Author Archives for Ben Cheeks
September 23, 2016 3:20 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A former SeaWorld San Diego manager who admitted to an embezzlement scheme was sentenced in federal court Friday to 30 months in prison. Wilfred David Joseph Jobin-Reyes, known as Sebastian Jobin, was also ordered to pay nearly $1 million in restit...
September 23, 2016 2:50 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
An 18-year-old man who stabbed two women at a City Heights apartment complex last year, including his ex-girlfriend’s mother, was sentenced Friday to 20 years to life in prison.
Jorge Suarez Villalba pleaded guilty in August to second-degree murder in the stabbing death of Alfa Castillo, 45. He...
September 23, 2016 12:50 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A 14-year-old jaywalker was hit by an SUV and critically injured in Spring Valley Thursday night, authorities said.
The El Cajon teen suffered a skull fracture and cuts on her legs, California Highway Patrol Officer Kevin Pearlstein said.
He said the girl was walking south across Jamacha Boulevard...
September 23, 2016 7:40 am
Published by Ben Cheeks
A woman suffered a fractured pelvis when she was struck by a car in Little Italy Thursday night, San Diego police said.
Police did not say whether the driver or pedestrian was at fault, but said neither one was under the influence of alcohol.
The 61-year-old woman was crossing Date Street south...
September 22, 2016 8:05 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A man from Tijuana has been charged with smuggling nearly 6,000 fentanyl pills, disguised as oxycodone, into the U.S. from Mexico, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said.
Jose Arturo Acevedo, 35, is accused of driving through the San Ysidro Port of Entry on July 19 with the fentanyl pills, as well as...
September 22, 2016 5:35 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
The prosecution of a violent group of San Diego gang members ended Thursday with life sentences for two of its members. Marcus Anthony Foreman and Jermaine Cook were the last to be sentenced in San Diego federal court for their roles in a racketeer...
September 22, 2016 5:20 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A former Border Patrol agent accused of engaging in sex acts with a teenage girl was convicted Thursday in San Diego Superior Court of felony charges.
Daniel Spear, 46, was found guilty of oral copulation with a minor, digital penetration of a minor and use of a minor in the production of child...
September 22, 2016 5:15 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A private attorney with extensive experience in the military was sworn in this week to serve as a commissioner in the San Diego Superior Court.
Peter Fagan, 65, took the oath of office on Monday.
Commissioners are selected by the judges and given powers to hear and make decisions on certain legal...
September 22, 2016 5:10 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
San Diego police have asked the public to keep an eye out for a mother and her 11-year-old daughter who disappeared Friday.
Yadira Robledo, 36, and Michelle Rosas have not been in contact with their family since they left their apartment in the southeastern area of San Diego around 9 a.m. Friday,...
September 22, 2016 3:29 pm
Published by Ben Cheeks
A man accused of threatening his girlfriend with a gun holed up in a Pacific Beach home Thursday afternoon, police said.
Officers said the man scaled the balcony of his girlfriend’s La Jolla Boulevard apartment and pointed a gun at her about 1:45 p.m.
No one was injured and the man soon fled...