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San Marcos man gets 31 years for killing mother with hammer
SAN MARCOS — A San Marcos man who beat his mother to death with a hammer, then set himself on fire inside a car where...
Burglary crew ringleader sentenced to 56 years
REGION — The ringleader of a residential burglary crew that San Diego prosecutors say targeted 43 homes and took more than $1 million in cash...
Woman gets life without parole for ‘horrendous’ Carlsbad murder
CARLSBAD — A transient woman who pleaded guilty to the killing of a Carlsbad resident who was stabbed more than 140 times was sentenced to...
Margaret Hunter gets eight months home confinement for misusing campaign funds
REGION — Margaret Hunter, who pleaded guilty along with her husband — former Rep. Duncan Hunter — to illegally spending hundreds of thousands of dollars...
Man who threatened high school sent to jail, treatment
A former Torrey Pines High School student who posted threats targeting the school on his Instagram account was sentenced today....
Driver who hit, killed toddler sentenced
VISTA — The driver who struck and killed 3-year-old Juan Ruiz was sentenced to one year in jail on Feb. 27 at the Vista Courthouse....
