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Mexican gang members guilty of kidnappings, murders
SAN DIEGO -- A member of a violent Mexican street gang that targeted drug dealers was convicted Wednesday of the 2007 kidnap-murders of three men in San Diego County, while a second defendant was found guilty in two of the slayings in which the victims'...
Tags: Criminals, Punishment, Trials, Prosecution, Kidnapping
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Ex-teacher pleads guilty to meth charges
SAN DIEGO -- A former Castle Park High School biology teacher who had methamphetamine on her when she was stopped last year in North Park pleaded guilty Thursday to misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance and will complete a drug and alcohol...Tags: CVS Corp., Trials, Misdemeanors, Methamphetamine (drug), Crimes
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Carjacking arrest leads to drug bust
VALLEY CENTER, Calif. -- Three people were in custody Friday following an armed carjacking in Valley Center that led detectives to heroin and methamphetamine dealers, authorities said.
Deputies were called to Harrah's Rincon Casino around 5:15 p.m....Tags: Police Arrests, Methamphetamine (drug), Theft, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Heroin
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Tijuana cartel boss gets 25 years in prison
Fox 5 San Diego ReporterSAN DIEGO --He ordered murders. He ordered kidnappings and bribes. He helped distribute hundreds of tons of drugs into the United States, all from the top of one ofMexico'sbiggest cartels. Now, 60-year-old Benjamin Arellano-Felix will spend the next 25...Tags: Prosecution, Organized Crime, Prisons, Judges, Defendants
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Cocaine found inside laundry detergent
FOX 5 San Diego StaffSAN DIEGO - Almost 42 pounds of cocaine were found concealed inside of boxes of laundry detergent and hidden inside a scooter at the San Ysidro border crossing, officers said Tuesday. U.S. Customs and Border Protectionofficers referred a 31-year-old...Tags: U.S. Customs and Border Protection
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Prosecutors: Kidnappers dissolved victims in acid
SAN DIEGO -- Two members of a violent kidnapping gang killed many of their victims and dissolved some their bodies in acid, a prosecutor told jurors Wednesday.
In his opening statement in the trial of Jose Olivera Beritan and David Valencia, Deputy...Tags: Criminals, Trials, Punishment, Prosecution, Kidnapping
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Indoor pot farm found during shooting investigation
SAN MARCOS, Calif. -- Authorities investigating a shooting in San Marcos that sent two people to the hospital stumbled upon an indoor marijuana growing operation, a sheriff's sergeant said Thursday.
The shooting at a woodworking business in the 100...Tags: Health, Theft, Shootings, Hospitals and Clinics
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Locally developed drug may halt Alzheimer's
SAN DIEGO -- A new drug developed by San Diego researchers may be the first capable of halting brain damage from Alzheimer's disease, according to a study published Wednesday.
The drug, called J147, was developed by scientists at the Salk Institute...Tags: Huntington's Disease, Health, National Institutes of Health, Medical Research, Human Body
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Border drug seizures up; illegal-entry arrests down
SAN DIEGO -- U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials in Southern California seized more than 158 tons of narcotics and stopped more than 100,000 attempts to enter the country illegally during the recently concluded federal fiscal year, the agency...Tags: Music, Migration, Concerts, Methamphetamine (drug), Politics
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120 pot plants discovered inside business
CHULA VISTA --Two 26-year-old men were jailed Saturday in connection with a illegal marijuana grow operation in which about 120 plants were seized, according to the Chula Vista Police Department.
The Chula Vista Police Department Narcotic Enforcement...Tags: Aon PLC, Police Arrests, Prisons, Crimes, Crime, Law and Justice
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Man sentenced in cross-border drug tunnel case
SAN DIEGO -- A Chula Vista man arrested after the discovery of a narcotics tunnel and about 26,000 pounds of marijuana inside a warehouse in Otay Mesa was sentenced Monday to 25 years in federal prison.
Fernando Javier Alarid was convicted last June of...Tags: Punishment, The Amistad, Punishment, Prisons
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