Wednesday, January 23 2013 8:53 PM EST2013-01-24 01:53:32 GMT
The sheriff's department is asking for your help to identify a man wanted in connection with a series of armed ATM robberies.
The sheriff's department is asking for your help to identify a man wanted in connection with a series of armed ATM robberies.
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 23-year-old man was behind bars Thursday on suspicion of robbing three East County ATM users over a five-day period, the sheriff's department reported.
Based on information from a woman who saw a posting about the crimes on the San Diego County Sheriff's Department's Facebook page, detectives arrested George Tommy Adams in the 9600 block of Mission Gorge Road in Santee late Wednesday afternoon.
The tipster reported seeing Adams outside a restaurant, offering repairs on cars, and realizing that he looked like the man captured in robbery-scene surveillance photos she had seen online, according to sheriff's officials. Adams gave his name and number to her, and she passed them on to deputies.
Adams is suspected of robbing two customers at a Mission Federal Credit Union cash machine in the 200 block of Town Center Parkway in Santee, first on Jan. 16 and again Monday.
About 6 1/2 hours after the second holdup, Adams allegedly stole money from a man at a Wells Fargo ATM in the 2300 block of Jamacha Road in the Cottonwood area, near El Cajon.
The bandit displayed a pistol during the first and third crime, according to sheriff's investigators.
Adams was being held in San Diego Central Jail on $400,000 bail pending arraignment, scheduled for Friday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 7:33 PM EDT2013-06-19 23:33:20 GMT
San Diego Zoo Safari Park officials are searching the North County Wednesday for an exotic bird that got caught in a wind gust and flew away Monday afternoon.
San Diego Zoo Safari Park officials are searching the North County Wednesday for an exotic bird that got caught in a wind gust and flew away Monday afternoon.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:31:36 GMT
A proposal to require contractors on most city of San Diego public works and maintenance projects to pay prevailing wages to employees got a go-ahead Wednesday
A proposal to require contractors on most city of San Diego public works and maintenance projects to pay prevailing wages to employees got a go-ahead Wednesday from the City Council's Rules and Economic Development Committee.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 6:25 PM EDT2013-06-19 22:25:19 GMT
A preliminary hearing was postponed Wednesday to Sept. 17 for a man accused of killing his girlfriend in her National City home in 2005, then fleeing to Mexico where he remained a fugitive until this year.
A preliminary hearing was postponed Wednesday to Sept. 17 for a man accused of killing his girlfriend in her National City home in 2005, then fleeing to Mexico where he remained a fugitive until this year.
Wednesday, June 19 2013 4:31 PM EDT2013-06-19 20:31:48 GMT
Eighteen members of what prosecutors called a violent gambling ring located mainly in California and Peru were charged with operating an illegal Internet and telephone wagering business called "Macho Sports"
Eighteen members of what prosecutors called a violent gambling ring located mainly in California and Peru were charged with operating an illegal Internet and telephone wagering business called "Macho Sports," according to a federal indictment unsealed in San Diego Wednesday.
