Officials received reports that people were in distress from a "dump and run," where a panga boat operator unloads passengers off the coast.
VA doc gets probation for patient sex assaults, runaway inmate, fiery crash and other police & fire news this week from San Diego County.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from around Del Mar and across San Diego County.
The mansion, which had seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, is listed on the Zillow website for nearly $11 million.
A fire raged Tuesday evening in units at the Del Mar Beach Club in Solana Beach and caused the roof of a building to collapse.
A look at some of this week's police, fire and courtroom stories from around Del Mar, Carmel Valley and across San Diego County.
A woman was hospitalized in critical condition with a brain bleed she suffered when she was struck by a pickup truck in Carmel Valley.
Authorities Wednesday identified a 76-year-old man who was killed in a three-vehicle crash in Del Mar.
A 76-year-old man was killed Monday and a 28-year-old man and 27-year-old woman were hospitalized after a multiple-vehicle crash in Del Mar.
An 81-year-old man was killed when the SUV he was riding in was struck by a tow truck at a Carmel Valley intersection, police said.
A 30-year fugitive who fled to Mexico after shooting his friend in a dispute over a woman was sentenced to nine years in state prison.
A 65-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of murder after another man was found dead in a Rancho San Diego home.
Homicide detectives Wednesday were investigating the death of a man who was found inside a Rancho San Diego home.
Leighton Dorey IV, 42, is charged with murder and a special circumstance allegation of torture in the 2017 death of Leighton Dorey III.
A man who shot his friend three times in the back over a woman, then fled to Mexico and was on the lam for three decades, pleaded guilty.
Leighton Dorey IV, 42, is accused of fatally beating and strangling his 71-year-old father in the victim's Rancho Santa Fe home.
The man, who identified himself only as Randy, was found July 4 under an overpass in Carmel Valley
A fire broke out at the Taste of Thai restaurant off San Andres Drive, according to the San Diego Fire-Rescue Department.
Joseph Ruvido, 49, who was charged with soliciting minors for sex, was found dead Monday at his Carmel Valley home, officials said.
Joseph Ruvido, 49, was arrested in Carmel Valley on suspicion of soliciting a minor for sex.
A fire spread through the garage of a Carmel Valley home, causing an estimated $210,000 worth of damage.
A fire at a Solana Beach apartment complex forced residents to evacuate their homes early Friday morning.
Ruben Ortiz Jr., 18, of Escondido, and a 17-year-old were killed when they jumped off an eight-story-tall freeway bridge in Carmel Valley.
Two men were killed and two teenage girls were injured when they jumped off a freeway overpass following a solo crash on state Route 56.