Clairemont Dentist Who Closed Practice After NBC 7 Investigation Can Keep Treating Patients on Probation
State investigators accused Dr. Khuong Nguyen of performing unnecessary root canals and steel crowns on children
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San Diego Taxpayers Shelled Out More than $12 Million on Shuttered Police Gun Range
The tab for taxpayers for the San Diego Police Department’s gun range continues to grow, seven months after the site was shut down over lead exposure concerns. An NBC 7 Investigates analysis of the spending puts the total at more than $12 million – and the tab is still running.
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Bright Idea, Dim Delivery: San Diego Streetlight Repair Plan Shorting Out
How many City of San Diego electricians does it take to change a light bulb? Right now, the city’s answer to that question is keeping many local neighborhoods in the dark.
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NBC 7 Investigates: Wildfire Laws Stop Short During Neighbor Disputes
Defensible space: anyone who’s lived through a wildfire knows those two words well. They know homes with landscaping clear of brush and flammable vegetation have a better shot of surviving when the next fire sweeps through San Diego County. But what happens when your neighbor next door doesn’t maintain defensible space along your property line?... -
Shocking Details Emerge in Adopted Girl's Child Abuse Death Investigation
A San Diego County judge says the child abuse charges facing a Spring Valley woman and her mother are so rare, heinous and callous the women are a danger to the public and must remain locked up. It marks the first time some of the details surrounding a child abuse death in August have been made public.
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SDPD Officer Says He Made Traffic Stop Partly Because Driver Wore Hoodie, Judge Rules No Racial Bias
A San Diego Police Department officer testified he stopped a driver in part because he was wearing a hoodie.
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Former Megachurch Elder & Parents Appear in Court in Child-Abuse Death Case
The three people facing charges in the death of an adopted girl faced a judge for the first time in-person Wednesday morning for a bond and readiness hearing. Leticia McCormack and her parents, Adella and Stanley Tom, had previously been arraigned virtually. They’ve all pleaded not guilty.
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San Diego Rock Church Pastor Breaks Silence on Former Church Elder Charged With Child-Abuse Death
San Diego Rock Church Pastor Miles McPherson spoke out publicly on Sunday about the death of 11-year-old Aarabella McCormack. It was the first time he addressed the adopted child’s killing and the arrest of three former church members in connection with her death. That included her adoptive mother Leticia McCormack, and that woman’s parents. ... -
Former Megachurch Elder and Her Parents Plead Not Guilty in 11-Year-Old's Death, Torture and Abuse of Other Adopted Children
Leticia McCormack and her parents, Adella and Stanley Tom, are accused of abusing and torturing McCormack’s three adopted daughters. McCormack and her father are also accused of murdering the eldest, 11-year-old Aarabella McCormack. All three appeared virtually for their arraignment on Wednesday.
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Former Megachurch Elder and Her Parents Charged in 11-Year-Old's Death, Torture and Abuse of Other Adopted Children
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department announced Tuesday it arrested three people in connection to an 11-year-old girl’s murder– her adoptive mother and her two parents.
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SDUSD Board President Calls for Lead Testing for Students Near Police Gun Range
The Board of Education President for the San Diego Unified School District is calling on the city of San Diego to perform lead testing on some students who live near a non-shuttered police department gun range.
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Families Demanding Answers from the City of San Diego About Potential Lead Exposure
Some San Diego families are demanding answers from the city, after learning they may have been exposed to lead dust from the police department’s gun range.
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Public Defender Says Police Body-Worn Camera Shows Evidence of Racial Bias During Traffic Stop
This past January, two San Diego police officers pulled over a Dodge Challenger on El Cajon Boulevard in the Talmadge area. The police report says the officers spotted a “plastic covering over the rear license plate” that made it difficult to read that night. The passenger confronted officers, accusing them on pulling him over because he’s Bl... -
NBC 7 Investigates: Prosecutors Add Charges Against Rancho Penasquitos Murder Suspect
The man facing murder charges for the death of 42-year-old Connie Dadkhah now faces three new charges. Last Friday, San Diego County’s District Attorney charged Parrish Chambers Jr. with two counts of battery and one count of false imprisonment.
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Child Welfare Services Says Adopted 11-Year-Old Girl's Death Due to Abuse & Neglect
McCormack, and says the death was due to both abuse and neglect. The adopted girl was rushed to the hospital in the early morning hours of Aug. 30, but doctors couldn’t save her. The same day she died, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department says her adoptive father, Brian McCormack, took his own life outside the family’s home in Spring...
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Backlog of San Diego Murder Cases Delaying Justice for Families of Victims
More than 250 murder cases are awaiting trial in San Diego County. Before the pandemic, that number was about half that.
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Questions Linger About Death of Former Megachurch Elder's 11-Year-Old Adopted Girl in Spring Valley
An adopted 11-year-old girl named Aarabella died at a San Diego County hospital on Tuesday, Aug. 30. More than a week later, after NBC 7 Investigates reached out to the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department, it released a statement confirming detectives were actively investigating Aarabella’s death as a homicide. Three weeks after her death, there ... -
San Diego Sheriff's Investigating Death of Former Megachurch Elder's Daughter, 11, in Suspected Child Abuse Case
The same day the girl died, law enforcement officials say her father took his life.
