Tag: courts
Detective takes the stand
A National City Police detective testified Monday he dodged a murder suspect wildly swinging a boxcutter towards him. When the suspect realized he would...
Man held for bodies in trunk
A federal judge ordered a Tijuana man Sept. 5 to be detained without bail in the deaths of three Chinese migrants whose bodies were...
Attorney says gang membership does not make one a killer
An Eastlake man went on trial Monday in a double murder and his attorney told a jury he was not involved in either gang-related...
Man guilty of fatal shooting
A jury convicted a man May 28 of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a National City man who was running away after...
Cell phone store robber may make calls from prison
A robber who held up a South Bay cell phone store and nine others was sentenced Tuesday to 11 years and eight months in...
Meth smuggler out in ’26
A National City man who was sentenced to 12 years in federal prison for smuggling methamphetamine will be released in 2026, according to a...
Social Security recipient who lived in Tijuana pleads guilty
A 66-year-old man who falsely claimed to be a U.S. citizen living in Chula Vista has pleaded guilty to stealing $360,872 in government benefits...
Prelim set for suspect in 2005 homicide
The preliminary hearing for a man arrested in 2017 for a 2005 murder in National City has been moved to March 7 in Chula...
District Attorney wants death for cop killer
The death penalty is being sought by the District Attorney’s office against a man charged with killing a San Diego Police officer who lived...
Strangling was defensive
The murder trial of an alleged Chula Vista bank robber got underway Tuesday with the man’s attorney telling jurors his client was defending himself...
