Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
Also serving the communities of De Luz, Rainbow, Camp Pendleton, Pala and Pauma
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FALLBROOK - The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Fallbrook Substation is asking for the public's help in locating a suspect they say stole several vials of CBD oil from a local pet salon. On Jan. 21, the woman described to be between the ages of 25-35 years old with a medium to heavy build and brown hair in a bun walked into the Fallbrook Pet Parlor and stole several vials of the product intended for pets. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Detective...
FALLBROOK - The San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Fallbrook Substation sent out a request for the public's help in identifying a man they say stole security cameras from a local business and may be responsible for stealing more. The report stated, "Surveillance cameras have been stolen three times recently from businesses on Main Avenue in Fallbrook." The notice said that at 5:20 a.m. on Jan. 2, the masked man in the photo stole a security camera from the 24-hour Max...
The death-penalty case of Charles "Chase" Merritt, who is charged with killing four members of a Fallbrook family in 2010 has begun in San Bernardino Superior Court and for those wishing to follow the case, there are a couple of options available online. To watch the trial as it happens on LawandCrime.com, visit: https://lawandcrime.com/live-trials/live-trials-current/charles-merritt/watch-live-charles-merritt-trial-for-murder-of-couple-and-children/ To watch recorded...
VISTA - A man who was shot after he allegedly attacked a sheriff's deputy with a baseball bat in Fallbrook pleaded not guilty on Friday, Jan. 11 to assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Jesus Cirilo Rodriguez, 30, was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail. He faces five years in prison if convicted. The Sheriff's Department said Deputy David Cortez was investigating reports of unprovoked assaults with a bat around 4:30 a.m. on Dec. 21 when he found himself under the same kind of attack, allegedly from Rodriguez....
VISTA - A Camp Pendleton-based Marine and repeat drunken driving suspect was behind bars on Wednesday, Jan. 2, facing a potential murder charge, in connection with a wrong-way crash that killed a motorcyclist on a Bonsall road a few hours into the new year. Adam Daniel Barooshian, 25, was behind the wheel of a Lexus IS 300 sedan that smashed into an oncoming Suzuki two-wheeler at high speed while headed east in a westbound lane on State Route 76 near Via Monserate in Bonsall shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday, according to the...
VISTA - A Camp Pendleton Marine accused of driving drunk and causing a wrong-way crash that killed a father of two on a rural Bonsall-area road early on New Year's Day was scheduled to be arraigned on Friday, Jan. 4 on a slate of criminal charges that could include murder. Adam Daniel Barooshian, 25, was allegedly speeding to the east on the westbound side of state Route 76 near Via Monserate shortly before 4 a.m. Tuesday when his Lexus IS 300 hit an oncoming motorcycle ridden by 29-year-old Christopher Williams of...
VISTA - A Camp Pendleton Marine accused of driving drunk and causing a wrong-way crash that killed a father of two on a rural Bonsall-area road early on New Year's Day pleaded not guilty to four felony charges, including murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while intoxicated and DUI causing injury. Adam Daniel Barooshian, 25, was ordered held without bail on Friday, Jan. 4. He would face 15 years to life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. The defendant was allegedly speeding to the east on the westbound side of...
ESCONDIDO - A man who was shot after he allegedly attacked a sheriff's deputy with a baseball bat in Fallbrook was charged on Wednesday, Dec. 26 with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer. Arraignment for 30-year-old Jesus Cirilo Rodriguez at the Palomar Medical Center was postponed until Jan. 11 when it was determined that he was medically unfit for the proceeding. Rodriguez faces five years in prison if convicted, said Deputy District Attorney Michael Runyon. The Sheriff's Department said Deputy David Cortez was...
FALLBROOK - The San Diego County Sheriff's Department on Saturday, Dec. 22 released the name of the man who was shot after he allegedly attacked a deputy with a baseball bat early Friday morning. The Sheriff's Department says a deputy was investigating reports of unprovoked assaults with a bat when he found himself under the same kind of attack from 30-year-old Jesus Cirilo Rodriguez. The deputy was sitting in an unmarked car around 4:30 a.m. Friday in the area of Reche and Ranger roads in Fallbrook when the attack happened,...
PAUMA VALLEY - A home in a rural community near Pauma Casino was the scene of a law enforcement shootout and subsequent hours-long standoff on Thursday, Dec. 20 after deputies were ambushed by an unidentified assailant, authorities reported. The gunman was eventually found inside the home with a gunshot wound and taken into custody, authorities said. He was expected to survive his wound. No law enforcement personnel were wounded in Thursday afternoon's exchange of gunfire in the 15600 block of Adams Drive in Pauma Valley....
FALLBROOK - A sheriff's deputy investigating reports of unprovoked assaults with a baseball bat by an unidentified man in Fallbrook fired his weapon when he found himself under the same kind of attack early this morning, an official said. The suspect was left with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, which he was treated for at a local hospital, San Diego County Sheriff's Lt. Rich Williams said. He was expected to survive. The deputy sustained a laceration to his forehead. Sheriff's deputies received three reports of...
FALLBROOK - A 28-year-old man was busted in Fallbrook for agreeing to purchase alcohol for a minor, authorities said. The man was arrested Friday night in a so-called "Shoulder Tap'' operation and was the only one out of 20 adults asked by a minor decoy working with deputies who agreed to purchase alcohol for the teenager, according to Sgt. Nancy Blanco of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The suspect was arrested on suspicion of furnishing alcohol to a minor, which is a misdemeanor, she said. Two men, ages 24 and...
The San Diego Union-Tribune reported last week that Corey Bernard Green, 41, of Fallbrook pleaded guilty to distribution of fentanyl, which will result in a prison sentence of up to 20 years. A five-month investigation by the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department resulted in federal charges last March against Green, who, according to a federal complaint, supplied the drug that led to the overdose of an unnamed Fallbrook man. Green was originally charged with Distribution of Fentanyl Resulting in the Death. According to the U...
FALLBROOK - A 27-year-old Fallbrook man was jailed the morning of Saturday, Nov. 3 in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old woman whom authorities said he had previously dated. Deputies received a call at 4 p.m. Friday that a suspicious person, possibly the suspect, Oscar Rodas, was at the Colorspot Nursery, located at 2575 Olive Hill Rd, according to Lt. Rich Williams of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. A perimeter was established and deputies and a Sheriff's...
FALLBROOK - A woman was shot and killed in the early morning hours of Thursday, Nov. 1 in Fallbrook, authorities said. Deputies responded about 12:45 a.m. to multiple 911 calls of a shooting in the 1100 block of South Vine Street and when they arrived they discovered the woman, unresponsive, on the ground with grave injuries to her upper body, according to Lt. Rich Williams of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department. The woman, identified as Yesneia Becerril of Fallbrook,...
