Crime & Safety
Deadly Plane Crash, Fatal Head-On Collision; Teenage Suspect Killed; Valentine's Day Cold Case: San Diego County Police Log
A look at a few of this week's police, fire and courtroom incidents around La Mesa and Mount Helix and across San Diego County.

SAN DIEGO COUNTY, CA – The following is a collection of weekly police, court and fire stories from around the county this week.
Motorcyclist Dies In Head-On Escondido Crash
- Witnesses told police that the motorcyclist failed to negotiate a bend in the roadway and collided head-on with a 2015 Honda Accord.
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- The child apparently pushed a screen out of a window frame before falling onto an asphalt driveway.
Teenage Suspect Killed In Lemon Grove Home Invasion ID'd
- Derrick Harris Jr., 15, and an accomplice allegedly broke into the Lemon Grove home on Feb. 7 and confronted the residents.
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- Shaira Noor, 21, was a flight student from Bangladesh. She was visiting the U.S. to learn to fly airplanes.
Valentine's Day Cold Case: Composite Image Released In Murder Of Mentally Disabled Carlsbad Woman
- A website dedicated to solving the cold case homicide of Jodine Elizabeth Serrin has also been launched.
San Diego Fire-Rescue Team On Standby To Help If Oroville Dam Fails
- About 188,000 people in the Lake Oroville area, about 75 miles north of Sacramento, were evacuated Sunday.
Ramona Plane Crash: Body Of Woman Killed Recovered
- A woman was killed when a small plane crashed in a remote mountainside area north of Ramona on Sunday. Two men survived.
- Officials said the train hit its emergency brakes but still struck the man as he remained on the tracks.
Child Found Wandering Alone Near Harry Griffen Park In La Mesa: Police
- The 3-year-old girl had walked away from a daycare center, police said.
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