2 arrested in organized retail theft spree in county
A man and woman were arrested Thursday in connection with a series of retail thefts from multiple businesses across San Diego County that resulted in over $20,000 worth of items being stolen, sheriff ’s officials said.
The pair, both 33, were arrested on multiple burglary charges after they were located by deputies at a motel on Via de San Ysidro, just south of Interstate 5, around 7:30 a.m., said Sgt. Heather Bruton in a news release.
Investigators said that before the arrest, a fire had broken out at the motel. The blaze was unrelated to the suspects.
The two thieves worked in tandem over the last three months to steal from more than 20 retail stores — hitting some of the same businesses multiple times, Bruton said. The total value of the items stolen was around $24,000.
Some of the stolen items were recovered.
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Detectives seek driver who hit woman in Costco parking lot
SAN DIEGO
San Diego police detectives are asking for help in finding a driver who hit a 63-year-old woman in a Costco parking lot and then drove off.
The woman was walking on the east side of the parking lot on Morena Boulevard in the Bay Ho community around 10:35 a.m. Sept. 1 when she was struck, police said in a news release Thursday.
The woman suffered multiple fractures and internal injuries, police said. She was hospitalized with injuries considered life-threatening.
No description of the hit-run driver or vehicle was available.
Crime Stoppers is offering a $1,000 reward to anyone with information leading to an arrest.
Police asked anyone with information about the driver or incident to call the department’s traffic division at (858) 495-7807 or the Crime Stoppers anonymous tip line at (888) 580-8477.
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Driver killed in crash after suffering possible medical issue VISTA
A man was killed Friday in a one-vehicle crash in Vista, according to sheriff ’s officials.
The crash was reported at 12:48 a.m. on south Melrose Drive and County Complex Road.
The man was driving a MercedesBenz when he reportedly suffered a medical emergency and hit a traffic pole, said Lt. Matthew Carpenter.
He died at a hospital. CITY NEWS SERVICE
Driver who died in crash near Fashion Valley mall ID’d
SAN DIEGO
Authorities identified a 68-year-old woman who was killed this week in a car crash near Fashion Valley mall as Dyan Salatino of San Diego.
Salatino was headed west on Friars Road in the Morena area when she lost control of the Lexus sedan she was driving shortly before 4 p.m. Tuesday, according to the Medical Examiner’s Office.
The vehicle weaved in and out of traffic, then veered off the roadway, struck a tree on the grounds of an apartment complex at Gaines Street and overturned, the agency reported.
Salatino died at the scene.