Category: Oceanside police

Man Pleads Guilty in Oceanside Woman’s 1994 Stabbing Death With Over 2 Dozen Wounds

VISTA, Calif.—A man arrested last year for the 1994 stabbing death of an Oceanside woman pleaded guilty this week to a voluntary manslaughter count. Jesus “Jesse” Velazquez Ayala, 59, is slated to be sentenced later this month to 12 years in state prison for the killing of 54-year-old Dolores Rabaya. The victim was found inside…


17-Year-Old Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries in Oceanside Hit-and-Run

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—A 17-year-old boy was taken by helicopter to a hospital with life-threatening injuries after a 15-year-old boy’s vehicle struck the older teen following an alcohol-induced altercation in Oceanside, police said Jan. 24. Just before 11:30 p.m. Monday, the Oceanside Police Department reported to a fight near 1200 North Harbor Drive. While officers checked the…


Driver, Child Killed, 4 Other Minors Injured in Solo SUV Crash in Oceanside

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Investigators sought Jan. 18 to determine what caused a solo SUV crash in Oceanside that killed a woman and a child and injured four other underage passengers, two critically. The vehicle was traveling south on Douglas Drive at high speed when the driver lost control of it near Pala Road about 8:15 p.m. Tuesday,…


4 People Arrested After High-Speed Chase in Oceanside

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Four people suspected of stealing a catalytic converter were taken into police custody Dec. 29 following a high-speed chase in Oceanside. Around 2 a.m., police were notified that a catalytic converter was stolen by someone driving a black Ford Fusion without license plates, according to authorities. Officers spotted the black sedan and when police…


Suspected Catalytic Converter Thieves Arrested Near Oceanside Police HQ

OCEANSIDE, Calif.—Three suspects allegedly interrupted in the act of stealing a vehicle’s catalytic converter in Oceanside Dec. 26 were apprehended a short time later near police headquarters. The suspects were allegedly in the middle of a theft about 7 a.m. in the 200 block of El Camino Real, when they were caught in the act…


Oceanside Woman Who Fatally Stabbed Teacher Sentenced to 26 Years to Life

VISTA, Calif.—An Oceanside woman who fatally stabbed her neighbor as he returned home from walking his dog on the morning of his 45th birthday was sentenced Dec. 8 to 26 years to life in state prison. Jennifer Mendoza Ramos, 25, was convicted by a Vista jury of first-degree murder and an allegation of using a…