Archive for December, 2008

Suspect in hit-and-run located in San Diego

Posted by David on Dec 10 2008 | Accidents, Criminal Defense, San Diego News

Police have located and arrested a suspect in a hit and run accident that killed a mother of three in Oxnard over the weekend.

19-year-old, Bernardino Gijada is being held on suspicion of homicide and felony hit and run and burglary after police tracked him down in San Diego where he had been living with relatives.

The accident happened around 11 p.m. Saturday night between Oxnard Boulevard and 6th Street.

According to authorities, Gijada blew through a red light killing 41-year-old Theresa Virgin of Port Hueneme in the collision and critically injuring numerous other passengers in the vehicle.

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Husband who lost his family in jet accident asks for forgiveness for the pilot

Posted by David on Dec 10 2008 | Accidents, San Diego News

A Korean immigrant who’s wife, two children and mother-in-law were all killed when a Marine Corps jet slammed into the family’s house said Tuesday he did not blame the pilot, who was able to eject from the jet.

Dong Yun Yoon faced reporters Tuesday, just one day day after a jet crashed into his home and killed four of his family members.

“Please pray for him not to suffer from this accident,” a distraught Dong Yun Yoon told the media who gathered near the location of Monday’s crash of an F/A-18D jet in San Diego’s University City community.

“He is one of our treasures for the country,” Yoon said in accented English, broken by long pauses while he struggled to maintain his composure.

“I don’t blame him. I don’t have any hard feelings. I know he did everything he could,” exclaimed Yoon, surrounded by members of San Diego’s Korean community, family members and patrons from the family’s church.

Authorities said four people lost their lives after the jet crashed into the Yoon’s house when the pilot was attempting to land at nearby Marine Corps Air Station Miramar. Another vacant home was also destroyed.

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F-18 Plane Crashes in University Heights

Posted by David on Dec 08 2008 | Accidents

An F-18 has crashed in University City and the pilot did eject and has been taken to Balboa Medical. It is not known at this point if there have been any injuries or fatalities. One home has been completely destroyed and one home is partially destroyed, a fire has broken out because of the crash. It is not known what caused the plane to go down and we will continue to update this blog as information keeps presenting itself.

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Alleged assailant in SDSU stabbing is the son of former CA Assembly Speaker

Posted by David on Dec 03 2008 | San Diego News

The teenage son of former California Assembly Speaker Fabian Nunez, is one of four suspects arrested under suspicion of the murder of a student from San Diego .

Detectives have taken Ryan Jett, Esteban Nunez, Leshanor Thomas and Rafael Garcia, all 19 years old, into custody at different locations across Sacramento County.

Officers say the victim, 22- year old Luis Santos was departing from a party on Oct. 4 with four friends when a fight started with a different group of four men.

According to officials, the verbal altercation developed into a physical melee, which led to Santos and two other friends being stabbed.

Santos’ wounds resulted in his death.

The SDPD confirms that Nunez is the son of Fabian Nunez, the former Speaker.

The suspects will be extradited to San Diego and will be charged with murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

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Cash from bank robbery dumped in the streets

Posted by David on Dec 03 2008 | San Diego News

Police are still looking for any cash dumped on the street after three masked gunmen robbed Pacific Western Bank in Rancho Bernardo.

Employees of the bank reported the holdup at 4:54 p.m. Witnesses gave differing descriptions of the assailants, San Diego police Sgt. Dave Jennings said.

Officers located a gun and cash in the street close by. It became clear that a dye pack hidden in the stolen cash had exploded. Some children told an officer they had found bills and some checks, and a U.S. Postal Service worker called police to report taking some of the cash to the nearby post office to be picked by officers.

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2 Killed and 5 More Injured in Balboa Park Accident

Posted by David on Dec 01 2008 | Accidents, San Diego News

A little before midnight, a car speeding through Balboa Park at 80 miles per hour hit the median and overturned, killing the driver and a teenage passenger and injuring 5 more.

The driver, whose name was not released, had six teenagers and a 3-year-old in the two-door sedan and was driving in excess of 80 miles per hour south along the curve of Florida Drive as it transitions to 26th Street, according to San Diego police Sgt. Kevin Friedman. The speed limit of the road is 40 mph.

The woman and a teenage girl were killed on impact, one teenager was in critical condition with leg injuries but the other children had non life-threatening injuries, Friedman said.

It appeared that no one in the car, with the possible exception of the driver, was wearing a seat belt, he said, adding that the passengers were ejected from the car when it crashed. The three year-old was sitting on the lap of one of the teenagers and not in a car seat, according to Friedman.

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Women’s Body Found At Sunset Cliffs

Posted by David on Dec 01 2008 | San Diego News

The body of a woman was found this afternoon off Sunset Cliffs in Point Loma on some large boulders at the foot of a steep 60- to 70-foot cliffs authorities said.

Lt. Greg Buchanan of the San Diego Lifeguard Service said it is not clear if the woman fell from the street or whether she had been in the water when she died or on the beach.

Buchanan said a 911 caller notified San Diego police about the body about 1:30 p.m.

An off-duty paramedic in the area as well as an off-duty lifeguard surfing also was in the area when the 911 call was received. They both responded in minutes but the woman was dead when they arrived, he said.

The body was placed in a white bag and lifted to the street on a stretcher attached to a crane, accompanied by a lifeguard.

Buchanan said the woman appeared to be in her 30s. There were no witnesses and there is no immediate information on how she got there or what she had been doing, he said.

Buchanan said he could not say whether or not there were signs of trauma on the body.

The Medical Examiner’s Office will conduct an autopsy.

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Sushi Restaurant Robbed At Gunpoint

Posted by David on Dec 01 2008 | San Diego News

The San Diego police said two men entered through the back door of a Tokyo Sushi Loha restaurant on El Cajon Boulevard at 68th Street about 10:30 p.m Saturday night and robbed it. One of the robbers drew a handgun and demanded money. They fled with cash in a white vehicle that looked like a Mazda MPV. Police said the man with the gun wore a white T-shirt pulled over his head with eye holes cut out and the other robber wore a black hooded sweat shirt and a blue ski mask.

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