Eleven years ago, Monique Palmer, 17, and Michael Taylor, 15, were violently gunned down as they were walking home from a house party in Valencia Park. This is the type of tragedy the annual gun exchange program aims to prevent. This year, the event was held on December 7 at the Encanto Southern Baptist Church […]
For four years, a team of 10 crooks would purchase ratty vehicles at auto actions then file inflated claims and staged thefts, collecting more than $500,000 in fraudulent insurance claims along the way. The organized ring was toppled after the San Diego County District Attorney’s office received a tip and opened an investigation. [TWEET THIS] […]
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Two men and two women have been named in a federal indictment by a grand jury for allegedly defrauding elderly women by convincing victims they needed financial assistance to collect a winning lottery ticket, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Los Angeles announced today, along with partners at the San Diego County District […]
In early 2019, authorities say it had become increasingly easy to buy illegal drugs in a roughly one-square-mile area of the East Village bordering Petco Park. Dozens of drug dealers had set up shop, peddling everything from methamphetamine to cocaine. Along with the drugs came concerns about a potential increase in associated crimes. [TWEET THIS] […]
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For several years, the owners of a local hotel cleaning janitorial service company called Good Neighbor Services, with nearly 800 employees, lied to tax authorities and their insurance provider by claiming to have almost no employees. This resulted in $6.8 million in theft and became the largest workers’ compensation premium fraud case in California, when […]
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Every student in San Diego County deserves to have a safe and nurturing educational environment, free of sexual and physical abuse. But when that kind of abuse does happen, it’s critical that students, parents and teachers have a trusted way to report it. And, prosecutors say, it’s even more important that those reports don’t fall […]
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Gun Buy Back Event Collects 261 Weapons
Eleven years ago, Monique Palmer, 17, and Michael Taylor, 15, were violently gunned down as they were walking home from a house party in Valencia Park. This is the type of tragedy the annual gun exchange program aims to prevent. This year, the event was held on December 7 at the Encanto Southern Baptist Church […]
10 Charged in Organized Insurance Fraud Ring
For four years, a team of 10 crooks would purchase ratty vehicles at auto actions then file inflated claims and staged thefts, collecting more than $500,000 in fraudulent insurance claims along the way. The organized ring was toppled after the San Diego County District Attorney’s office received a tip and opened an investigation. [TWEET THIS] […]
Four Defendants in Lottery Scam Targeting Older Hispanic Women
Two men and two women have been named in a federal indictment by a grand jury for allegedly defrauding elderly women by convincing victims they needed financial assistance to collect a winning lottery ticket, the FBI and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Los Angeles announced today, along with partners at the San Diego County District […]
Undercover Operation Nets 41 Drug Dealers in East Village
In early 2019, authorities say it had become increasingly easy to buy illegal drugs in a roughly one-square-mile area of the East Village bordering Petco Park. Dozens of drug dealers had set up shop, peddling everything from methamphetamine to cocaine. Along with the drugs came concerns about a potential increase in associated crimes. [TWEET THIS] […]
This is Why You Should Report Fraud
For several years, the owners of a local hotel cleaning janitorial service company called Good Neighbor Services, with nearly 800 employees, lied to tax authorities and their insurance provider by claiming to have almost no employees. This resulted in $6.8 million in theft and became the largest workers’ compensation premium fraud case in California, when […]
A New Way of Reporting Abuse in Schools
Every student in San Diego County deserves to have a safe and nurturing educational environment, free of sexual and physical abuse. But when that kind of abuse does happen, it’s critical that students, parents and teachers have a trusted way to report it. And, prosecutors say, it’s even more important that those reports don’t fall […]