by The Editors on May 5, 2010
Motorists who appeared to be under the influence of a little too much Cinco de Mayo celebrating were getting no slack from the Carlsbad Police Department on the evening of May 5, 2010.
One woman, who was pulled over in the driveway of her apartment complex, couldn’t keep from giggling as officers put her through a field sobriety test. Those giggles quickly faded and were replaced with yells and the sound of feet kicking windows after she was handcuffed and placed in the back of a police cruiser.
Yep, drinking and driving is still a really bad idea.
by The Editors on April 22, 2010
On Tuesday night (April 20, 2010) at about 8 PM a black man in his late 20s to early 30s used a handgun to rob The Pita Pit in the Carlsbad Village Faire, according to a story in the North County Times (they called it The
The man brandished a gun and demanded money, police said. . . When the man fled, the shop owner followed the robber, who got away in a white Cadillac. The shop owner followed the vehicle southbound on Interstate 5 until the car exited the freeway at La Costa Avenue. . . The suspect was described as a black man, about 25 to 35 years old, wearing a black and blue hooded sweatshirt and had a goatee, police said.
The man got out of the car on La Costa Avenue near Vulcan and ran away, according to the story. Police were able to arrest a “A 39-year-old woman behind the wheel was arrested on suspicion of robbery, conspiracy and commercial burglary and was booked into Vista jail on $50,000 bail,” according to the San Diego Union-Tribune.
[Link: North County Times and San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on April 16, 2010
Shoppers in the Apple Store at the Forum At Carlsbad this afternoon (April 16, 2010) were startled by a shrill alarm seconds before seeing two white males in their late teens or early 20s run from the store.
“We saw them walk in and they looked a little bit sketched out,” one shopper said. “Then when I heard the alarm and saw them running it kind of made sense.”
The men ran south to the parking lot behind the Sur La Table store with several Apple employees in pursuit. Bystanders called out which way the robbers ran, but just as the employees got the parking lot, the men came speeding right back through the mall parking lot in their black primer Nissan where helpful citizen copied down the license number as the car passed.
Workers, who first believed the thieves had stolen a popular, new iPad, eventually discovered that only two iPhone 3GS had been ripped from a display table near the front of the store.
“They really were the worst criminals ever,” said one shopper. “But I’m glad no one got hurt.”
by The Editors on April 2, 2010
A former student of Carlsbad’s Army & Navy Academy has decided that being “brutalized by other students seven years ago in a hazing incident that included sodomy with a broom handle . . slathered in Icy Hot analgesic heat rub” isn’t something he wants to let go unchecked. He has sued the school, according to a story in the North County Times.
That lawsuit is one of two pending against the academy claiming that administrators at the campus failed to adequately oversee cadets and prevent inappropriate behavior. . . .The second suit was filed by the parents of a then-16-year-old cadet who say their son had sexual relations with an 18-year-old student during times that he was supposed to be supervised by an adult.
It is worth noting that according to Academy President Stephen Bliss (pictured right) “The academy’s written policies for cadets forbid all forms of sexual abuse and hazing.”
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on March 12, 2010
At 9:50 AM today (March 12, 2010) a Latino about 5 feet 10 inches tall and 150 to 160 pounds handed a demand note to a teller at the Citibank near the intersection of Marron Road at Jefferson St. and robbed the place, according to a story in the San Diego Union-Tribune.
Witnesses reported seeing a handgun tucked into the waistband of his jeans. . . The robber was seen getting into a dark-colored, full-sized, lifted truck with off-road tires. Police searched the area but were unable to find the vehicle.
We believe this to be the first reported bank robbery of the new year. He probably needed to buy new monster truck tires. Those things are expensive.
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on March 11, 2010
A man who was “walking his dog” by driving in his car while holding his german shepherd by a leash on Haymar Drive near El Camino Real got his dog snatched by someone who didn’t appreciate the man’s dog-driving techniques, according to as story in the San Deigo Union-Tribune.
At about 5:35 p.m., a man approached the dog owner and told him what he was doing was illegal. The man then grabbed the dog, put him in his pickup and told the owner to contact Oceanside police if he wanted the dog back, police said. The man then drove away with the German shepherd, valued at $1,200, police said. Officers contacted Oceanside police, who did not have the dog.
The dog napper was described as a 30-year-old white guy with brown hair driving a “newer-model” truck with a camper shell. Well, that narrows it down. Anyone with information is encouraged to call the Carlsbadistan police department.
[Update March 12, 2010: The stolen dog was found Friday evening roaming a neighborhood a few miles from the owner’s home, according to the North County Times.]
[Link: San Diego Union-Tribune]
by The Editors on March 6, 2010
Last night, Friday, March 5, 2010 at approximately 9:45 PM Steven Anthony Kelley, 18, of Carlsbad was hit and killed by a car on El Camino Real near Cassia Road, according to a story on Fox 5 San Diego. The car did not stop
Carlsbad police officer on patrol at 9:45 p.m. Friday saw a man lying in the road at El Camino Real and Cassia Road. He thought a certain vehicle had just run over the man, so he stopped the driver and called for paramedics. . . .Accident investigators later determined that the victim had been struck first by some earlier, unknown motorist, police Lt. Jarlath Eppel said.
Kelley was transported toward McClellan- Palomar Airport for an Lifeflight to a hospital but was pronounced death along the way, according to the story. Our thoughts are with Steven’s family and friends. Anyone with information should contact investigators at (760) 931-2197.
[Link: Fox 5 San Diego and SoCalImages]
by The Editors on February 23, 2010
The Carlsbad Police department is reportedly investigating a fight that broke out on the beach near the Army & Navy Academy at approximately 5:15 PM on Tuesday, February 16, 2010 between “4 or 5” locals and “9 or 10” academy cadets, according to a story in the North County Times.
Accounts of the melee vary depending on who is telling the story, but punches started landing after one teen pushed or hit another with a surfboard, Cain said. . . “We don’t know for sure who did what or who started it,” he said. . . Cain said that after the surfboard blow landed, several more teens piled on from both sides. Eventually a local lifeguard intervened and separated the two sides.
One of the locals reportedly sustained a broken nose. Looks like the cadets stick together pretty well.
[Link: North County Times]
by The Editors on February 23, 2010
After some good old-fashioned social engineering, the victims of the February 4, 2010 Reckless Lexus hit and run on Garfield believe they have found the vehicle responsible for the collision. And they found it at a local Carlsbadistan body shop.
After notifying the Carlsbad Police Department and providing officers with the matching paint and several missing car parts, the police were finally convinced enough by the victim’s detective work that they have reportedly impounded the vehicle as evidence in their criminal investigation.
Another reminder of what is possible when people do a little work on their own.
by The Editors on February 22, 2010
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of whomever was responsible for the fire that charred the teachers lounge at the Aviara Oaks Elementary School in Carlsbadistan in the early morning hours of February 2, 2010.
Fire investigators from the Carlsbad Fire Department determined that the fire was deliberately set. Law enforcement personnel are working to locate suspects and determine a possible motive for the fire. . . “This senseless crime caused an unnecessary financial and emotional impact to Carlsbad,” Torres said. “ATF is determined to protect our local communities, and we are hopeful that the public can assist us in providing information which may lead us to the person or persons responsible for this crime.”
Anyone with information on the crime should contact ATF at (888) ATF-FIRE or (888) 283-3473.
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