Teen-agers

San Diego boy, 14, accused of being drug cartel killer

Fox 5 Staff and wire services

CUERNAVACA, Mexico — The Mexican army has detained a 14-year-old boy born in San Diego who is suspected of acting as a killer for a drug cartel, officials said Friday. The boy said he had been working for the cartel since he was 11. Morelos Gov....

Tags: Mexico City, San Diego (San Diego, California), Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Crimes

Parolee denies raping teen, woman

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

A homeless parolee pleaded not guilty Thursday tokidnapping and rape charges stemming from the alleged abduction and sexualassault of a 15-year-old girl and a similar attack on a woman in East County. David Joseph Lascelles, 49, was ordered held on $1...

Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Punishment, Kidnapping, Sexual Misconduct, Sex Crimes

Teen arrested after 2 donut shop robbery attempts

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

Police arrested the thief who robbed a La Mesa donut shop Monday after he attempted to rob the store again Tuesday, authorities said. The tip jar was stolen from the Yum Yum Donut at 7550 El Cajon Boulevard late Monday morning by a man wearing a white...

Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Eyewear, Career and Workplace

Man accused of murdering 2 teens at party pleads not guilty

FOX 5 San Diego Reporter

A man accused of fatally shooting a pair of high school students leaving a party in Valencia Park nearly two years ago pleaded not guilty Monday to murder charges that could lead to the death penalty if he's convicted. Frederick Garcia Cruz, 22, was...

Tags: Prisons, Trials, Defendants, Punishment, Court Preliminary

Officials say 2 juveniles started Lakeside fire

City News Service

A recent wildfire east of Lakeside, in which two hikers had to be rescued by helicopter, was started by two juveniles playing with fire in a grassy area, Cal Fire reported Thursday. The blaze broke out Saturday afternoon and burned 926 acres up the...

Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California), Wildfires

5 teens busted after drugs found in minivan

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

Border agents arrested five teenagers over the weekend when they tried to smuggle drugs worth an estimated $210,000 into the country in a minivan, authorities said Tuesday. Over the holiday weekend, U.S. Custom and Border Protection officers inspecting a...

Tags: Methamphetamine (drug), Crimes, San Diego (San Diego, California), Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime

Evaluation set for driver whose friend died in crash

City News Service

An evaluation was ordered Monday to determine whether a teen charged in the death of a close friend in a traffic collision in Sabre Springs will be eligible to have her record cleared when she completes probation. Judge Carlos Armour ordered the 17-year-...

Tags: Trials, Defendants, Fencing, Court Preliminary, Injuries and Wounds

Man gets 15 years for sexually exploiting teen

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

A San Diego man who, along with several others, picked up a teen and took her to a motel, where she was forced to pose for sexually explicit photos to solicit "johns'' on the Internet, was sentenced Monday to 15 years in federal prison. Patrick Jones,...

Tags: Trials, Defendants, San Diego (San Diego, California), Punishment, Hotels and Accommodations

Tags: John Albert Gardner, San Diego (San Diego, California), Chelsea King

Teen pleads guilty in crash that killed best friend

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

A teenager who killed her best friend and injured three others in a crash in Sabre Springs pleaded guilty Monday to gross vehicular manslaughter and was immediately sentenced to probation. The teen, charged in the May 28 death of Rancho Bernardo High...

Tags: Injuries and Wounds, Fencing, Transportation Accidents, Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues

Americans are branching out sexually, survey finds

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

Sexually speaking, Americans are mixing it up a good deal more than they have in the past. The first comprehensive snapshot of Americans' sexual activity in almost two decades suggests a social landscape changed by HIV and AIDS and by an increasingly...

Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Indiana University, Diseases and Illnesses, Sex, Medical Research

Teen jumps to his death while fleeing cops

FOX 5 San Diego Staff

A teenager, who was apparently trying to get away from officers, leapt to his death off a bridge over I-5 freeway in Nestor early Wednesday, a police official said. A 17-year-old was running away from approaching San Diego police officers for unknown...

Tags: San Diego (San Diego, California)