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DA Honors Holocaust Survivor with First Community Justice Champion Award

DA Honors Holocaust Survivor with First Community Justice Champion Award

“Stay alive so you can tell the world what they’re doing to us.” Those were the last words Rose Schindler’s father told her when they last saw each other at Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp. And that is exactly what she did. Rose survived the Holocaust, met her husband who was also a survivor and immigrated […]

Office Manager Convicted of 51 Felony Counts in Massive Patient Referral Scam

BevMo! Resolves Pricing Case

San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced today BevMo!, Inc.has been ordered to pay costs and penalties in a civil law enforcement case alleging BevMo! posted prices in stores and advertisements and charged higher prices at the time of checkout. The company paid $347,034 in penalties and costs to resolve the case, which was […]

Seven Prosecutors Recognized for Outstanding Service to Victims

Seven Prosecutors Recognized for Outstanding Service to Victims

When victims of crime and their families are in their worst moments, they cling the hope they will one day obtain justice for the violence and sometimes unspeakable acts committed against them or their loved ones. Seven prosecutors in the District Attorney’s office were recognized today by the San Diego Board of Supervisors today for […]

Gun Buy Back Event Collects 261 Weapons

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 […]

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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 […]