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Bail stands at $2 million for fatal hit and run
ESCONDIDO — A San Diego Superior Court judge on Feb. 18 ordered that bail for a woman accused of covering up a fatal hit-and-run accident in Escondido for more than two years will remain at $2 m...
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Con-woman sentenced to prison
ESCONDIDO — San Diego County investors got more than they bargained for when they met Janet Reiswig in an upscale La Jolla office two years ago. “I was devastated when I realized what had happen...
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Judge finds prosecutor withheld information in criminal case
VISTA — A Superior Court judge on Feb. 9 ruled that a Vista-based prosecutor violated discovery obligations relating to a pawnshop receipt in a bicycle theft case. Despite turning over a pawn ti...
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Duo to stand trial for New Year’s Day assault
ESCONDIDO — Two men accused of an armed attack and attempted robbery on a Marine and his brother got more than they bargained for when they picked the fight, a judge said Feb. 4. Moments before ...
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Former Marine pleads not guilty to assault with walking stick
CARLSBAD — A man walking his pack of Yorkshire terriers off the leash on a Carlsbad trail will have to stand trial for allegedly assaulting another dog walker after the two got into an altercati...
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Suspected ‘Sunset Bandit’ to stand trial for multiple robberies
VISTA — An Escondido man accused of a string of holdups throughout the county will have to stand trial on charges relating to 21 robberies, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled Jan. 19. Joel C...
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Young man pleads not guilty to violent robbery
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SAN MARCOS — An 18-year-old man accused of the assault and robbery of three men in their apartment will have to stand trial on charges relating to the crime, a judge ruled Jan. 21. Christopher Pea...
Man found guilty of running North County prostitution ring
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A San Diego jury on Jan. 7 found an illegal immigrant guilty of federal charges relating to supplying prostitutes to North County migrant camps. Adrian Zitlapopoca-Hernandez was convicted of two c...
O’side principal admits stealing from school district
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OCEANSIDE — Paulette Thompson, an elementary school principal accused of stealing thousands of dollars from the Oceanside Unified School District, pleaded guilty Jan. 5 to charges relating to the c...
O’side man to stand trial for slaying tourist
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OCEANSIDE — After grabbing a woman from behind, stabbing her in the stomach and slashing her neck and face, a 37-year-old convicted felon then threw his knife into the air and laid face down on the...
Teen wins lawsuit against NCTD
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SAN MARCOS — A teenage girl hit by a North County Transit District bus in San Marcos won a lawsuit Dec. 9 she filed against the transit district relating to a brain injury she said resulted from th...
Teen driver receives juvenile camp sentence for fatal DUI accident
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RANCHO SANTA FE — A 17-year-old Torrey Pines High School senior was sentenced to probation and up to 547 days in a juvenile camp relating to a drunken driving accident, which killed one classmate a...