Month: May 2014

If there was a silver lining on this case is that it was wrapped up fairly quickly.  It closes one chapter of many for all the parties. A motorist who had prescription drugs in his system when he blew through a red light in Carlsbad, killing a 20-year-old restaurant...

Just horrible news.  Fights escalate and the ante keeps on rising.  A few days later sometimes you forget the reason the fight even started.  I cannot say more other than this is tragic. A young man’s “California Adventure” ended in violence after he was fatally...

Happy Memorial Day.  Be smart….and be safe. California Highway Patrol officers in San Diego County made 87 suspected drunken driving arrested in the first 36 hours of Memorial Day weekend, 29 more than in the same period of time a year ago. The arrests made on the...

Saturation Patrols and Checkpoints will increase over the course of the summer.  Be safe and do not give a reason for police to suspect San Diego DUI. Know your rights. Two North County DUI checkpoints this weekend resulted in nine arrests and multiple citations and...

It seems like police are leaving the agency in numbers.  It is interesting because I remember Moncrief’s name on the thousands of cases I handled when I was a prosecutor.  We as a society place great power in the hands of our officers and it bears a great...

A spouse of an accused is in a tough position.  On one hand she is upset about the accusations.  On the other hand they stand behind the accused.  She has a vested interest.  His future job prospects….his pensions are all at issue.  So, even if she plans on leaving...

We have explored Pacific Beach checkpoints and saturation patrols.   It is part of the San Diego landscape.  As we head into memorial day and the summer please remember to be safe.  This includes not even getting close to the line of not being impaired by just having...

The San Diego Police Department has to change its perception.  What makes the news is a small percentage of the work the agency conducts.  I know there is hundreds of folks dedicated to making our community safe.  However, from DUI enforcement to handling groups...

I said this in an earlier article….this conduct is sick. Whoever did it (if it was Arson) …has no regard for their fellow man. A man was charged with setting one of nearly a dozen fires that have destroyed homes and raced through nearly 20,000 acres of northern and...

It begs the question as to what were they thinking…..  I mean people will be put in danger.  Why? There is no excuse or justification.  Fire is literally a pandoras box that you can never know the damage it can cause. Two teens were arrested Thursday evening after...