SPRING VALLEY, Calif. - San Diego County sheriff's investigators Saturday publicly identified the woman killed in a stabbing attack this week as the estranged wife of the man suspected in her murder. Autopsy results released by the Medical Examiner's Office show that Ericka Joyce Wilson died from multiple stab wounds with the manner of her death listed as a homicide. Wilson, 29, reported the attack late Thursday to 911 and later was found badly wounded in the parking lot of an apartment complex in the 1600 block of Canyon Drive in Spring Valley. She was pronounced dead at the scene. US Consula ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. - A man was jailed Friday on suspicion of murder in the late-night stabbing of a woman who died after making a 911 call to report the attack in Spring Valley, authorities said. Kandynn Taylor Wilson, 29, was arrested several blocks from the scene of the stabbing that took place late Thursday at an apartment complex in the 1600 block of Canyon Drive, sheriff's Lt. Joel Stranger said in a news release. Deputies found the woman, whose identity has not been made public, suffering from at least one stab wound in the parking lot of the complex. Police chase burglary suspects th ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. - A pedestrian was struck and killed by a teenage driver in a Volvo Friday night in Spring Valley, California Highway Patrol officers said. According to CHP, the crash happened at approximately 7:09 p.m. on Sweetwater Road north of Saint George Street. Officers say the pedestrian was hit as he was walking in a westerly direction from the east sidewalk of Sweetwater Road when he wound up "directly in front of the Volvo." Police rule deadly fall that killed mother, toddler a murder-suicide The pedestrian, who was not publicly identified, sustained major injuries and later w ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (CNS) - A man was arrested early Thursday morning after a nine-hour standoff with law enforcement in Spring Valley. San Diego County Sheriff's Department deputies responded to reports of a man threatening someone with a machete at a residence near Avocado Street and Bancroft Drive at around 5 p.m. Wednesday. Mayor celebrates San Diego’s move to $15 minimum wage The 39-year-old suspect refused to leave the house and threatened to shoot at law enforcement, according to the San Diego Union-Tribune. Deputies called for the SWAT team shortly after arrival. At around 2 a.m., th ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. - Authorities are investigating a shooting that left a man dead late Friday in a Spring Valley apartment. Deputies from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department were called just after 11 p.m. to an apartment in the 8900 block of Delrose Avenue. When they entered the apartment, deputies found an adult man who had been shot, sheriff's Lt. Thomas Seiver told OnScene.TV. The man's identity has not been released. Murder victim’s childhood friend reacts to TikTok star’s jailhouse interview Seiver said officials immediately started providing life-saving measures ..read more

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A man was arrested in connection with the shooting death of a 26-year-old man earlier this month in Spring Valley, authorities said Thursday. Twenty-two-year-old Pedro Arturo Rodriguez Jr. was booked into the San Diego Central Jail on one count of suspicion of murder, Lt. Thomas Seiver said in a news release. CHP begins ‘maximum enforcement’ campaign during holiday weekend The San Diego Regional Fugitive Task Force on Tuesday arrested Rodriguez as he left his residence in the 5200 block of Quince Street, in San Diego, Seiver said. Arnolfo Quintero, 26, was mortally wounded by ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (CNS) - A 20-year-old man was behind bars Friday in connection with a fatal shooting near the intersection of state routes 125 and 54 in Spring Valley. George Gomez III of San Diego was booked Thursday on suspicion of second-degree murder for allegedly gunning down Dante Lopez, 42, according to sheriff's officials. Body found buried on rural North County property; officials look to determine identity Deputies responding to a report of gunfire about 11:15 p.m. Sunday found Lopez mortally wounded in the 1000 block of Elkelton Boulevard, San Diego County Sheriff's Department ..read more

EL CAJON, Calif. (CNS) - Three gang members have been charged with fatally shooting a 59-year-old security guard outside a Spring Valley marijuana dispensary, San Diego County District Attorney Summer Stephan announced Tuesday. An undated photo from the San Diego County Sheriff's Department shows Kenneth Love II, a 59-year-old who was murdered in Spring Valley on June 2, 2020. (San Diego County Sheriff's Department) The shooting of Kenneth Love II was tied into a broader scheme to extort illegal dispensaries for money. If the extortion money was not paid, the defendants used threats and violen ..read more

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - Authorities reached out to the public Tuesday for help in identifying the killer or killers of a 59-year-old security guard who was gunned down outside a Spring Valley marijuana dispensary a year ago. Kenneth Love II was found mortally wounded in front of the unlicensed cannabis shop in the 8700 block of Troy Street, just east of state Route 125, shortly after 11 p.m. on June 2, 2020, according to sheriff's officials. Love was pronounced dead at the scene. Man who hit North County bicyclist and fled gets nearly 30 years in prison Several men were seen fleeing the area followi ..read more

SPRING VALLEY, Calif. (CNS) - Fifteen people were arrested and an illegal marijuana dispensary in Spring Valley was shut down Friday by sheriff's deputies. Members of the San Diego County Sheriff's Department Narcotics and Gang Division served a search warrant at the dispensary in the 9000 block of Olive Drive at about 2 p.m., according to the department's Sgt. Mark Knierim. Police serve another search warrant at missing mom Maya Millete’s Chula Vista home Deputies seized about 150 pounds of marijuana and more than 1,000 pounds of THC products, as well as three firearms and $70,000 in cash. In ..read more