San Diego Man Indicted for Multimillion-Dollar Investment Scheme

Assistant U. S. Attorney Andrew J. Galvin (619) 546-9721 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – December 14, 2021 SAN DIEGO – A indictment unsealed today charges San Diego resident Denny Bhakta with securities fraud…

San Diego Resident Sentenced to Nearly 14 Years for Distributing Fentanyl that Resulted in 18-Year-Old’s Death

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Owen Roth and Lawrence A. Casper (619) 546-7710 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY—November 22, 2021 SAN DIEGO—San Diego resident Brandon Jacob Shepherd was sentenced in federal court today to thirteen…

ICE HSI seizes record-setting illegal drug shipment at San Diego land port of entry

SAN DIEGO – Federal agents at the Otay Mesa Port of Entry seized a commercial truck carrying more than 17,000 pounds of illegal drugs. The discovery is one of the largest drug seizures…

San Diego Man Sentenced to 156 Months’ Custody in Fentanyl Overdose Death

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – November 19, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Tony Davis was sentenced today in federal court by U.S. District Judge Cathy Ann Bencivengo to 156 months’ custody for supplying the…

San Diego CBP Officials Discuss Upcoming Changes to Travel Restrictions That Begin on November 8

SAN DIEGO – U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials are asking for preparedness and patience as travelers are able to take advantage of the first stage of re-opening following pandemic travel restrictions.…

One Fatality Following Large Group of Swimmers Entering U.S. Illegally at San Diego Border Beach

SAN DIEGO – One person is deceased following an attempt by a large group of people to illegally enter the U.S. by swimming around the border barrier and make their way to the…

San Diego’s Ghost Gun Team Arrest 3 And Recover 45 Firearms

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA – 3 men were arrested and 45 firearms were recovered during an operation led by the department’s Ghost Gun Apprehension Team. The team served three residential search warrants and…

Move over Brandon, San Diego Airport gets trolled by #EmptyShelvesJoe

Move over Brandon, the latest rage on Twitter is #EmptyShelvesJoe. The trending hashtag is a reference to President Joe Biden’s growing supply chain crisis. At San Diego International Airport, one prankster convinced…

Federal Jury Convicts San Diego Man for Fentanyl Distribution Resulting in Death

NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – October 8, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Perry Edward Davis, aged 45, of San Diego, California was convicted by a federal jury yesterday…

San Diego School District Unanimously Votes To Require Vaccines For In-Person Staff, Eligible Students

The school board of San Diego Unified School District unanimously voted Tuesday night to implement a vaccine mandate for all staff and eligible students for in-person learning that will not recognize religious…

Santa Barbara Man Indicted in San Diego for Killing his Children in Mexico

Director of Media Relations Kelly Thornton (619) 546-9726 or Kelly.Thornton@usdoj.gov NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 8, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Matthew Taylor Coleman of Santa Barbara was indicted by a federal grand…

San Diego Doctor Pays $200,000 to Resolve Allegations that He Wrote Illegitimate Opioid Prescriptions

Assistant U.S. Attorney Dylan M. Aste (619) 546-7621 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – September 2, 2021 SAN DIEGO – San Diego area pain clinic doctor Brenton Wynn, M.D., has paid $200,000 to resolve…

San Diego Resident Sentenced for Firearms Charges

Assistant U. S. Attorneys Timothy F. Salel and Jonathan Shapiro 619-546-8225 NEWS RELEASE SUMMARY – August 16, 2021 SAN DIEGO – Grey Zamudio, a San Diego resident who has expressed racist and…

San Diego Gang Member Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Dealing Methamphetamine and Heroin While Armed with Loaded Firearm

SAN DIEGO – Jason John Clipper, aka “Smokey,” a member of the East Side San Diego criminal street gang with ties to the Mexican Mafia prison gang, was sentenced today in federal…

Illegal pot dispensary shut down in San Diego County

On Wednesday, August 4, 2021, around 7:00 A.M., detectives from the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department’s Marijuana Enforcement Team (MET), with the assistance of Sheriff Deputies from the Santee Station’s Community Oriented…

Watch as San Diego deputy overdoses immediately after fentanyl exposure

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department shared a video of one of their deputies overdosing after being exposed to deadly fentanyl, “Recently, one of our deputies was exposed to fentanyl and nearly died…

Prisoner convicted of rape found dead in San Diego jail cell

SAN DIEGO, CA – On March 14, 2021, just before 11:00 a.m., deputies at the Vista Detention Facility immediately responded to assist an inmate, forty-three-year-old Louis Ahyule Gomez, when he was found…

San Diego border crossing sees 114,000% increase in Brazilian immigrants same period last year

SAN DIEGO—U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents have encountered an unprecedented number of Brazilian nationals in San Diego Sector (SDC) this fiscal year (FY). Since Oct. 1, 2020, SDC agents have apprehended more…

Nine San Diego Residents Charged with Submitting Fraudulent Pandemic Unemployment Insurance Claims and Drug Crimes in Two Cases

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USBP agents in the San Diego had two separate life-saving rescue missions

SAN DIEGO , CALIFORNIA — U.S. Border Patrol (USBP) agents in the San Diego Sector (SDC) had two life-saving rescue missions this weekend as summer temperatures climbed in East County. The first rescue…

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