Crime & Safety

Tutor Sentenced for Sex with Student; Knife-Wielding Man Shot; Woman Fatally Hit New Year's Day: 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.

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  • Keith Alan Silvia, 50, was sentenced to a year in custody and ordered to register as a sex offender for life.

Former Santana High School Track Coach to be Sentenced for Sexual Activity with Underage Student

  • The former Santee track coach pleaded guilty in October to a felony charge of attending an arranged illicit meeting with a minor.

Fatal 4s Ranch Crash: Driver Pleads Not Guilty to Murder

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  • Alexandria Bayne, 34, was arraigned at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla and ordered held on $3 million bail.

Imperial Beach Tutor Sentenced to Jail for Sex with Underage Student

  • Alejandro Rodriguez, 21, was sentenced to 180 days in jail. He was also placed on probation for three years.

Woman Fatally Hit New Year's Day on Oceanside Highway

  • Oceanside Police officials said the woman was crossing Highway 76 west of Foussat Road when she was hit by a car and killed Sunday.

El Cajon Police Officer Shoots Knife-Wielding Man

  • The knife-wielding man was reportedly walking in traffic Sunday on Second Street near Oakdale Avenue in El Cajon.

Deadly Escondido Mobile Home Fire: Second Child Killed Identified, Community Raises Thousands to Support Family

  • Elizette Orozco, 5, and her uncle, Diego Floresvidal, 11, died of injuries from the pre-dawn fire Thursday in Escondido.

Imperial Beach Tutor to be Sentenced for Sex with Underage Male Student

  • Two other men who worked at Mar Vista High School in Imperial Beach were charged with having sex with students in separate cases last year.

High-Speed Pursuit Through San Diego's East County Ends in Scuffle with Sheriff's Deputies

  • Deshante Hughey, 23, was evaluated at a hospital before he was booked into jail on suspicion of hit and run, felony evading and assault.

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