Tag: Prison
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Inmate from SD County Accused in Prison Stabbing Death
Photo via Pixabay A former San Diego County inmate who was transferred to Kern Valley State Prison to serve an 18-year sentence for robbery was under investigation along with another inmate for allegedly stabbing another inmate to death, corrections officials said Saturday. Luis Alvidrez, 33, of San Diego, and Roland C. Corona, 57, allegedly fatally…
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Man Who Fled to South Dakota Following City Heights Shooting Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
Wendell Eddington, who was shot to death in 2022. Photo via Facebook A man who fatally shot another man in City Heights, and was arrested nearly two months later in South Dakota, was sentenced Thursday to 10 years in state prison. Bryan Parker, 43, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a firearm allegation in the…
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San Diego Neo-Nazi Gets Prison Time for Antisemitic Incident at Anne Frank House
A screenshot of Robert Wilson speaking to CBS 8 reporter David Gotfredson outside a San Diego courthouse on Dec. 27, 2021. On Thursday, former Chula Vista resident Robert Wilson was found guilty of projecting antisemitic text onto the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam and sentenced to two months in prison. Wilson already spent three months…
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Firearms Trafficker Who Supplied Sinaloa Cartel Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison
Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone A man described by prosecutors as a “prolific firearms trafficker” who supplied the Sinaloa Cartel with hundreds of weapons was sentenced in San Diego federal court Wednesday to 15 years in prison. Alfredo Lomas Navarrete, 33, of Culiacan, Mexico, was a gun runner for the…
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Local, State Education Leaders Head to Prison for Graduation Ceremony
The entrance to the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa is shown in this undated photo. (Angela Carone/KPBS) More than 20 students taking classes through Southwestern College will graduate Wednesday with associate’s degrees in sociology and liberal arts, but they won’t be on campus to receive their diplomas. That’s because the graduates are…
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Married Romanian Couple Sentenced to Prison for Thefts Targeting Elderly
Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone A Romanian husband and wife who took part in a string of thefts targeting elderly victims across San Diego County were sentenced Monday to federal prison terms. Eduard Ghiocel, 48, and Floarea Ghiocel, 49, were charged along with four others with taking part in 17…
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Man Sentenced to State Prison in 1990 Point Loma Fatal Stabbing of Petty Officer
Murder victim Larry Joe Breen. Courtesy San Diego Police A man convicted of fatally stabbing a Navy sailor at the victim’s Point Loma residence more than three decades ago was sentenced Friday to 16 years to life in state prison. A San Diego jury found Brian Scott Koehl, 52, guilty of second-degree murder in the…
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Woman Sentenced to Federal Prison for Taking Benefits Intended for Dead Mother
Edward J. Schwartz federal office building in downtown San Diego. Photo via casd.uscourts.gov An American woman living in Tijuana was sentenced in federal court Monday to a year and a day in prison after she was convicted of taking more than $268,000 in retirement benefits intended for her dead mother. Kimberly Kay Brandt, a 51-year-old…