Category: San Diego County Sheriff’s Department

Ex-San Diego Deputy Sentenced for Fatally Shooting Fleeing Detainee

SAN DIEGO—A former sheriff’s deputy who fatally shot an unarmed, fleeing detainee outside the downtown San Diego jail was sentenced on Feb. 7 to three years of probation and one year in jail. Aaron Russell, 25, pleaded guilty last month to a voluntary manslaughter charge for the May 1, 2020, death of Nicholas Bils, who…


Man Rescued After 3 Days Stranded, Sheltering in Rail Tunnel

SAN DIEGO—An Italian man, who was stranded in the San Diego County mountains for three days after a hiking trip, has been rescued with minor injuries, officials said Jan. 27. On Jan. 19, the unidentified man from Italy took to the Jacumba Mountains from the Goat Canyon Trestle trailhead deep in East County, north of…