Kristina Davis
The Union-Tribune
San Diego, CA, United States
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A SoCal cocaine kingpin will do way less time behind bars than anticipated
Owen Hanson, USC football player-turned-crime boss, has shaved roughly nine years off his 21-year sentence for “extraordinary and compelling reasons.” → Read More
'Fat Leonard,' set to finally be sentenced in long-running Navy bribery scheme, is on the lam
Leonard Francis, who has been under house arrest in San Diego for years, cut off his GPS monitoring bracelet on Sunday → Read More
High-ranking cartel leader, cousin of drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, sentenced to time served
Sajid Emilio Quintero Navidad, arrested in San Diego, once controlled drug routes in Sonora for Beltran Leyva Organization → Read More
Judge sentences boat pilot to 18 years in prison for three smuggling deaths
Prosecutors say Antonio Hurtado jumped first, saving himself, when a boat carrying 32 migrants capsized off Point Loma → Read More
GirlsDoPorn operator admits business built on a sex-trafficking conspiracy
Matthew Isaac Wolfe pleads guilty in San Diego federal case while his business partner remains a fugitive → Read More
Dealer pleads guilty in Coronado teen's overdose death
Kaylar Junior Tawan Beltranlap admitted to selling a fentanyl-laced pill to the 15-year-old, warning it was 'strong' → Read More
Former drug kingpin Benjamín Arellano Félix seeks early release from prison. Feds say no way.
Once the head of the Tijuana cartel, Arellano argues he is at risk of COVID-19 and has already served enough time → Read More
A woman faked cancer to avoid prison, and now she has to serve three times as long
Ashleigh Lynn Chavez forged doctor's notes in effort to fool judge, attorneys → Read More
Son of Sinaloa kingpin sentenced in San Diego to 9 years in prison
Ismael Zambada Imperial, or "Mayito Gordo," had admitted to being a leader in the powerful Mexican drug cartel → Read More
East County man sentenced to 30 days in prison for Capitol breach
Philip Weisbecker pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge for entering and "parading" around the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 → Read More
Reporter's Notebook: 'Fat Leonard,' the TV show?
A podcast that explored the infamous Navy bribery scandal is being adapted for a scripted series → Read More
Russian botnet infected millions of devices worldwide, including San Diego
The RSOCKS botnet stole victim IP address and sold them to other hackers, according to the FBI → Read More
Senate confirms former prosecutor as San Diego federal judge
Robert Huie is Biden's fourth judicial nominee to be confirmed on the Southern District of California bench. Three vacancies remain. → Read More
Sailor killed in van crash identified as Navy electronics tech
John Deltoro, 29, was killed and four fellow Navy servicemembers injured in East County crash → Read More
Former U.S. Marine gets 16 years in prison as leader of Mexican drug cell
Angel Dominguez Ramirez Jr.'s organization collaborated with cartels to move drugs and money → Read More
Defense rests in 'Fat Leonard' bribery trial
Closing arguments set for Thursday; jury could begin deliberations in a week → Read More
Med-spa doctor sent to prison in COVID 'cure' smuggling attempt
Dr. Jennings Staley agreed to mislabel purported shipment of hydroxychloroquine from China as 'yam extract' to skirt scrutiny → Read More
San Diego man who was interviewed on CNN arrested in Capitol breach
Josiah Hueso is charged with misdemeanors related to the Jan. 6, 2021, breach → Read More
The 'Fat Leonard' scandal ended Navy careers. But many names of those involved were kept secret
Some Navy officers were allowed to retire without connections to wide-ranging scandal ever revealed — until now → Read More
Woman killed, boy injured in Lincoln Park shooting
The pair had come up on a fight involving the boy's father and other men behind an apartment complex, police said → Read More