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Ex-Headmaster Convicted Of Molesting Cadet; Meth Busts; Man Found Dead Inside Home: 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.

Man Wanted For Exposing Himself In Imperial Beach

  • Do you recognize this man? Police are seeking to identify a man who exposed himself to a woman and her 4-year-old daughter.

Gas Leak Reported In Coronado

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  • A Coronado home was evacuated Thursday after a construction accident caused a natural gas leak, police said.

Man Found Slain In Vista Home ID'd

  • Deputies on Wednesday found Robert Pierro, 51, dead in his home. He had suffered traumatic injuries to his upper body, police said.

Possible Attempted Kidnapping Reported At Encinitas Elementary School

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  • Officials are investigating a possible attempted kidnapping that took place Tuesday at Park Dale Lane Elementary School in Encinitas.

Man Found Dead Inside Vista Home

  • Due to "the circumstances surrounding the incident," homicide detectives were called to the scene to investigate, police said.

San Diego First Responders Train For Terrorist Attack, Active Shooter Scenarios

  • Over 40 local agencies are set to participate in the emergency exercise – touted as the largest of its kind held in the San Diego region.

$270K In Meth Found In I-8 Border Patrol Stops, Agency Reports

  • PHOTOS: Border Patrol agents arrested two men in separate incidents over the weekend. Both had 40 pounds of meth hidden inside their cars.

2 Arrested In Fatal Shooting Near Oceanside's Junior Seau Pier Amphitheatre

  • Bianca Madrigal, 21, and Jose Rodriguez, 18, both of Oceanside, face charges of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Ines Villa, 21.

San Diego Sheriff's Deputy Identified In Deadly Campo Shooting

  • Deputy Richard Phillips, a 23-year veteran of the department, fatally shot an apparently suicidal gun-wielding man during a confrontation.

Man Reportedly Killed In Valley Center Home Invasion

  • A 911 caller reported that a man was injured and had stopped breathing in the 15400 block of Villa Sierra Road in Valley Center.

Repeat DUI Offender Accused Of Killing Pedestrian In Chula Vista To Stand Trial: UPDATE

  • Nicholas Ruben Ramirez, 28, is charged with murder, gross vehicular manslaughter while impaired and hit-and-run.

Rapper XXXTentacion Attacked, Concertgoer Stabbed At Observatory North Park

  • VIDEO: After being punched, the rapper was whisked offstage as security guards fought with about 10 other people at the San Diego venue.

Chula Vista Stabbing: Man Hospitalized, Woman Arrested

  • Officers and medics found the 48-year-old victim bleeding from a wound to his neck, police said.

Suspected Drunk Driver, Passenger Injured In Chula Vista Crash

  • The wreck in the northbound I-5 lanes at the J Street offramp in Chula Vista was reported around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday.

City Heights Fire Displaces A Dozen Residents

  • The American Red Cross was called in to help the 10 adults and two children displaced by the fire arrange for temporary housing.

Jogger Fatally Struck By Suspected Drunk Driver In Vista ID'd

  • Nanglee Vang of Vista died at the scene. He was killed one day before his 41st birthday.

Motorcyclist Killed In Lakeside Crash ID'd

  • Dulce Espana Cota Noriega, 37, and her husband had pulled their motorcycles over before they were both struck by a Ford Taurus Saturday.

Sentencing Postponed For Woman Accused In Deadly Hit-And-Run: UPDATE

  • Jessica Rene Medsker of San Diego pleaded guilty last month to a felony charge of hit-and-run causing death.

San Ysidro Gas Station Robbed At Gunpoint

  • The suspect walked into the Valero station, pointed a handgun at an employee and demanded cash.

Former Carlsbad Army And Navy Academy Headmaster Convicted Of Molesting Cadet

  • A jury convicted 59-year-old Jeffrey Barton of six felony counts of oral copulation but acquitted him of six other identical charges.

New San Diego Central Courthouse Set To Open July 17

  • San Diego's $555.5 million Central Courthouse features 71 courtrooms in 704,000 square feet of space.

3 Children Spark Carlsbad Brush Fire While Playing With Fireworks

  • Firefighters contained and extinguished the blaze within 15 minutes. The fire did not damage any structures.

Oceanside Apartment Fire Displaces One

  • Firefighters kept the blaze from spreading to adjacent apartments.

One Killed In Oceanside Shooting

  • BREAKING: One person was killed in an Oceanside shooting Monday morning.

3 Injured In Rancho Bernardo Crash-Turned-Standoff

  • A crash in Rancho Bernardo turned into a standoff when a knife-wielding suicidal man refused to come out of his vehicle, police said.

Suspected Drunk Driver Causes Chain-Reaction Crash In Carlsbad

  • The 46-year-old suspect ran a red light on Poinsettia Lane in Carlsbad, causing a crash that left him and two other motorists injured.

Motorcyclist Killed, Another Injured In Lakeside Crash

  • An El Cajon man and woman were both struck from behind by a 1998 Ford Taurus as they were stopped Saturday night near Creekford Drive.

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