by The Editors on July 20, 2007
It seemed like Carlsbad Police where everywhere yesterday: hiding behind trees, parking in secret spots, waving radar guns attached to their motorcycles. Well, it was all part of a “multi-agency traffic enforcement operation” according to the North County Times.
Officers from the Carlsbad, Escondido and Oceanside police departments, the county Sheriff’s Department and a number of other agencies participated in the detail, which was held between 7 and 11:30 a.m. at about 20 locations throughout the city, police spokeswoman Lynn Diamond said. . . The locations targeted, including spots on Carlsbad Boulevard, Palomar Airport Road and La Costa Avenue, were chosen because they are “either problem (areas) we’re seeing on a regular basis or the community ID’d them as significant problems,” Diamond said.
Talk about a crack-down. All told there was one felony warrant arrest, 250 citations issued, and 16 cars were towed away because the drivers were unlicensed.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on July 16, 2007
The Mission Federal Credit Union branch office on Jefferson Street was robbed Monday shortly after 9:30 AM when a six feet tall 250 pound white man who appeared to be in his late 40 or early 50s approached a teller and said, “This is a robbery.”
After the employee handed over an undisclosed amount of cash, the thief left the bank and ran off to the north, according to investigators.
This is the third Carlsbad Village bank robbery in the last two months. Must be our lovely downtown’s easy freeway access.
[Link: 10news.com]
by The Editors on July 13, 2007
Yesterday morning (July 12, 2007) at approximately 11 AM a man in his mid-thirties, described as stocky, white, with dark hair and a mustache walked up to a teller at the Bank of America on Carlsbad Village Drive and demanded cash. So far authorities have not reported how much money was taken. The man’s resemblance to cartoon character Elmer Fudd is apparently coincidental.
He had a stocky build, and was between 5 feet 3 inches and 5 feet 6 inches tall. He was wearing a green camouflage-style baseball cap with a yellow emblem; a blue, short-sleeved, button-down, collared shirt over a white, long-sleeved T-shirt; and glasses.
Oddly, this is the second Carlsbad bank robbery since we started keeping track. Anyone with information is asked to call the FBI at (858) 565-1255 or the Carlsbad Police Department at (760) 931-2197.
[Link: San Diego Union Tribune]
by The Editors on July 3, 2007
This morning at 1 AM a 40-year-old motorist who “failed to yield to CHP” while traveling southbound on Interstate 5 led officers on a chase at speeds of more than 100 MPH before crashing on the La Costa off-ramp. The driver, whose name was not released, was seriously injured and taken to the hospital for treatment.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on June 25, 2007
According to the North County Times a masked gunman walked in to Texas Liquor (in the Albertson’s parking lot, 945 Carlsbad Village Drive) and robbed the store of “an undisclosed amount of cash” Sunday evening at 8:02 PM.
The suspect, described as a male wearing a black mask, was armed with a gun and had fled by the time police arrived, the dispatcher said.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on June 17, 2007
Using a 1980 law designed to curb newspaper hawkers on Carlsbad’s city streets, the Carlsbad Police department has begun ticketing day laborers who are looking for work in North County. Apparently, homeowners near The Country Store on El Camino Real have been complaining.
Police Capt. Mike Shipley said the department has received numerous complaints from homeowners in the area about day laborers. . . “The migrant issue is a broad issue. Part of our job is to respond to complaints,” Shipley said. “The El Camino Real and Carlsbad Village Drive area is an extremely high complaint area.”
While the law does not specify a fine, a judge last week “ordered a day laborer to pay a fine of $192 including court fees.” Leave it to our legal system to punish those who are simply looking for work.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on June 15, 2007
Between May 29 and June 5 four dead dolphins have washed ashore on the beaches between Carlsbad State beach and the Oceanside Harbor. All of them with fatal bullet wounds.
“It’s a horrendous thing that happened,” said Mark Oswell, spokesman for the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration. “That someone would go out there and shoot four dolphins.”
According to the report it appears the dolphins were all shot on the same day with the same calibre gun. The story goes on to report that dolphins are usually killed by fishermen who are upset about the mammals stealing their catch. Sadly, the criminal fine is only $20,000 and not much jail time.
The NOAA is offering a $2,500 reward for anyone who has information on the dolphin deaths.
[Link: USA Today]
by The Editors on June 14, 2007
You leave the controls for a few days and all hell breaks lose. The Union Bank of California at 840 Carlsbad Village Drive was held up by an 18-year-old who claimed he was carrying explosives.
. . . shortly before 1 p.m. The man entered the bank wearing only a pair of board shorts and claimed he had an explosive device, a gelatin liquid in a canister, police said. . . The man told tellers he wanted all the money from the bank or he was going to “cause damage” to people inside, authorities said.
You’d think you might want to put on a little more of a disguise when you rob a bank. We guess not if you want to get caught. Maybe this bank robbery was just a cry for help.
Link: NBC Sandiego.com]
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