by The Editors on August 30, 2008
A woman who was walking from the Ocean House bar to The Surf Motel early this morning “suffered cuts on her arms and hands when she was attacked by a man” in front of the motel on Carlsbad Boulevard, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
They were walking back to their hotel on Carlsbad Boulevard when a man, who had also been drinking at the bar, began acting bizarrely and argued with them, Carlsbad police said. . . . The man then pulled out a pocket-sized knife and started slashing one of the women. A man who intervened suffered minor cuts.
Police described the man as “white, in his 20s, 5 feet 9 to 11 inches tall, very thin, clean shaven, with a buzz cut. He was wearing jeans and a green hoodie. The Sheriff’s helicopter circled the Village for quite a while, but did not find the suspect.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune and The North County Times]
by The Editors on August 22, 2008
At a little before 7 AM this morning (August 22, 2008) a man attempted to mug a customer behind the Shell station at the corner of Carlsbad Village Drive and Pio Pico. When the man wouldn’t hand over the wallet a “scuffle” ensued and the man was stabbed three to four times, according to Lt. Kelly Cain of the Carlsbad Police Department.
Surveillance video and witness accounts indicate the stabber is a light-skinned Latino or white man with a mustache. He is in his late 30s to early 40s, about 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs between 180 to 200 pounds. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeve blue shirt with an oval logo on it, blue jeans and a light blue Chargers baseball cap, according to police. . . . Officers arrived moments later to find the victim conscious, lying down on the sidewalk and covered in blood. He was flown by a helicopter to a La Jolla hospital. His condition is not know.
That would explain the helicopter that sounded like it was landing on our roof this morning.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 26, 2008
The driver of a limo-van who had just dropped people off at Legoland and the Carlsbad Premium Outlet Mall Friday night July 25, 2008 was bound and robbed at gun-point by a black man 20-30 years old, medium build 5 feet 8 inches tall, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The driver had dropped other customers from Los Angeles at LegoLand before going to the outlet mall. As he waited, a man walked up to him, pointed a pistol at him and ordered him into the back of the van, Sgt Keith Blackburn said. . . . The gunman bound the victim’s ankles and wrists with plastic zip-ties. He took the victim’s bank teller machine card, ordered him to reveal his secret code, and drove him to several banks over the next hour.
The limo driver was dropped back off at the outlet mall where a passerby was able to free him from his Zip ties. No one was hurt and it wasn’t clear how much money the robber got. That sort of thing is not supposed to happen here. Seriously.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 14, 2008
Two Orange County men ages 34 and 38 were arrested in Carlsbad on Friday, July 11, 2008 for allegedly using Craigslist to rent out houses that they did not own.
According to police, the men entered at least two vacant Carlsbad homes that were in foreclosure and then listed them for rent on the Web site Craigslist. . . . They collected possibly thousands of dollars in security deposits and rent from several people, according to paperwork that officers found on the men.
Luckily, a woman who had been burned by the men posted a warning on Craiglist and another renter who had scheduled a meeting with them saw the warning and called police who casually attended the meeting, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
The men were “booked on suspicion of fraud, burglary and illegal use of the Internet. Bail was set at $300,000 each.”
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on July 12, 2008
The Carlsbad SWAT team ended a three-hour standoff with a 24-year-old man, when after breaking into the house, the man jumped from the second story window of a home on Tara Court near James drive, according to a story in the North County Times.
When officers arrived, two women ran from the house. They told police that the suspect was on the second floor with a knife and acting out of control, possibly under the influence of drugs. . . . The home’s door was locked and barricaded, and the man inside refused to cooperate with officers, Sutt said. Police negotiators and the SWAT team were called, and three nearby homes were evacuated.
The man was reportedly taken to Tri-City Medical Center for some needed observation.
[Link: The North County Times]
by The Editors on July 9, 2008
According to a report released today by the National Insurance Crime Bureau there were 28,074 car thefts in the “San Diego Carlsbad San Marcos” area last year or one car stolen for every 943.71 people.
That gives Carlsbadistan a 33% share of the bronze medal in the car theft Olympics. Gold goes to Modesto, CA and Silver to Las Vegas/Paradise, NV.
The car most often stolen? The 1995 Honda Civic. Apparently, it parts out really well.
[Link: Forbes]
by The Editors on June 13, 2008
Sounds a little more like a prank than a serious arsonist’s attempt at fire bugging, but someone set a Carlsbad High School stadium ticket booth on fire early on the morning of June 12, 2008.
Carlsbad firefighters responded to the school about 12:15 a.m. and found the wooden structure near the back entrance of the stadium burning, Battalion Chief Mike Kennedy said. No other structures were threatened, and firefighters extinguished the flames in minutes. Damage was estimated at $600 to $800, he said.
Sometimes seniors find it hard to leave their schools without leaving a mark.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on May 14, 2008
The Lowbrow Bandits who hit the JCPenny at Westfield Plaza Camino Real Mall last Friday after robbing a Pennys in Laguna Hills only 90 minutes earlier have amassed close to $2.5 million dollars in gold over the past 18 months according to a story in the LA Times.
As the price of the precious metal continued to zoom to more than $1,000 an ounce, the thieves’ activity increased until they had stolen about $2.5 million worth of gold jewelry from 11 JCPenney stores throughout California. . . . “It’s a strange series of crimes, to target only JCPenney stores,” said Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department. “Then they steal only the gold and don’t even touch the more expensive jewelry.”
They might not be so lowbrow after all.
[Link: LA Times]
by The Editors on May 11, 2008
We made fun of some bandits on April 4th for robbing the Sears jewelry department. Now, it appears that the same men may have come back and hit the JCPenny’s at Carlsbad’s Westfield Plaza Camino Real.
The break-in at the JCPenney department store in Carlsbad’s Plaza Camino Real Mall was reported at 4:12 a.m., said a Carlsbad Police Department dispatcher. . . .he break-ins are believed to be part of a yearlong string of nearly a dozen similar burglaries recorded statewide, including one last month in El Cajon.
The rising price of gold can make some people do crazy things, huh? Pennys is offering up a $20,000 reward so ratting out their friends could be even more lucrative way for the lowbrow bandits to make even more cash.
[Link: Fox6.com]
by The Editors on April 25, 2008
The Carlsbad bank robbery spree continued on Thursday April 24, 2008 at 9:10 AM as a “6-foot-3 thin white male wearing a white tank top” knocked off the Washington Mutual at 6985 El Camino Real. He “demanded money but did not display a weapon, police said.”
And, as usual, he got away.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
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