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Baseball bat attacks, meth seizures: Santee County, SD crime log

SANTEE, CA – Here is a collection of this week's police, fire and court stories from across San Diego County.

Stories from near Santee and East County:

Appeals court reduces El Cajon stabbing conviction to second-degree murder

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Gustavo Rojas Salgado, 29, was found guilty by a jury in El Cajon of killing 33-year-old Victor Saul Garcia Jr.

Man shot in parking lot of restaurant in East County

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Officers found a 24-year-old man with gunshot wounds in Lakeside, authorities said.

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Driver arrested, passenger killed in suspected DUI crash in Oceanside

Dejhaun Jones, a 20-year-old Oceanside resident, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and drunken driving.

Woman shot at intersection in San Diego

The woman was standing at an intersection when a man approached her and started shooting at her, police said.

Imperial Beach man faces new charges of conspiracy to break into Capitol

Joshua Kaleb Youngerman, 24, is accused of being a member of a group that calls itself “The California Patriots-DC Brigade.”

Man stabbed at Otay Mesa West Trolley Station

The group fled the scene while the victim was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

Man suspected of shooting mother and killing two others: police

A 60-year-old man was arrested, police said.

Meth worth $5 million disguised as watermelons seized at the border

U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials found nearly 2.2 tons of methamphetamine packaged in the shape of melons.

Report: Two dead and one injured in shooting at San Diego home

It was initially unclear what had led to the shooting. Police arrested a man who was presumably the son of one of the victims.

Burglary suspect crashes into several cars during chase in Encinitas

The suspect rammed two parked cars, two sheriff's patrol cars and collided with another car on Interstate 5, authorities said.

Over 600 pounds of meth hidden in celery shipment at California border

“The vigilance and expertise of our officers have once again thwarted an attempt to smuggle narcotics disguised as everyday products.”

4 beaten with baseball bats in ‘random attacks’ at Oceanside Harbor

All victims suffered serious injuries, police said.

Over 2,500 pounds of crystal meth were found during a traffic stop

During the inspection, a sniffer dog team found 1,160 kilograms of packaged crystal meth worth between $1.15 million and $3.08 million.

Man arrested after hit-and-run accident with fatal pedestrian death: SDPD

A San Diego man was arrested following a hit-and-run crash that left a woman dead earlier this month, police said Saturday.

Man who smashed driver's window and stabbed him still at large: SDPD

A man who stabbed a driver in San Diego over the weekend while he was sitting in his car is still at large, police say.

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