Crime numbers drop in Fallbrook area

Crime numbers dropped significantly in the Sheriff's Fallbrook command area during the first half of the year, compared to the same period in 2014, and that's no surprise to authorities.

"We have been making a significant number of arrests over the past several months," said Sheriff's Sgt. Patrick Yates. "I am a believer that you don't have a whole lot of people committing crimes in Fallbrook; it's the same people over and over. If you can make several arrests, the numbers come down significantly."

The statistics, gathered and analyzed by the San Diego Association of Governments (SANDAG) in th...