A security guard at a San Ysidro store faced an attacker who said he was armed with an Uzi-style gun Monday afternoon, San Diego police reported. 

The guard was holding a woman back who he thought had shoplifted from the Kmart on Camino del la Plaza off Interstate 5 around 1:15 p.m. when the man walked up to him, police reported. 

He pulled out the gun and directed it at the security guard and then the woman got inside a pickup and drove off, police stated.  

Both were said to be Latino. The man was about 20 years-old with a medium build and she was said to be on the heavier side with dark hair, and dressed in a white shirt.

Police did not report that anything was taken. Robbery detectives are looking into the situation.

Border Patrol agents were tracking a car yesterday morning that eventually got into an accident in Carlsbad. 

Agents were chasing the car and attempting to pull over the Chevrolet Geo traveling north on Interstate 5 around 6 a.m. The driver refused to pull over but rather got off the freeway at the Palomar Airport Road exit and headed east, Border Patrol Agent Mark Endicott reported.

The vehicle was making a U-turn at Hidden Valley Road when it crashed into a pickup truck causing it to rollover, Endicott reported. The Geo driver, a 29-year-old man from Mexico, was arrested, Endicott added. No one was said to be hurt in the incident.  

The westbound lanes of the road were shut down for about an hour while officials cleaned up the wreckage, Carlsbad Lt. Jay Eppel stated.

 A 15-year-old girl walking with her dog down the street was critically injured yesterday morning when a sport’s car crashed into them. The dog died in the accident. 

Sheriff’s deputies report that the incident took place at 6:30 a.m. as the teenager was making her way across Dove Tail Drive near Fallsview Road, sheriff’s officials stated. She was transported to the hospital. 

The SUV driver pulled over to help.

A 17-year-old Torrey Pines High School student showed signs that he is thinking about admitting to charges of vehicular manslaughter and various other charges next month, a decision that would land him up to three years of probation but have the charges cleared from his record in the long run. 

The process, known as deferred entry of judgment, is an option for certain defendants in juvenile court, reported the teen’s lawyer, Robert Grimes, after a court hearing.

The young boy was driving a vehicle that collided on Oct. 4 while driving on a windy road in Rancho Santa Fe. The accident resulted in the death of one passenger, 17-year-old Alex Capozza, and the wounding of another.  

According to the deferred entry process, the county Probation Department is to complete a report on the teen, his family, the crimes and the victims. The department is to suggest to Judge George “Woody” Clarke if the boy, who plays as a senior on his high school’s lacrosse team, is able to try for  the process. 

“The judge would then have a lot of discretion as to what the conditions of probation would be like, and how long they would last,” Grimes stated. 

The youth’s actions and activities would be overseen very carefully by the Probation Department and court for up to three years. 

If by the end of the term he has followed according to the conditions and rules, then the charges will be dropped and his record will be cleared. The next court visit is scheduled for Nov. 10.

California Highway Patrol investigators reported that the teen was at a party before he left in his car and had been drinking with a blood alcohol level measurement of 0.10 about an hour following the crash. That breaks the 0.08 percent legal limit for drivers in California.

He is facing charges of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence while intoxicated and two counts of driving under the influence leading to injury. 

The minor has entered an not guilty plea. He is being held at Juvenile Hall.

A previous high-ranked lieutenant in the Arellano Félix drug organization entered a guilty plea to charges of racketeering and conspiracy in federal court Monday, the most recent in a line of former top officials in the drug gang to plead guilty. 

Efraín Pérez admitted to one account of racketeering and another of conspiracy to use and put money in illegal drug profits and selling. According to court records, Pérez worked as Ismael Higuera Guerrero’s most trusted assistant. Guerrero was the head of the drug cartel. 

Both Pérez and Guerrero were to blame for starting and organizing huge drug shipments leaving Mexico and destined for the US by passing through Tijuana, and they strongly pushed for gang violence in order to be in charge of smuggling in Tijuana and Ensenada.  

Late Friday afternoon Armando Martínez Duarte also admitted he was guilty to charges of racketeering. He was the head of security for the group at the same time that he was working as a federal law enforcement officer in Mexico. He enforced policies in the organization’s name in Mexicali without mercy for others, he is believed to have approved and enforced the torture and murder of many people.

Also last week, Jesús “Chuy” Labra Aviles, another older top official admitted he was guilty.  

All four could possibly be sentenced to serve up to 30 years in prison.

A motorcylist died in an accident Monday morning after he could not stop fast enough when traffic came to a halt in front of him on the southbound Interstate 15 in Escondido, authorities reported.

The rider, who is determined to have been about 70-years-old, was riding in the fast lanes of the I-15 just north of Via Rancho Parkway at about 8:30 a.m. when traffic started to slow down. He was riding at a speed of about 30 to 40 mph and hit his brakes, but was unable to stop fast enough, reported California Highway Patrol Officer Sgt. Mike Morgan.

The motorcyclist had a helmet on but was ejected from the 2002 Harley Davidson Road King after he collided into the back of a  2000 Chevy Suburban, Morgan stated. He received severe injuries in the accident and passed away before he reached a hospital.

The rider will not be publicly identified until his family is informed of the tragic accident by the county Medical Examiner’s Office.

Multiple lanes of the freeway were shut down for 2½ hours as a negative effect of the accident, Morgan stated.

 A 17-year-old boy has been taken into custody after he was thought to be connected to the death of his 26-year-old brother-in-law, who had been shot to death on Sunday night, police reported. 

The victim, who was known to be Hector Nava,  was a victim of shooting at about 9:21 p.m. inside an apartment complex located on South El Camino Real near Oceanside Boulevard, reported Sgt. Kelan Poorman.

Nava passed away before arriving at a hospital. 

Police talked with and questioned Nava’s wife and her brother and came to the conclusion that the teenager was the one who shot her husband. The investigation is still pending and detectives have not found any underlying causes for the shooting yet. 

Nava was employed by a gas station and worked as a cashier there. He had a wife, Nava, and also a 10-month-old child, police stated.

A man was stabbed multiple times in a braw on Saturday night in Mountain View.

The man got into a confrontation with another man on National Avenue near South 38th Street just a little before midnight, San Diego police reported. 

The victim seemed to be winning the fight, until four of the other man’s friends jumped in the fight and one pulled out a knife and stabbed the victim multiple times in the stomach, police stated. 

Gang detectives are currently looking into the incident.

One person was left without a home yesterday after a blaze started in his garage and quickly spread to damage his home and boat. 

The fire on Lotus Street near Ebers Street began around 11:15 a.m., a dispatcher with the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department reported. Firefighters showed up at the scene to discover the garage completely on fire. 

The blaze was put out at 11:30 a.m. Firefighters stayed at the home in order to make sure that the hazardous materials in the garage did not catch on fire, the dispatcher stated. 

Damage to the garage and the home was said to cost about $150,000. The boat, which was being stored within the garage, will cost about $6,000 to repair.

The source of the fire is not certain.

Homicide detectives are currently looking into a case in which a 3-month-old baby was found dead and an autopsy showed that the baby had suffered a number of suspicious and unexplained injuries, San Diego police reported Friday. 

The infant, known to be Aziya Davinger according to the Medical Examiner’s Office, was discovered dead Tuesday afternoon by a caretaker in the apartment complex at Serra Mesa while the baby was home alone, investigators stated. The caretaker, a 25-year-old man, dialed police and reported what he had seen, the child cold and without color, stated San Diego police Lt. Kevin Rooney.

An autopsy revealed that the infant had undergone various injuries that had accumulated over a period of time, Rooney stated. The cause of her death is still being investigated, reported the Medical Examiner’s Office.

Detectives are interrogating five different adults who are residents in the three-bedroom apartment located on Gramercy Drive, near Taft Middle School. Officials searched the apartment in hopes of evidence.