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Even Fallbrook has its gang
Even Fallbrook has its gang But in prison you were expected to run with the Vista Home Boys Bullet hole in tattoo of Satan’s head, on Nico’s back shoulder Nico said he had one arm up on the steering wheel, and that allowed the first bullet to enter his armpit. The shooter was just a couple feet away, standing next to the opened passenger door of Nico’s truck. The force of the bullet slamming into him shoved Nico forward, he buckled into the steering wheel.
Sitting in beach chair on Tenaya Truck Trail Alyce Copeland shoots approaching neighbor
Sitting in beach chair on Tenaya Truck Trail Alyce Copeland shoots approaching neighbor They don't agree on the easement Alyce Copeland sat in a folding chair, blocking the road Thomas Wessels, 65, said he had left his property when the confrontation happened. He was driving and his wife Kathleen, 66, was riding in their dirt-colored Chevy Blazer the afternoon of July 10, 2015. Their oak-covered acres sit at the line between northern San Diego County and southern Riverside County.
Boulder terror suspect charged with 118 felony counts in Colorado court
The State of Colorado has charged Mohamed Sabry Farag Soliman, 45, with 118 felony counts. Previous court docs indicated he would face 42 counts after his alleged fire-bombing of a peaceful gathering of supporters of Israel in Boulder, Colo. on June 1, 2025.
Armed thugs shot in Vista sent to prison
Four years each for duo who tried to hold up Uncle Tony’s Two men were sent to prison yesterday, February 19, after they admitted assault with a firearm inside a shopping mall eatery on January 3, 2014. Luís Enrique Cruz, 19, and Sergio Rivera Ramos, 24, were both shot by one of the owners of Uncle Tony’s Italian Cuisine in Vista. The pair were originally charged with kidnap, attempted robbery, and assault with a firearm on three different victims — a total of six felonies each.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: So Cal Antifa members all sentenced to prison or jail over 2021 San Diego attack
This is part of a series reporting on the So Cal Antifa cell. Eight convicted rioters were sentenced to varying prison and jail terms last week for their role in a So Cal Antifa attack in southern California in 2021. The sentencing in San Diego Superior Court on June 28 brought the conclusion to more than three years of investigations, a secret indictment, plea deals, and a dramatic trial.
San Marcos goat thief blames Elon Musk
The would-be goat thief admitted he was psychotic. But Elon Musk had nothing to do with it. Alexander Belinsky was 36 when he first sneaked into the San Marcos backyard . The woman was home and she phoned the Sheriff to report there was a stranger in her yard asking about her dog. The woman called her dog to her, and the stranger ran from her yard. That was on Monday, December 5, 2022. The next day the same man came back and assaulted her goats, that happened Tuesday, December 6, 2022.
Jurors affirm riot charges for two defendants in 2021 PB violence
Two men – Jeremy Jonathan White, 41, and Brian Cortez Lightfoot, Jr., 27 – who drove from Los Angeles to attack a pro-Trump rally in Pacific Beach in 2021 were found guilty of felony conspiracy to riot with Antifa co-conspirators, a jury announced on Friday, May 3. White claimed that he went to Pacific Beach January 9, 2021 to act as a medic during a planned First Amendment march. Since April 2, the jury heard evidence for four weeks, and then they deliberated more than ten days.
Roberto Flores admits trying to kill Oceanside cop, just before third trial
Roberto Ignacio Flores, 32, who was convicted by two different juries of the attempted murder of an Oceanside cop, but had both convictions overturned, made a plea deal in which he admitted the attempted murder and he was sentenced to 18 years in California State prison. He pleaded guilty in February, and was sentenced on March 7 2024.
Antifa asks for names of embedded cops in Pacific Beach violence
San Francisco attorney Curtis Briggs asked for the names of all policemen who were embedded in the Antifa mob during an assault in San Diego on January 9, 2021. The demand was heard Friday, March 1, by Judge Daniel Goldstein. This judge, who will hear the trial, was hearing motions before jury selection, which is expected to begin in two weeks.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: So Cal Antifa member sentenced to five years in prison for assaulting woman and child at San Diego riot
A violent So Cal Antifa member was sentenced to five years in state prison by a San Diego County court after admitting to assaulting a woman and boy during an Antifa riot at Pacific Beach three years ago. At the sentencing on Feb. 13, a handcuffed Jesse Merel Cannon, 33, received two years for the 2021 Antifa riot case, plus three more years for a separate violent felony assault case that was included in the plea deal.
Questions Ashli Babbitt left behind
Why was she pulling on the backpack, why was she climbing through the sidelight, why did they shoot her dead? “It’s never gonna get easier, losing her. It just gets a little different, every day.” — Aaron Babbitt, widower of Ashli Babbitt On January 6 of 2023, Ashli Babbitt’s mother Mickie Witthoeft was arrested in Washington, D.C. for jaywalking.
Rich Del Mar wife sentenced for trying to kill rich husband
Tatyana Natasha Remley, 43, stood before a judge last Thursday, December 28 and admitted that she tried to hire a hitman to kill her husband and that she possessed a concealed, loaded firearm that was not registered to her. Tatyana Remley was immediately sentenced to three years, eight months in California state prison by Judge David Danielsen. Mrs.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Judge rejects leftist attorney’s bid to disqualify San Diego DA from prosecuting Antifa felony conspiracy case
This is part of a series reporting on the So Cal Antifa cell. An Oakland attorney representing an Antifa client lost his motion requesting the San Diego District Attorney be disqualified from prosecuting the felony conspiracy and riot case, asking for it to be sent to the California Attorney General, where he hoped the entire case would be dismissed by the Democrat politician. Oakland-based attorney Curtis Briggs represents far-left activist Jeremy Jonathan White.
Deathly bike routes: Friars, Nimitz, Pershing
Fallbrook Locos gang, Torrey Pines Gliderport confrontation, lobster season all-consuming, Vietnamese looks closely at English, Otay Mesa tunnels, he teaches war lit, Bill Kolender Friars Road, Nimitz Blvd, University Ave., Pershing Dr., Genesee, Pacific Hwy at Barnett Ave. Safer routes: SD River Trail, West Point Loma, Robinson, Governor By Dryw Keltz, Sept. 23, 2015 Nico said that after some years he went through the ritual of being jumped into the gang.
Not long after Todd Gloria removed gang injunctions, San Diego violent crime is up
“It’s time for the city to take a hard look at and update its police practices for modern times,” said Mayor Todd Gloria on April 9, 2021. He declared his intention to make “common sense changes” to “do away with antiquated police practices.” Gloria’s wish list included eliminating civil gang injunctions, and removing the Office of Homeland Security from the San Diego Police Department. Just two weeks later, the mayor announced that he had succeeded in eliminating all civil gang injunctions.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Seventh So Cal Antifa member convicted in violent conspiracy and rioting case
This is part of a series reporting on the So Cal Antifa cell. A So Cal Antifa member pleaded guilty to being part of a violent, organized Antifa riot almost three years ago at Pacific Beach, San Diego.; Faraz Martin Talab, now 29 years old, of Atwater Village, Los Angeles, was captured on evidence video on Jan. 9, 2021 at a riot where roving mobs of black-clad Antifa members attacked supporters of Donald Trump and people walking on the beach boardwalk.
San Francisco attorneys to San Diego judge: there is no such thing as Antifa
Attorneys from San Francisco argued before a San Diego Superior Court judge lin September that there is no such thing as Antifa and thus the conspiracy to riot charge should be dismissed. Attorneys John Hamasaki and Curtis Briggs each represent one defendant accused of multiple felonies, after confrontations between Antifa and Patriots in Pacific Beach on January 9, 2021. Both attorneys flew to San Diego from San Francisco for a hearing Sept.
Man interested in 11-year-old girl at Mance Buchanon Park
Mom Melissa is a curvy woman with long blonde hair. She came into the courtroom with a determined stride and testified at a pre-trial hearing on July 10. Melissa told the judge she has four children, aged 17, 13, 11 and 5 years old. In April of this year Melissa drove to the Mance Buchanon Park on College Boulevard in Oceanside. There are five soccer fields plus playgrounds and bathroom structures at that park.
Attorney for Antifa 'ringleader' loses motion to get TPM reporter blocked from covering case
On July 18, a San Diego Superior Court judge ruled against an attorney for an Antifa leader who had filed moving papers trying to get one journalist banned from covering his criminal case. John Hamasaki, the defense attorney for alleged Antifa riot “leader” Brian Cortez Lightfoot Jr., filed motions against Eva Knott, a San Diego journalist, trying to prevent Knott from reporting court hearings and revealing evidence against Lightfoot.
BREAKING: Andy Ngo takes two alleged Antifa attackers to court in Portland, seeks almost $1 million in damages
In pre-trial hearings, attorneys for Andy Ngo and alleged Antifa respondents are battling to either include or exclude certain evidence, before the start of Ngo’s civil jury trial which seeks $900,000 in damages from alleged Antifa violence, which began in 2019. Andy Ngo filed an action in Portland, Oregon, claiming assault and other injuries in 2020.
Oceanside live-in tests boyfriend's patience with her friend's theft of Nissan
“Stop being sketchy!” Ryan wore a T-shirt and jeans when he testified, he looked as if he might have come straight from his mechanic job to the courthouse on July 5. Ryan said he paid $18,000 when he bought his 2018 Nissan Sentra from a dealership a couple years ago. Ryan has more than one car, so while he is at work he leaves his Nissan parked in front of his home in the 3800 block of San Ramon Drive in Oceanside.
Not quite Goldilocks in Paseo Pacificas condo
Encinitas man comes home to find woman in bed wearing his underwear Dennis wears his brown hair short and has a light beard that is carefully trimmed. He looks tall and fit and wore a black polo shirt and khaki pants when he testified in court on July 5. He left his home on Paseo Pacificas on June 15, a Thursday afternoon, at 4:15 pm. He went to his sister’s home to celebrate his niece’s birthday. It was almost 9:30 p.m. when Dennis returned home in Encinitas.
Animal abuse charges dropped against Antifa man using bear mace in Pacific Beach
Still faces charges of riot and assault of man filming on his bike A Los Angeles man was un-charged for macing a dog and its walker during the Antifa riot in Pacific Beach on January 9, 2021. Prosecutors claim it was Jeremy Jonathan White who described himself as a “gentleman in dashing armour” and an “Antifa super soldier” who “fought the cops and white supremacists during the lockdown” and is seen macing a man and his dog in video evidence.
Pet pitbull released at Oceanside library by 'animal activist'
Three active theft charges against woman Oceanside police responded to a call from the public library at 4:30 pm on Saturday May 13. Patrol officer Ryan Heinze spoke to a tall man named Dominick, “He told me that he had tied up his dog right outside the front door of the Oceanside library.” Officer Heinze testified at a pre-trial hearing weeks later.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Antifa ringleader faces 16 felony charges in brutal San Diego attack-mob used tear gas, beat teenagers in 'MAGA' clothing
This report is part of an ongoing series looking into the criminal investigation into a 2021 Antifa attack in San Diego. Read the rest of it here. Court documents reviewed by The Post Millennial reveal new details about a Los Angeles Antifa member accused of leading a gang of violent comrades at a riot in San Diego where beachgoers and Trump supporters were beaten. Brian Cortez Lightfoot, Jr., 26, of Los Angeles, faces the most serious charges related to a Jan.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Receipts, weapons and chat logs: Trail of evidence against violent Los Angeles Antifa suspect
SAN DIEGO—Los Angeles Antifa member Faraz Martin Talab, 28, appeared in court on Monday exactly two years after he allegedly assaulted multiple people during an Antifa riot in San Diego, Calif. The Jan. 9, 2021 riot at Pacific Beach has resulted in 11 indictments of Antifa members from southern California, six of whom have already been convicted. At the pre-trial hearing on Monday, Talab repeated his not-guilty plea to six felonies.
Amazon deliverer drives off with Encinitas golden retriever
Neighbor's Ring security camera catches woman with dog Denise Reppenhagen was on a waiting list for a golden retriever puppy in early 2021. She saw ultrasounds of the puppies, and then she saw pics of the newborn puppies, and every two weeks she saw new pictures. Reppenhagen picked Finn out of the litter and took him home as soon as she could, at eight weeks after paying $4000. “So I was involved with Finn since he was in utero,” she testified later, in court, after her dog went missing.
Fallbrook - a door into the past
Avocados worth stealing, home ec teacher poisons her daughter, how to spruce up downtown businesses, dishonor among Fallbrook Locos gang, anguish of growing oranges, school bus driver Eva Knott, Laura McNeal, Ruth Newell Avocados worth stealing, home ec teacher poisons her daughter, how to spruce up downtown businesses, dishonor among Fallbrook Locos gang, anguish of growing oranges, school bus driver Eva Knott, Laura McNeal, Ruth Newell I want the backwards clock to go forward and the...
ANDY NGO REPORTS: Five more Antifa members in San Diego plead guilty to violent attacks during riot
Five more Antifa members have admitted to having a role in violent felonies in San Diego, Calif. in January 2021 where beachgoers, Trump supporters, and a dog were violently assaulted. At a court hearing on Nov. 18, five accepted plea deals instead of going to trial. Their plea deals were made more than a month after trans Antifa member Erich Louis "Nikki" Yach, 38, made a plea deal in September.
Violent San Diego Antifa member sentenced to nearly five years in prison
The first of 11 Antifa defendants who rioted in Pacific Beach more than a year ago was sentenced to prison on Thursday. Erich Louis "Nikki" Yach, now 38, admitted to three violent felonies in a plea deal and was sentenced to 56 months in a California state prison.
Ironsmith Coffee owner shot in neck and face
After he tells customer to leave Encinitas shop Jmar Teyvan Tarafa, 31, is now held without bail, after he allegedly tried to shoot an Encinitas coffee shop owner point-blank in the face, according to statements by a prosecutor late yesterday, October 17, 2022. Prosecutor Helen Kim said the owner of Ironsmith Coffee Roasters told Tarafa to leave his shop, because Tarafa had previously stolen something from the shop.
JCPenney, Macy’s, Marshalls, TJ Maxx push back against thieves
The red jeep from TJ at Carmel Mountain Ranch Marshalls After California lawmakers changed the threshold for felony theft to $950, the surge of shoplifters has become notorious. But retailers apparently have organized in Southern California in effort to survive. At a recent court hearing it was revealed that San Diego has an Organized Retail Crime Alliance, which is part of a national task force.
ANDY NGO REPORTS: San Diego Trans Antifa member pleads guilty for Pacific Beach attacks
A 38-year-old Antifa member and career criminal in San Diego is the first to be convicted over a violent Antifa conspiracy to attack Donald Trump supporters and beachgoers at Pacific Beach in January 2021. Erich Louis Yach, of San Ysidro, Calif., admitted to conspiracy to riot, assaulting multiple persons and unlawfully using tear gas as a weapon, plus other felonies in court on Wednesday, in a deal in which she is expected to be sentenced to nearly five years in state prison.
Oceanside stabber admits manslaughter
12 years and $45,000 restitution “You are going to get out of prison while you are still a young man,” the judge spoke directly to Carey Reid, who turned 25 this month. Reid made a plea deal, admitting that he stabbed a man to death four years ago, in August of 2018. His three-week murder trial ended last July with a hung jury.
A cop’s eye view of the January 9 encounter with Antifa
“It’s going to get pretty ugly” On January 2 of 2021, a Patriot March in San Diego was announced on social media, to begin at 2 pm on January 9 at the foot of Crystal Pier in Pacific Beach. The flier billed it as a peaceful protest, but in the end, it was not peaceful: members of the activist group Antifa clashed violently with the Patriot March protesters before they even began marching.
Antifa defendants expose selves gloating over Reader cover
“We made the front page, boys.” Reader cover photo, February 25, 2021 An Instagram post and a Reader cover photo helped police identify five Antifa activists who allegedly attacked people in Pacific Beach on January 9, 2021, according to redacted transcripts of the May 2022 grand jury proceedings that resulted in indictments against eleven defendants for conspiracy and assault.
Defendant in San Diego Antifa riot case had allegedly beat a cop on the head four months prior
Alleged Antifa rioter Joseph Austin Gaskins, then 19, was arrested almost two years ago during a violent left-wing protest in downtown San Diego, Calif. on August 24, 2020. Local news media reported that the number of protesters grew to about 100 before they dispersed around 11 pm that night. Some of the protestors held signs in support of Black Lives Matter, and the crowd gathered to protest the shooting of Jacob Black the previous day by police in Kenosha, Wisc.
Wannabe cop pulls over seven North County drivers
Including – oops – family friend A 21-year-old man had his 18-year-old girlfriend in his car when he pretended to be a policeman and pulled over another car last week, according to a San Diego County prosecutor who spoke in court at his arraignment, Wednesday, June 15. A genuine Sheriff’s deputy saw the 2009 silver Toyota Camry with a blue and red lightbar in its front windshield, when he drove up on the scene in Fallbrook about 2 a.m., the early morning of Monday, June 13.
Twisted Tea part of grand jury’s conspiracy indictment against Antifa
Alleged outlaw Jesse Cannon indicted for calling shots in Pacific Beach San Diego’s groundbreaking Antifa criminal conspiracy case was reinforced on May 23 when a grand jury indicted eleven alleged Antifa militants with conspiracy to riot and various assault charges, for the attacks on pedestrians in Pacific Beach last year. According to the indictment, defendants attacked 19 victims, a dog, and uncounted numbers of police officers in eleven separate incidents.
Secret grand jury in San Diego indicts alleged Antifa members accused of brutal assaults
A secret grand jury in San Diego indicted 11 alleged Antifa members accused of being part of a network of violent cells in southern California that planned and carried out brutal attacks on the public last year. Ten of the 11 defendants were in court on Tuesday in front of Judge Michael Groch, and were informed of a 29 felony count indictment issued by the grand jury. The defendants are accused of violent attacks on the public at Pacific Beach, Calif. on Jan. 9 last year.
Vista bomb makers caught
Importance of plastic Nutella jar. “This case started on May 3 when a concerned citizen called in a suspicious device, located in the parking lot of a church that was Vista Christian Fellowship,” prosecutor David Jarman told a judge last week. “The bomb squad responded, found the device, and rendered it safe.” (The church is located on Williamston Street, a half block south of Vista Way.) San Diego County Sheriff announced on May 4 that there were multiple explosions in Vista earlier that day.
San Diego Antifa man has useful girlfriend in public defender’s office
D.A. says they've posted police reports to dox targets An Antifa member in San Diego who was charged with multiple felonies, allegedly has a close relationship with an investigator for the San Diego Public Defender Office. And together they may have obtained privileged information with which to intimidate victims and witnesses, according to a prosecutor in explosive court filings uncovered this week.
Encinitas and Oceanside break-in man held guilty
“It’s not that comfortable being outside anymore" Eric Budd: “It is a matter of being in the wrong place at the wrong time.” Eric Joseph Budd, 35, has a criminal history in San Diego County dating from 2015 when he was 28. Budd has been accused of under the influence, petty theft, shoplifting, reckless driving, public intoxication, resisting arrest, driving under influence of drugs, and possession of drugs. In these past cases, Budd made plea deals and was released on unsupervised probation.
Young man clad in black beats janitor at Plaza Paseo Real
68-year old Carlsbad mall employee in coma early February Patrick Ferncase from Facebook, 2013 Multiple calls went out to 911 reporting a man dressed all in black assaulting another man at a Carlsbad shopping mall, a few days before Christmas. Police responded at 10:22 a.m. on Wednesday, December 22. Carlsbad police officer Matthew Passovoy went to the Plaza Paseo Real shopping center and spoke to a witness there.
Series of crimes already by 23 years old
The girlfriend Dyer previously “imprisoned” became his wife, and they had a child. Isaiah Michael Dyer, 23, was sentenced this week to nine years prison. Dyer was first arrested by the San Diego County Sheriff the same year he turned 18, that was on New Year’s Eve in 2016, he was accused of public intoxication. In local jail records, Isaiah Michael Dyer was described as 5 feet 11 inches tall and 180 pounds.
Varrio San Marcos gang shoots up Oceanside baptism party
Jose Alfredo Jimenez suffered gun shots to his right arm, right torso, lower back, buttocks, and groin. It was reported that his kidneys, liver, lung, and heart were damaged. A parolee was wearing a GPS ankle monitor when he drove a car full of homies to shoot up a baptism celebration, according to a prosecutor. The shooting four years ago killed one man and two more were wounded, and suspects have since been identified and arrested.
Did Jennifer Ramos lie in wait for Chad Danielson?
Officer Kari Winship points to where she found the victim's body. Oceanside police officer Kari Winship was first to arrive, after the 911 call reporting a fight in the front yard of the home on Garfield Street in Oceanside. Witnesses reported seeing an Hispanic male with long black hair run away, in the pouring rain, just before 8 a.m. on April 10, 2020. Chad Danielson, a well-liked PE instructor at Jefferson Middle School, was found unconscious on the ground near his own front door.
Silver Mazda kills four on San Pasqual Road sidewalk
Officer Christopher Lokers arrived at the scene at 8:29. He could see three bloody bodies on the east side of the road. He found Williams crouched behind her vehicle, and moved her to a different spot, one without a clear view of the bodies.
Escondido man punches sister, stabs aunt
The prosecutor played video from cameras in front of the home where Abdiel struggled with his sister Grace. She started rebuking him in the name of Jesus. She felt like he had a demon in him, and she told cops so, later that same day. “I just felt like calling on the name of God, for comfort, in that time,” Grace added, when she testified six months later. Grace, 22, had come home from college four days earlier, in May 2021.
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