Tag: Woman
-
Supreme Court to Hear Appeal from California Woman in ‘Blind Mule’ Drug Smuggling Case
A CBP officer at a San Diego-area port of entry. Courtesy CBP The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a California woman’s bid to overturn her conviction for smuggling drugs across the U.S.-Mexican border in a dispute over the scope of prosecution expert witness testimony presented to undermine her defense that she acted…
-
Drive-By Gunman Wounds Man, Woman on Residential Street in Rolando
A Falck ambulance at a crime scene. Courtesy OnScene.TV A 35-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man suffered gunshot wounds in a drive-by shooting in the Rolando community, authorities said Sunday. The shooting victims were with a group of people in the 4500 block of Virginia Avenue when a car drove by about 10:45 p.m. Saturday…
-
Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder in Alleged Nobel Drive Trolley Attack
A surveillance photograph of the suspect. Courtesy San Diego County Crimestoppers A woman who allegedly stabbed a sleeping man in the chest on a trolley in La Jolla pleaded not guilty Wednesday to attempted murder. Angelina Montes Stricklen, 31, is accused in the Oct. 22 attack on the victim, identified by police as a 21-year-old…
-
Woman Killed at Days Inn Motel; Man Arrested After Violent Encounter With Police
Photo by Pixabay A 28-yeard-old man stabbed a woman to death in a San Diego motel room and later stabbed a police dog after refusing to surrender to police, authorities said Saturday. Officers received a call around 10:49 a.m. Friday about a man refusing to leave a motel room at the Days Inn at 5343…
-
Woman Killed in Mission Bay Park Crash Identified as Grace Richards, 32
San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office. Photo via @SanDiegoCounty Twitter Authorities have publicly identified a Northern California woman who was killed last week when the vehicle she was driving crashed near SeaWorld San Diego. Grace Richards, 32, lost control of the Chevrolet SUV on West Mission Bay Drive shortly before 10 p.m. Oct. 18, according…
-
Woman, 24, Killed in Traffic Crash on Freeway Transition Road Near Elysian Park ID’d as Gabriela Maria Buelna
Ambulance. Photo Credit: Scott Sanchez on Wikimedia Commons A woman was killed early Thursday in a traffic crash on a freeway transition road near Elysian Park. The crash was reported at about 12:10 a.m. on the transition from the northbound Arroyo Seco (110) Parkway to the northbound Golden State (5) Freeway, according to the California…
-
Woman Rescued After Being Stuck for 16 Hours in 12-Inch Gap of East County Cave
A rescuer uses a roping mechanism to free a woman who got stuck in an East County cave this weekend. Cal Fire photo Rescue crews worked through the night to free a woman trapped in Thunder Canyon Cave northeast of McCain Valley Road in the Boulevard area of East County this weekend. San Diego County…
-
Woman Leads Police on Rush-Hour Chase from La Jolla, Attempts to Escape on Foot Across Freeway
Police cars trail a white SUV through city streets Friday. The chase ended on state Route 94. Photo credit: Screen shot, nbcsandiego.com A woman led police on a 45-minute chase from La Jolla to Emerald Hills Friday before her SUV ran out of gas, at which point she made a failed attempt to dash across…
-
Texas Woman, 25, Pleads Guilty to Trafficking More Than 40 Pounds of Cocaine in San Ysidro
Federal courthouse in downtown San Diego. Photo by Chris Stone A woman who attempted to smuggle more than 40 pounds of cocaine through the San Ysidro Port of Entry, then fabricated messages to make it appear she was tricked into smuggling the drugs, pleaded guilty this week to federal charges. Victoria Carmona, 25, of San…