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Articles from the March 22, 2014 edition


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  • San Diego County: Law enforcement officials arrest six during St. Patrick's Day saturation patrols

    Updated Mar 22, 2014

    Members of multiple San Diego law enforcement branches arrested six people during multiple DUI saturation patrols which took place from 7:00 p.m. on March 17 until 3:00 a.m. the following morning, according to a San Diego County Sheriff's report. Members of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department, Escondido Police Department, La Mesa Police Department, and UCSD Police Department conducted DUI Saturation Patrols in order to keep drunken drivers off the road in various cities throughout San Diego County, according to the...

  • San Diego: Tijuana man pleads guilty to slashing throats of fellow drug traffickers

    Updated Mar 22, 2014

    A Tijuana man pleaded guilty in San Diego federal court today to slashing the throats of two fellow drug traffickers whom he believed had stolen methamphetamine and cocaine proceeds from their organization. Roberto Ochoa, 35, is scheduled to be sentenced June 6 by U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw. The defendant pleaded guilty to two counts of an intentional killing during the course of a drug trafficking conspiracy. Ochoa was indicted in November 2011 along with a dozen others who were accused of drug trafficking and money... Full story

  • Oceanside: Motorcyclist dies in two-vehicle crash

    Updated Mar 22, 2014

    A motorcyclist was killed today in a two-vehicle crash on a freeway transition road in Oceanside. The rider hit a guard rail on the left side of the connector from northbound Interstate 5 to eastbound state Route 78, according to the California Highway Patrol. He went down and a second vehicle was involved, but no details were released. No other person was injured, a North County fire dispatcher said. One of the two lanes on the transition road was shut down, according to the CHP.... Full story

  • 'Wide-ranging' credit card data breach may have hit California DMV

    Updated Mar 22, 2014

    A "wide-ranging credit card data breach'' may have hit the state Department of Motor Vehicles, according to a low-key alert sent by Mastercard to financial institutions this week, it was reported today. Security blogger Brian Krebs -- who also broke the Target credit card fraud -- reported that five different banks had told him they had received the alert. "If indeed the online California DMV has suffered a breach of their online payments system, it's unclear how many card... Full story