San Diego Sheriff’s Department

A total of 293 unwanted firearms were turned in by the public Saturday at the Guns for Gift Cards event in the La Mesa Civic Center parking lot.

A former San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy and retired Navy Reservist will be sentenced next month after being convicted on several rape and molestation charges related to years of sexual assault involving two minors.

The San Diego Sheriff’s Department Homicide Unit is investigating the death of a 52-year-old man in Vista.

A highly produced video about the dangers of fentanyl released last week by the San Diego Sheriff’s Department is being criticized as doing more harm than good, reports NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

A 57-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder in the stabbing death of a 33-year-old Escondido man at a nursery, authorities said.

A man in Vista was fatally injured in a crash with a vehicle driven by a hit-and-run motorist, authorities said. A white Lexus sedan, possibly an IS300, was going southbound on East Vista Way and struck a man crossing westbound on East Vista Way, said Sgt. Hernan Gonzalez of the San Diego County Sheriff’s Department. Deputies and the Vista...

NBC 7’s Kelvin Henry spoke to people in the Descanso area regarding the brush fire that broke out Saturday.

The 70 acre fire that erupted Saturday near Descanso is no longer spreading and 5% contained. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming reports.

Forward spread of the Road Fire, which was started by a vehicle fire that spread to nearby vegetation near Descanso, has been stopped. NBC 7 was at the scene.

A vehicle fire that spread to vegetation west of Interstate 8, west of Japatul Valley Road is prompting evacuations warnings for the Descanso Area, the San Diego Sheriff’s Department said.

The man who was shot dead by sheriff’s deputies was identified Saturday by medical examiners as 40-year-old Eric Scott Anderson. NBC 7’s Omari Fleming reports.

The San Diego County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man who was shot and killed by two San Diego Sheriff’s Department deputies. The man has been identified as Eric Scott Anderson, 40. Anderson, from San Diego, died of a gunshot wound and the manner of death was ruled a homicide, the Medical Examiner reported.  Anderson’s family has been notified...

The shooting occurred at about 8 a.m. on a hillside in a neighborhood north of Leucadia Boulevard and west of Interstate 5, reports NBC 7’s Rory Devine.

A former San Diego County Sheriff’s deputy accused of sexually molesting at least four minors was sentenced to a lengthy term on Friday.

Police have arrested a man suspected of attacking a woman out on a morning walk in Buena Vista Park on Wednesday.

A man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing priceless cultural artifacts from a historical exhibit at Harrah’s Resort Southern California, San Diego County Sheriff’s Department said. Officials said the Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians installed an exhibit in the casino in 2019 with artifacts from the Rincon Indian Reservations that are considered irreplaceable. On May 13, a man entered...

San Diego Assistant Sheriff Rich Miller retired a year after 2nd complaint was filed. In court, he denied any inappropriate conduct.

The former deputy was investigated after tips came through Crime Stoppers that he was engaged in sex acts with minors.

A former San Diego County sheriff’s deputy pleaded guilty Friday to 20 felony and misdemeanor charges involving sex acts with underage girls, as well as attempts to meet up with minors for sexual purposes.

Since the death of her son, Tanya Harris, has called for roadway improvements across Lemon Grove including on San Miguel Avenue where the boy was struck