EL CAJON, Calif.—A homicide investigation is underway April 13 after a man was found dead on an El Cajon sidewalk. Just before 7 a.m. Thursday, the El Cajon Police Department (ECPD) received a call that an unresponsive man was lying on the sidewalk near the 500 block of Fletcher Parkway, according to police. Shortly after…

A San Diego County Christian preschool is suing the state of California for pulling the plug on the school’s state meal funding, saying its traditional stance on gender and sexuality violated a new state law. The Church of Compassion’s Dayspring Christian Learning Center—a preschool and daycare in El Cajon, Calif., serving nearly 90 students—filed a…

The El Cajon City Council voted unanimously March 28 to move forward with developing regulations for the city’s motels and hotels being used by the county to house homeless people. The vote came following recent incidents of violent crimes and several arrests of homeless individuals utilizing the county’s voucher program at the city’s hotels. “This is…

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man convicted of gunning another man down in the parking lot of a La Mesa motel was sentenced March 24 to 55 years to life in state prison. Lorenzo Bogus, 26, was convicted by an El Cajon jury of second-degree murder and a firearm-use allegation in the Sept. 10, 2021, shooting at…

EL CAJON, Calif.—Two homeless registered sex offenders accused of engaging in sex acts with a 16-year-old girl at an El Cajon motel pleaded not guilty March 22 to a series of felonies. Lawrence Cantrell, 34, and Michael Inman, 70, were arrested last week after an employee of homeless services provider People Assisting the Homeless told…

EL CAJON, Calif.—A woman who had a role in injuring an El Cajon police officer, who was dragged about 200 yards down a roadway by an SUV, was sentenced March 21 to seven years and eight months in state prison. Keani Flores, 30, pleaded guilty to assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer…

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who opened fire on two men in an El Cajon residential neighborhood, killing one of them, was sentenced Feb. 17 to 25 years to life in state prison. Roberto Hernandez, 28, was convicted by a San Diego jury of second-degree murder and attempted murder charges stemming from the March 20, 2020,…

EL CAJON, Calif.—Five people were arrested Jan. 7 on suspicion of auto theft, identity theft, possession of counterfeit currency, catalytic converter theft, and drug possession, among other crimes. Early Saturday, deputies spotted a stolen vehicle being driven near Greenfield Drive and Winrow Road in an unincorporated area of El Cajon, said Sheriff’s Lt. Shawn Wray…

EL CAJON, Calif.—An El Cajon man who pleaded guilty to human trafficking charges involving two underage girls was sentenced Jan. 4 to more than 15 years in state prison. Antoine Lamar Haynes, 22, was arrested last April after police discovered he was taking part in “online explicit relationships with the juvenile victims through social media,”…

EL CAJON, Calif.—Coroner’s officials Dec. 20 released the name of a Lemon Grove woman who died on Interstate 8 after her car struck a tree and then another vehicle. Nancy Annette Lisa Benson, 32, died from blunt force injuries, including to her head, according to the San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. The collision happened…