Crime & Safety

7-Eleven Gunfire; Bank Stick-Up: Escondido, SD County Crime Log

Jail overdose, DUI crackdown, stepdad murder conviction, high-rise fire and other police news this week from San Diego County.

See some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County.
See some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County. (Shutterstock)

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – The following is a collection of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from across San Diego County.

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  • Three men are sought after stealing several cases of beer and firing at an employee, police said.

Bank Robbed On Carlsbad Village Drive

  • Police are seeking the male suspect who demanded and received money from the teller, then left on foot.

S.D. County Inmate Uses Anti-Overdose Drug To Revive Fellow Prisoner

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  • The individual became responsive after San Diego sheriff's deputies followed up by administering additional doses of Naloxone.

Shots Fired At 7-Eleven Clerk During Beer Heist In San Diego

  • Three men are sought after stealing several cases of beer and firing at an employee, police said.

Fire Breaks Out At High-Rise Housing Homeless

  • No injuries reported in the blaze Thursday in San Diego.

DUI Enforcement Kicks Off For Holiday Weekend In San Diego County

  • "Give yourself some extra time to get to your destinations, make sure your vehicles are fueled up and properly equipped for your travels,"

Chula Vista Shooting: Officer Involved Named In Ongoing Investigation

  • A CVPD officer of 5 years, who works as a canine handler was the lawman who fatally shot 32-year-old Bradley Munroe, a Chula Vista resident.

Escondido Man Found Guilty Of Murdering Estranged Wife, Sister In 2018

  • Juan Carlos Ortega faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for the deaths of Veronica Soto Ortega and her younger sister.

SD Woman Convicted of Murdering Stepdad Because He Had Her Nude Pics

  • Prosecutors presented jurors with a farcically botched murder plot behind the death of a co-founder of Butterfly Farms in Encinitas.

Woman, 73, Suffers Leg Injury In SD Hit-And-Run; Suspect Sought

  • The woman suffered a fractured right femur and was taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, SDPD said.

San Diego County Native Killed In Portland, Family Seeks Answers

  • Police are still seeking Jose Antonio Caraballo, after the body of an East San Diego County mother, 27, was found in a Portland nature park.

Car Careens Into Dollar Tree In San Diego

  • A structural engineer was called to inspect the building.

Escondido Man Found Guilty Of Murdering Estranged Wife, Sister In 2018

  • Juan Carlos Ortega faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for the deaths of Veronica Soto Ortega and her younger sister.

Armed Suspect Robs Banking Business Inside SD Market

  • The gunman entered the market Wednesday morning, robbed the University Avenue business and fled through the back door, according to police.


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