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Articles from the February 11, 2014 edition


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  • More than two tons of marijuana confiscated at San Onofre checkpoint

    Updated Feb 11, 2014

    SAN ONOFRE - Agents staffing a U.S. Border Patrol freeway checkpoint near Camp Pendleton over the weekend caught a man hauling a stash of more than two tons of marijuana in a cargo vehicle, officials reported today. The 38-year-old U.S. citizen, whose name was not released, arrived at the San Onofre-area Interstate 5 inspection facility in a 2012 Nissan van on Saturday morning, according to USBP public affairs. After a service dog alerted officers to the presence of contraband in the vehicle, they searched it, finding 113...

  • Supervisors Set Hearing on Proposed Fee Increases

    Updated Feb 11, 2014

    RIVERSIDE - The Board of Supervisors today scheduled an April 22 public hearing to consider implementing an ordinance that would require developers to begin paying higher fees to build or expand residential and commercial structures in Riverside County. In a 5-0 vote, the board put developers on notice that the current reduced rates charged for construction of homes, office buildings, apartment complexes and other projects could go up beginning in July. In 2009, when the Great Recession precipitated a crash in regional...

  • Convicted Felon Steals Police Car

    Updated Feb 11, 2014

    HEMET - A convicted felon who fled from police answering a theft call from a store stole a police car today before being arrested, police said. Officers were called to a store in the 1100 block of South Sanderson Avenue at 10:13 am., police said. The victim provided a description of the suspect and told the police dispatcher the man had left his identification at the scene. Police located the man, identified as David Hayes, 28, of Hemet, who was on parole for assault with a deadly weapon, in the 2300 block of West Stetson...

  • Mother-in-law arrested in murder of Fallbrook man; victim now identified as Geoward Flores Eustaquio, 53

    Updated Feb 11, 2014

    A woman was arrested in connection with the murder of her son-in-law in Fallbrook on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Cynthia Katherine Cdebaca, 63, was taken into custody and has been charged with the murder of Geoward Flores Eustaquio, 53. Cdebaca lived with her daughter, Laura Salinas, and Eustaquio and the couple's teenage children at their Fallbrook home. "The motive is still under investigation," said Homicide Lt. Glenn Giannantonio. Neighbors called 911 about 8 a.m. that morning to...