A woman who voted in the 2016 election while on supervised release from federal prison was sentenced this week to five years behind bars for voting illegally, NBC News reported.Crystal Mason had testified she didn’t know that her 2011 fraud conviction made her ineligible to vote. Texas law makes knowingly…
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Acid spilled in Carlsbad has closed an off-ramp from Interstate 5, according to the California Highway Patrol.Three to four containers of acid were spilled at the off-ramp from southbound I-5 to Poinsettia Lane just before 8 a.m., CHP officers said. ‘Drone Killer’ Approved for Use in Oceanside Hazardous materials officials…
Just as the Islamic State looks to be on the brink of defeat, senior U.S. officials fear their efforts will be wasted amid a lack of guidance from the White House, NBC News reported.America’s alliance with northern Syria’s Kurds is cracking as they question if they can rely on President…
A mother driving with an infant and another child in her car was killed in a crash with two other vehicles in Mira Mesa Friday, police said. The mother was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, on Calle Cristobal near Lopez Ridge Park, at about 7:30 a.m. Friday, San…
A recycled SpaceX rocket was sent back into space Friday in a spectacular launch from the California coast.The Falcon 9 rocket blasted off just after 7:13 a.m. PT Friday from the Vandenberg Air Force Base and soared over the Pacific Ocean. Cheers erupted at company headquarters as employees watched the…
A Dulzura man faces attempted murder charges after it was discovered he gave his wife a metal typically used to kill rats, authorities said Thursday.Race Remington Uto, 27, was arrested Thursday after a joint investigation involving the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI), Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) and the San…
A Long Island judge has been accused of breaking into a home to steal women’s underpants.Robert Cicale, a Republican district court judge from Suffolk County, was cuffed Thursday morning after a 23-year-old woman living on Donna Place in East Islip allegedly found him in her home, according to Suffolk County…
A former Russian double agent received a message on his birthday saying he was on a Kremlin hit list along with Sergei Skripal, another ex-spy who was later poisoned using a nerve agent, NBC News reported.Boris Karpichkov was warned, “be careful, look around, something is probably going to happen,” he…
The victim of a brutal stabbing in a busy Costco Wholesale parking lot in Carlsbad last Friday told NBC 7 that it wasn’t the first time the suspect, her ex-boyfriend, has attacked her.Police say Charles Higgins, 62, was under a restraining order from the 71-year-old victim when he stabbed her repeatedly…
A Vista gang member was sentenced Thursday to more than 16 years in prison for gun trafficking and for being a felon in possession of firearms.Vista Home Boy gang member Noe Lugo, aka No-No, was sentenced by District Judge John A. Houston to 200 months in federal prison following his…
A deported veteran who launched a health clinic for other deported veterans in Tijuana, Mexico, has been granted citizenship in the United States.Hector Barajas-Varela was deported 10 years ago. On Thursday, in uniform and surrounded by supporters and fellow deported veterans, Barajas-Varela received the news from the Department of Homeland…
Homicide detectives are investigating a stabbing in the garage of a home in Rancho Penasquitos after the victim died at an area hospital.The stabbing happened at a home on the 9500 block of High Park Lane just before 2 p.m. Thursday. Autopsy Confirms Body Found in Shallow Grave is LA…
Chula Vista is launching a “Stay Safe Chula Vista” Campaign starting Sunday.City officials are declaring April to be Pedestrian Safety Awareness Month because of the sharp rise in pedestrian fatalities. More and more pedestrians are getting hurt or even killed in recent years because of distractions. Autopsy Confirms Body Found…
Over their last two Opening Days the Padres were outscored 29-3. Of course those games were both against the Dodgers. The 2018 version was much closer with the Brewers in town.But that doesn’t mean the result was any different. ‘I Never Saw His Face:’ Officer in Granite Hills HS Shooting…
Highway Patrol investigators are searching for the driver who hit a pedestrian in Logan Heights Thursday morning causing major injuries, including a severed leg.The pedestrian was crossing the southbound Interstate 5 onramp from Boston Avenue in an unmarked crosswalk at around 7 a.m. when she was struck, the California Highway…
U.S. Army veteran Hector Barajas has been living in Tijuana for the last eight years. He’s scheduled to be sworn in as a citizen in a few weeks in San Diego. Source: NBC San Diego
The owner of a La Jolla restaurant was arrested Wednesday and booked on more than a dozen charges ranging from sexual battery to rape, according to local law enforcement officials. Daniel Dorado, 59, was taken into custody Wednesday just after 8 a.m. in Escondido. He was being held in the San Diego…
After more than a decade of violence in Mexico, spring breakers are beginning to return to Baja California to vacation. State officials in Baja say they are finally seeing an increase in tourists after years of security concerns due to drug violence. Thieves Give Woman Their Phone Number Before Taking Wallet…
Rev. Al Sharpton delivered the eulogy at the funeral for Stephon Clark Thursday, demanding justice in the shooting death of the 22-year-old by Sacramento police. Stevante Clark, Stephon’s brother, led the crowd in chants of his brother’s name. Source: NBC San Diego
