Lance Lamont Lavert of Salt Lake City, 37, was convicted last month of federal robbery and other charges in the 2018 robbery of the motel.
A suspected drunken driver was seriously injured and his passenger was killed when he crashed his car into a pole in Carlsbad, police said.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from around Carlsbad and across San Diego County.
Ryan Martin, 19, of Oceanside was killed in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 5 near Buena Vista Lagoon.
The fatal crash was reported on southbound I-5 near Las Flores Drive in Carlsbad, according to the CHP.
The annual Nava Linen DUI Checkpoint is named after two CHP officers who were killed on duty as a result of someone drinking and driving.
The girl's father and sister had abducted her and were attempting to take her to a drug treatment facility in Mexico, officials said.
A woman was fatally injured when two jet skis crashed in a Carlsbad lagoon, authorities said.
A Utah man who robbed a Carlsbad Motel 6 at gunpoint was convicted of federal robbery and firearm-related charges, officials said.
An 18-year-old man was shot and wounded after meeting another man in an alley in Carlsbad, police said.
Officers captured seven men after they landed on Ponto State Beach in Carlsbad, authorities said.
The fire was contained to the brush in the outskirts of the golf course, according to Carlsbad Fire Division Chief Mike López.
An argument between two transients led to a stabbing that left one of them dead and the other under arrest on suspicion of murder.
Michael Fangman is accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a teen and raping a woman he met online, officials said.
The accident was Wednesday evening near Vista, officials said.
Murder-suicide, motorcyclist killed by wrong-way driver, therapist robbed and other police & fire news this week from San Diego County.
Along with being held up at gunpoint for cash, the pair also stole her vehicle, officials said.
Two convicted in Marine's death, synagogue-shooting suspect enters plea and other police & fire news this week from San Diego County.
Though the engineer sounded his horn, the pedestrian jumped in front of the train, an official said.
The body of a possible transient was found Tuesday morning at a North County strip mall.
The sound of possible gunfire from a nearby canyon triggered the lockdown, but likely was backfiring car, officials said.
The son of former San Diego Chargers legend Kellen Winslow faces possible life behind bars for charges of rape and exposing himself.
Synagogue hate charges, 650-year prison sentence, Navy "Good Samaritan" trial and other police & fire news this week from San Diego County.
Firefighter jailed, Navy man sentenced, O.B murder, motorcyclist killed doing stunts & other police news this week from San Diego County.
A 23-year-old suspect was arrested. The victim, 26, was transported to a hospital, police said.
The man was struck by two vehicles and later was pronounced dead at an Escondido hospital, the CHP said.
Dispatcher hailed, suspect plows into CHP, firefighters' impromptu trash pick-up, dealership death & other news this week from San Diego Co.
Clean out your medicine cabinet, and find out where to safely dispose of those expired and unused medications.
The San Diego Association of Public Safety Dispatchers awarded Elizabeth Pinedo with the honor at a recent banquet.