LEMON GROVE, Calif.—A man was found fatally wounded inside a vehicle in Lemon Grove, authorities said March 19. Deputies dispatched about 10 p.m. Saturday to a shooting call in the 2800 block of Lemon Grove Avenue located a 39-year-old man unconscious inside a vehicle at the intersection of Lemon Grove and San Miguel avenues, said…

SAN DIEGO—A San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who allegedly had cocaine in his car at a county jail pleaded not guilty Feb. 27 to a felony count of bringing drugs onto jail property. Allen Wereski, 48, was booked into jail earlier this month and suspended without pay, according to a statement from the San Diego…

BONSALL, Calif.—A stabbing in Bonsall left one man wounded Feb. 23 and another in custody. The assault in the 5500 block of Mission Road was reported about 1:30 p.m., according to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital for treatment of injuries of undetermined severity, Lt. Nanette McMasters said….

FALLBROOK, Calif.—A 76-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting a man and wounding another man and a woman authorities believe is his daughter at a plant nursery near Live Oak County Park was in custody Saturday. San Diego County Sheriff’s Department deputies responded just before 3 p.m. Friday to a call of a shooting at Atkins…

SAN DIEGO—The mother and maternal grandparents of a child who died in a hospital after being found in grave condition at a Spring Valley home last summer were behind bars Nov. 8 on suspicion of fatally abusing her, authorities reported. Arrested Nov. 7 in connection with the death of 11-year-old Arabella McCormack were Leticia Diane…

EL CAJON, Calif.—A man who fatally stabbed his wife at the couple’s Lemon Grove home pleaded guilty this week to a second-degree murder count. Jay Barcelon, 32, was arrested and charged for the slaying of 30-year-old Rhona Barcelon on April 16, 2021, at their home on Dain Court. Deputies responded to the home at about…

Robert Faigin, the former director of Legal Affairs for the San Diego Sheriff’s Department, was unanimously appointed as the new head of the Orange County Office of Independent Review by Orange County Supervisors Oct. 4. In the position, starting Nov. 4, Faigin will review the county’s sheriff’s department, public defender’s office, its district attorney, and…

SAN DIEGO—A sheriff’s deputy’s service weapon was discharged at San Diego’s Scripps Mercy Hospital on June 2 during a struggle with an inmate treated and released for booking who tried to take the deputy’s gun. The incident was reported at about 3:30 p.m. at the hospital at 4077 Fifth Ave. in Hillcrest, according to San…

SAN DIEGO—The Board of Supervisors unanimously chose Anthony Ray on March 22 to serve as the interim sheriff of San Diego County. Ray, an assistant county sheriff who oversees courts and human resources, will fill the role previously held by Bill Gore, who stepped down last month after serving a dozen years in the position….

SAN DIEGO—Authorities released on March 11 uniform-worn-camera footage of the fatal shooting by law enforcement personnel of a woman who charged them with a large kitchen knife, stabbing one in the chest, as they were trying to evict her from her Little Italy condominium. Yan Li, 47, was struck repeatedly by gunfire when three San…