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Child Abuse Prevention Heroes Honored

Local heroes who have dedicated their lives to helping abused children were honored at today’s Board of Supervisors meeting. Each received a proclamation for receiving a STARS award, which are given out by the San Diego County Child Abuse Prevention Coordinating Council every April during Child Abuse Prevention Month. This year’s recipients include three members [...]

First Food Truck Grade Cards Issued

Sheriff’s deputies took part in this similar gun buyback program in December. A fear of gun violence has been in the forefront of people’s minds since the Dec. 14 shooting at Newtown, CT which left 20 students and six elementary school staff dead at the hands of a disturbed shooter. Some people felt so moved [...]

Two Veteran Law Enforcement Officers Join School Police

Henry Ramelli, Moises Arellano For the first time in four years, San Diego School Police added two officers to its ranks. Moises Arellano and Henry Ramelli took an oath of office and were sworn in by Chief of Police Reuben Littlejohn during an official ceremony attended by Superintendent Kowba and others. The ceremony culminated with [...]

FBI and Local Law Enforcement Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify the “Drywaller Bandit”

The FBI, Oceanside Police Department, and San Diego Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify a serial bank robber dubbed the “Drywaller Bandit” believed to be responsible for robbing seven banks in Encinitas and Oceanside, California, since September 24, 2010. There is a $20,000 reward being offered for information leading to the arrest [...]

Sheriff’s Arrest Suspect involved In Series of Copper Thefts

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department has been investigating a series of thefts of copper wire and construction materials from numerous businesses along the Hwy 67 corridor north of Willow road.  The suspects in the cases would use the cover of darkness and in many cases, bad weather, to sneak onto the properties to cut out [...]

Assistant Sheriff Kim Quaco Retiring This Week

Assistant Sheriff Kim Quaco is retiring on Thursday, December 30th. Mr. Quaco began his career with the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department as a Deputy Sheriff in 1978 at the Central Detention Facility and the Vista Detention Facility. He served as a patrol deputy in Encinitas Station and then transferred to the Personnel Division. In [...]

Sheriff’s Conduct “Shoulder Tap” Operation To Combat Underage Drinking

The San Diego Sheriff‘s Department is partnering with the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) through a countywide grant to help combat underage drinking and other alcohol related crimes. In July 2010 the San Diego Sheriff’s Department received an ABC grant of $100,000. The money will be spent in the communities patrolled by the [...]

Reward of $20,000 Offered in “Geezer Bandit” Investigation

The FBI, San Diego Police Department, San Diego Sheriff’s Department and several other law enforcement agencies are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown male bank robber dubbed the “Geezer Bandit.” The “Geezer Bandit” is believed to be responsible for robbing 12 banks since August 2009. The FBI and several local banks are offering [...]

Two Men Arrested Following Robbery of U.S. Bank

The FBI and San Diego Sheriff’s Department are announcing the arrests of Christopher James Cuerden, age 26, and Caleb Gene Halcomb, age 20, as a result of the investigation into the robbery of the U.S. Bank, located inside of the Vons grocery store at 3681 Avocado Boulevard, La Mesa, California, on Friday, October 29, 2010. [...]

FBI and San Diego Sheriff’s Department Seek Public’s Assistance to Identify Citibank Robber

The FBI and San Diego Sheriff’s Department are seeking the public’s assistance to identify the unknown male responsible for robbing a Citibank in San Marcos last week. On Wednesday, September 22, 2010, at approximately 1:45 p.m., a Hispanic male robbed the Citibank located at 740 South Rancho Santa Fe Road, San Marcos, California. The robber [...]

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