arrested after the body of a child was found in a duffel bag at the U.S.-Mexico border will be prosecuted in Los Angeles County instead of San Diego, where they were arraigned in August. Johnny Lewis Hartley, 43, and Mercy Mary Bec...
October 6, 2016 10:25 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
Pepper spray was used after a scuffle broke out between parents of opposing soccer teams at the Encanto Recreation Center Wednesday night, police said.
About 15 people were involved in the fight, which broke out shortly before 8 p.m. during the youth soccer game at the park on Wunderlin Avenue...
October 6, 2016 10:25 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
Pepper spray was used after a scuffle broke out between parents of opposing soccer teams at the Encanto Recreation Center Wednesday night, police said.
About 15 people were involved in the fight, which broke out shortly before 8 p.m. during the youth soccer game at the park on Wunderlin Avenue...
October 6, 2016 9:00 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A woman suspected of stealing an Uber driver’s Mercedes Benz led San Diego officers on a car and foot chase into La Jolla Thursday, police said.
The woman ran through a neighborhood near La Jolla Country Club and was arrested. Police said she suffered a possibly broken foot.
The Mercedes owner...
October 6, 2016 7:40 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
The manager of a Ross Dress for Less store in Carmel Mountain was threatened at gunpoint late Wednesday by a robber who was arrested later, San Diego police said.
Police said they found cash from the store and a BB gun when they arrested a 19-year-old man.
A man walked into the store on Carmel...
October 5, 2016 9:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A man from Fontana was seriously hurt when two jet skis crashed in the Agua Hedionda Lagoon Wednesday afternoon, Carlsbad police said.
The collision between the rented watercraft occurred about 3:50 p.m., police said.
One driver, a 47-year-old man from Fontana, suffered major head injuries, police...
October 5, 2016 5:15 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
At a time when San Diego County is wrestling with the ramifications of a fatal police-involved shooting, a group of teenagers met with federal authorities Wednesday to talk about building relationships between law enforcement and community.
“I don’t really know what you guys do in your job and...