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Yahoo
06-06-2025
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San Diego authorities arrest 3 noncitizens allegedly involved in transporting more than $5M worth of meth
Federal and local authorities in San Diego arrested three men in the U.S. illegally – two from Mexico and one from El Salvador – after they allegedly transported nearly 8,000 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $5 million earlier this week. The incident took place on Monday around 7 p.m. during a joint narcotics investigation in the South Bay region, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday evening. SDCSO detectives and U.S. Border Patrol agents observed three vehicles they believed were being loaded with bundles of drugs. A federal complaint filed by the U.S. Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California said the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot on Otay Mesa Road. Cbp Officers Seize Over $14M Of Alleged Methamphetamine At Southern Border Two of those vehicles were driven toward a motel in San Ysidro, while the third vehicle went to a motel in Chula Vista, the sheriff's office said. All three drivers were ultimately arrested. They were identified by the Justice Department as 27-year-old Erick Omar Arriola, of El Salvador, and Mexican nationals Eugenio Lizama, 35, and Baltazar Rodriguez Reyes, 49. Read On The Fox News App Arriola is a felon convicted of driving under the influence, battery of a spouse and false imprisonment, the DOJ said. 'Zombie Drug' Smuggled Across Southern Border A Growing Threat To Americans, Doctor Warns When authorities searched their vehicles, they found a total of 61 bundles of methamphetamine, weighing more than 7,700 pounds and valued at around $5.5 million. "It was one of the biggest seizures of methamphetamine in 2025 in the Southern District of California, and the most significant so far by the new Homeland Security Task Force San Diego, which was recently established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security at the request of President Trump," the DOJ said. All three men were booked into the San Diego Central Jail and face charges related to conspiracy, transportation and possession of controlled substances for article source: San Diego authorities arrest 3 noncitizens allegedly involved in transporting more than $5M worth of meth
New York Post
06-06-2025
- New York Post
San Diego authorities arrest 3 illegal migrants allegedly involved in transporting more than $5M worth of meth
Federal and local authorities in San Diego arrested three men in the US illegally – two from Mexico and one from El Salvador – after they allegedly transported nearly 8,000 pounds of methamphetamine worth more than $5 million earlier this week. The incident took place on Monday around 7 p.m. during a joint narcotics investigation in the South Bay region, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office announced Thursday evening. SDCSO detectives and US Border Patrol agents observed three vehicles they believed were being loaded with bundles of drugs. A federal complaint filed by the US Attorney's Office of the Southern District of California said the vehicles were being loaded in a parking lot on Otay Mesa Road. Two of those vehicles were driven toward a motel in San Ysidro, while the third vehicle went to a motel in Chula Vista, the sheriff's office said. All three drivers were ultimately arrested. They were identified by the Justice Department as 27-year-old Erick Omar Arriola, of El Salvador, and Mexican nationals Eugenio Lizama, 35, and Baltazar Rodriguez Reyes, 49. Arriola is a felon convicted of driving under the influence, battery of a spouse and false imprisonment, the DOJ said. 3 Three men in the US illegally were arrested and accused of transporting over $5 million worth of meth. San Diego County Sheriff's Office 3 Authorities claimed they found a total of 61 bundles of methamphetamine. San Diego County Sheriff's Office 3 The meth weighed over 7,700 pounds. San Diego County Sheriff's Office When authorities searched their vehicles, they found a total of 61 bundles of methamphetamine, weighing more than 7,700 pounds and valued at around $5.5 million. 'It was one of the biggest seizures of methamphetamine in 2025 in the Southern District of California, and the most significant so far by the new Homeland Security Task Force San Diego, which was recently established by the Department of Justice and Department of Homeland Security at the request of President Trump,' the DOJ three men were booked into the San Diego Central Jail and face charges related to conspiracy, transportation and possession of controlled substances for sales.
Yahoo
03-06-2025
- General
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Over 100 firearms turned in at North County gun safety event
SAN MARCOS, Calif. (FOX 5/KUSI) — A gun safety event over the weekend at the San Marcos Sheriff's Station netted a total of 144 unwanted firearms and hundreds of rounds of ammunition. Those who turned in handguns, rifles and shotguns received a $100 gift card, while $200 gift cards were given out for assault weapons, the San Diego County Sheriff's Office said in a news release Saturday. Celebrities spotted running in San Diego's Rock 'n' Roll Marathon Authorities processed all the weapons to find out if any were involved in a crime or stolen. Guns that were involved in a crime were referred to the appropriate law enforcement agency, while for stolen guns, authorities contacted the original owners. The remaining weapons will be destroyed in accordance with the law, per the sheriff's department. The gun safety event aims to help get unwanted weapons off the streets. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
14-05-2025
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Man detained after slow pursuit in Imperial Beach; two charged with interfering
(FOX 5/KUSI) — A man was detained after allegedly leading deputies on a slow pursuit through an Imperial Beach neighborhood and two other people were charged with interfering with the arrest. The San Diego County Sheriff's Office said deputies tried to stop a vehicle on Tuesday around 6 p.m. for several violations, but the vehicle continued, leading them on a 'slow speed vehicle pursuit.' CHP releases more details about deadly crash on SR-94 involving an airborne car The vehicle eventually stopped near Seacoast Drive and Elm Avenue. The driver and passenger allegedly exited and refused to follow instructions. The driver allegedly 'took a fighting stance against the deputies' and was detained by force, the sheriff's office said. During the detainment, two residents came out of a home and allegedly attempted to interfere, leading one of them to be arrested and the other to be cited. San Diegans earning less than $100k considered 'low-income,' state report says The sheriff's office said the driver of the vehicle faces charges of felony evading and resisting an officer. One of the residents faces charges of resisting arrest by force, and the other person was cited for obstructing an officer, the sheriff's office said. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
03-05-2025
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SoCal man who killed wife and tossed her severed legs in trash gets 15 years to life in prison
For more than two decades, Jack Potter had fooled people into believing his dead wife, whose severed legs were found in a Rancho San Diego trash container in 2003, was still alive, prosecutors say. On Friday, one of the region's most disturbing cold cases concluded when 72-year-old Jack Potter was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the murder of his wife, Laurie Potter. Potter pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and admitted to smothering his 54-year-old wife to death in February, prosecutors said. For almost 20 years, prosecutors say, Potter was living large and profiting off of Laurie's death while pretending she was still alive. He fraudulently opened credit cards in her name and used family court to sell their home in Temecula and pocket the profits, prosecutors said. He met a new girlfriend at a strip club and gifted her a Hummer SUV and a ski boat, leased her an apartment and gave her a credit card with a $30,000 limit, prosecutors said. The girlfriend eerily shared his wife's name. Potter expressed remorse during Friday's hearing, apologizing and saying he loved his wife. "I let my emotions get the better of me that one time," he said. "I don't know why. It just happened and I'm sorry." A maintenance worker at the Country Hills Apartment complex in Rancho San Diego had discovered Laurie's legs in October 2003, but law enforcement was unable to identify her and the case went unsolved. That was until 2020 when new DNA investigative techniques led to a breakthrough in the haunting cold case. Detectives ran the crime scene DNA through a national database and matched it to a distant relative. Detectives then progressively asked closer relatives to share their DNA until — 20 people and six months later — they reached Laurie's adult son. His sample allowed them to identify Laurie and a subsequent investigation yielded evidence connecting her husband to the crime, according to a 2021 news release from the San Diego County Sheriff's Office. When Potter was arrested in 2021, Laurie's family, though unaware of her whereabouts, thought she was still alive, according to the Sheriff's Office. Read more: The untold story of how the Golden State Killer was found: A covert operation and private DNA She was never reported missing and without genetic testing — the same technology used to identity the Golden State Killer and crack scores of cold cases — this murder would have probably gone unsolved, the Sheriff's Office said in the news release. Laurie's son, John Carlson, said during Potter's sentencing hearing that he'd lost touch with his mother, but had tried to contact her and renew their relationship. Carlson said Potter told him his mother "just wanted to be alone, which unfortunately I believed. And this really hurts to this day.' Laurie's case marked the first time the San Diego County Sheriff's Office attempted to identify a murder victim using investigative genealogy. 'This case is a stark reminder that the pursuit of justice never stops,' San Diego County Dist. Atty. Summer Stephan said in a statement Friday. 'And neither does the grief of those who lose someone to violence. Today, we honor Laurie's memory and stand with her family in their long-awaited moment of justice.' City News Service contributed to this report. Sign up for Essential California for news, features and recommendations from the L.A. Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. This story originally appeared in Los Angeles Times.
