Thread: TYPICAL NEWS STORY IN ESCONDIDO

TYPICAL NEWS STORY IN ESCONDIDO

The local newspapers seem to skim over stories that involve Illegal Aliens, or cover them very lightly. For those of you not familiar with Escondido, it is located to the North, of the City of San Diego.

Escondido has become a magnet city for Illegal Aliens who work and live in the San Diego Area. It is so expensive to live in San Diego County that they have taken over some parts of this city.

Escondido has the second highest car theft numbers in San Diego, and they averaged about 900 hit-and-run accidents this year.

Drivers license check points and DUI check points are coming very common. During these checks they confiscate dozens of cars on a daily basis.

At least half of Escondido consists of upper middle class homes, and overall the city is 47% Hispanic.

I will update these numbers or change them as required.

Escondido is making national News with their proposed Anti-Illegal Alien Rental Ordinance.

http://www.nctimes.com/news/inland/escondido/

R/ Skip

Man injured in Escondido hit-and-run
By: North County Times -
December 11, 2006

ESCONDIDO -- Authorities are looking for the driver of a red truck involved in a hit-and-run crash Monday morning on Valley Parkway that seriously injured a 53-year-old man, police said.

The crash was reported at 7:12 a.m. just west of Quince Street, when the driver of a red Chevrolet truck hit the man and fled westbound on Valley Parkway, Sgt. Dana Ray said. The name of the victim was not being released Monday.

The victim, described as a Latino man, was found lying semi-conscious in the roadway and transported to a local hospital with serious injuries to his head and legs, Ray said. He is believed to be in critical condition.


The suspect, who is also described as a Latino man, is possibly driving a '90s model S-10 pickup truck.

Anyone with information is asked to call Officer Mike Nelson at (760) 839-4407.

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Man pleads not guilty to fatal hit-and-run

By: North County Times wire services
December 16, 2006

VISTA ---- A 21-year-old man who allegedly admitted fleeing from a traffic accident in Escondido that killed another man Monday morning pleaded not guilty at his Vista court arraignment Friday.

Ruben Fonseca is charged with hit-and-run causing death and driving without a license, Deputy District Attorney Fanny Yu said.

Gaspar Diego Gonzalez was struck by an sport utility vehicle at North Quince Street and West Valley Parkway on Monday morning. He died at Palomar Hospital around 5 that afternoon, Escondido police Lt. Mike Loarie said.

Yu said the defendant faces a maximum of four years in prison.

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Comments On This Story


Samuel wrote on December 16, 2006 3:44 AM:"I think the police did a great job catching this guy, and the D.A should do the same with thier presentation in court. If there is anyone who saw this Hit-and-Run happen, please contact the police with you information. No matter how small you think it is, please tell them."

Gary wrote on December 16, 2006 7:03 AM:"The suspects brother-in-law was interviewed on the news the other day and he required an interpretor because he did not speak English. I wonder what that could mean?"

Sheesh wrote on December 16, 2006 12:45 PM:"Gary, get over yourself. A lot of people around here don't speak English. It doesn't make anyone less of a person, and your attacks on hispanic people are getting tired and weak. Even my kindergartener knows that people who insult others really have problems with themselves. "

To Sheesh : wrote on December 16, 2006 1:38 PM:"Over 900 hit-and-run accidents per month. Up to 30,000 Illegal Immigrants in Escondido. I love Hispanic people, just ask my wife. I think there is so little news on this story because one or both of the key people involved are probably Illegal Aliens. Why is it not news when a father of eight children gets run over and killed, by a young Hispanic man who does not speak English or have a Driver's License. Is it what life in Escondido has been reduced to? R/ Skip"

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Police Track Down Suspect In Fatal Hit-And-Run

NBC 4 SAN DIEGO

POSTED: 7:34 pm PST December 13, 2006

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Police arrested a suspect in a fatal hit-and-run crash that killed a father of seven.
At about 7:12 a.m. on Wednesday, Escondido police received a report of a pedestrian being hit by a pickup truck near the intersection of Valley Parkway and Quince Street. When officers arrived at the scene. they found a semi-conscious man lying on the road.


The victim was identified as 53-year-old Gaspar Gonzalez. He suffered serious injuries to his head and legs and later died of his injuries, police said.

The pickup truck that hit Gonzalez and left the scene was described by witnesses as a 1990s red Chevrolet truck, possibly an S-10 model. It was last seen traveling westbound on Valley Parkway.

During the investigation, police found a damaged truck fitting the witness description parked several blocks from where Gonzalez was hit. Evidence in the vehicle led them to 21-year-old Ruben Fonseca. Police said that Fonseca admitted hitting Gonzalez when he was interviewed.

Fonseca is being held at the Vista Detention Center on a felony hit-and-run charge, authorities said.

http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/10529764/detail.html

VIDEO

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Here's some typical stories here in the California Central Valley:

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Search continues for missing Escondido boy


By: SARAH WILKINS - Staff Writer
Monday, December 11, 2006

"I don't understand why or how anybody would want to take him or what happened, how he got out of my house," Erika Panyavong told KGTV Channel 10 as she held back tears.


ESCONDIDO -- The search continued Monday for a toddler who disappeared Sunday from his home in a rural, wooded area of unincorporated Escondido, authorities said.

San Diego sheriff's homicide Capt. Clay Reynard dismissed earlier reports that the night-long search for 19-month-old Keithan Panyavong had been called off Monday, though a command post at Rock Springs School had disbanded.

Search and rescue teams and sheriff's deputies re-canvassed the neighborhood around the toddler's home on Monday, Reynard said.


"The search was not called off, search and rescue is regrouping and continues to comb the area," he said. "We're not eliminating any possibilities."

Reynard said there is no evidence to classify the case as an abduction.

"There is no demand note, no ransom demands," he said. "We have nothing to indicate this is an abduction."

Keithan, who can crawl, stand, walk and run short distances, was last seen by his father at about 11 p.m. Saturday, shortly after he was put to bed at his home on the 900 block of Deodar Road, sheriff's spokesman Capt. Glenn Revell said Sunday.

Keithan's father left the home soon after his son went to bed, while the boy's mother, Erika Panyavong, stayed home, Revell said. Keithan's father returned from a social event between 3:30 and 4:30 a.m.

Neither parent noticed the toddler was missing until his 7-year-old sister found the crib empty between 7 and 8 a.m., authorities said. The child was reported missing at about 1 p.m. Sunday.

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Mother arrested after leading detectives to toddler's body

By: YVETTE URREA and SARAH WILKINS - Staff Writers
Tuesday, December 12, 2006

ESCONDIDO -- The mother of a toddler missing since Sunday was booked into Vista jail Tuesday night after leading sheriff's detectives to a trash Dumpster containing the baby's body near the family's rural Escondido-area home.

Erika Panyavong directed detectives to the body of 19-month-old Keithan Panyavong after she and the baby's father, Chen Phrakousonh, were taken to the San Marcos Sheriff's Station for questioning Tuesday afternoon, sheriff's homicide Capt. Clay Reynard said in a briefing following the discovery.

Erika Panyavong was later taken to the Vista jail, where she was booked on suspicion of first-degree murder.

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The mother is a legal resident (refugee) from Thailand.

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Investigators Say Toddler's Dad Belongs To Drug Gang

SAN DIEGO -- High-ranking law enforcement sources tell NBC 7/39 that the father of a toddler whose body was dumped in a North County trash bin is a member of a notorious drug gang.

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Images: Police Say Toddler's Mom Confesses
Images: Toddler's Parents Speak, Show Their Home
Images: Toddler Disappears From His Crib

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So far, Chan Phrakousonh has not been charged in connection with the death of his 19-month-old son, Keithan. Phatsary "Erika" Panyavong, who will turn 31 on Sunday, was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of killing her son. Sheriff's investigator said she told them that she may have accidentally given the toddler an overdose of medicine.


But a law enforcement source told NBC 7/39 that the father was under investigation even before Keithan's disappearance. Phrakousonh is a member of an Asian gang called TOC or The Oriental Crips, the source said. The gang, which is based in the South Bay area of San Diego County, is allegedly involved in drug trafficking. They specialize in methamphetamine, the source said.

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Talk show callers decry decision to drop Escondido law
By: MARK WALKER and QUINN EASTMAN - Staff Writers
Friday, December 15, 2006

NORTH COUNTY ---- Callers to one radio talk-show host have angrily decried the Escondido City Council's decision to drop an ordinance that would have penalized landlords who rent properties to illegal immigrants.

"People are angry that they folded," KFMB 760 host Rick Roberts said Friday.

Roberts, whose four-hour show is broadcast Monday through Friday and tends toward the conservative, said callers were incensed that the council did an about-face and announced Wednesday it would not contest a legal challenge to the ordinance it passed in October.


The illegal immigration issue is a near-constant topic on his show, even on days when he is focusing on another subject, Roberts said. A federal judge signed an order Friday afternoon permanently restraining the city from enforcing the ordinance.

"A good 25 percent of the calls that come in are off-topic and are from people who want to talk about illegal immigration," he said.

Most believe that the Escondido ordinance was a no-brainer aimed at unscrupulous landlords and slumlords, he said.

"The only dissent I get is from people who don't want any rules or regulations ---- those who favor a completely open border," Roberts said. "There doesn't seem to be any common ground in this discussion."

The callers who seem most upset, he said, are those who have immigrated to the U.S. legally.

Roberts said he was as disappointed as his callers that the council, which had voted 3-2 for the ordinance, chose to issue a prepared statement late Wednesday evening saying it was giving up a legal fight.

"People want something done about it and they thought that Escondido was going to get a foothold on the issue and do something to hold the line against slumlords who will rent to illegal immigrants."

The manner in which the council decided to inform city residents also was disappointing to callers and the host.

"They have to be able to say that this is what is going on and why," Roberts said. "It never ceases to amaze me how so-called politicians don't really communicate with the people they say they represent."

Among the callers that Roberts heard from Thursday were two of the three council members who voted in favor of the ordinance ---- Ed Gallo and Marie Waldron. Both called the regular talk line and were not invited guests, he said.

During that discussion, Gallo said U.S. District Court Judge John Houston, who issued a temporary restraining order against the ordinance after a lawsuit was filed by the ACLU and others, had an "empathetic attitude towards minorities."

Prodded by Roberts, Gallo quickly downplayed race.

"The whole thing hinged on one person making the decision, Rick," Gallo said during the call. "We ended up with a liberal judge. It was the luck of the draw, if you will. His decision said, 'You guys are out.'

"He has a very empathetic attitude towards minorities. And so, we've decided to basically cut our losses and keep working on this thing. We're not done."

Roberts replied, "Sympathetic to minorities? We're not talking about minorities. We're not talking about black, white, short, tall, fat, thin. We're talking about legal versus illegal."

Gallo added: "Exactly."

Questioned later by the North County Times about his description of the judge, Gallo said: "That's my opinion. The judge didn't think the way we did."

He described accusations of racism aimed at supporters of the ordinance as a diversion.

"If you look at who's coming across the southern border illegally, it's people who are still a minority in this country," he said. "But I don't understand how that should influence anyone's decisions about people who are breaking the law."

Bill Flores, a spokesman for a loose-knit organization of civil and Latino rights groups called El Grupo, said Thursday that he was disappointed with Gallo's remarks.

"It's another example of what we've been saying all along," Flores said. "We've always said it's not about immigration, it's really about race.

"For them, it's about there being too many Mexicans ---- rather, too many Latinos in Escondido."

He pointed out that Gallo's comments have some sharpness because Judge Houston is black.

"(Escondido council members) have been using anecdotal stories," Flores said, citing oft-told complaints about hospital emergency rooms being clogged because of illegal immigrants. "But there's no hard data, especially here. They're painting a whole group of people with this broad brush."

Supporters of the ordinance, such as the Minutemen, have had to defend themselves against accusations of racism.

In a community forum in the North County Times earlier this month, retired Orange County sheriff's Deputy Dan Noval said such claims amounted to "pejoratives ... used as weapons of intimidation."

Roberts said the immigration issue won't go away until government officials enact and enforce real penalties against illegal entry and presence in the U.S.

"This issue transcends political affiliation," he said. "And it is truly the driving force for the upcoming (presidential) election."

Contact staff writer Mark Walker at (760) 740-3529 or mlwalker@nctimes.com. Contact staff writer Quinn Eastman at (760) 740-5412 or qeastman@nctimes.com.

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Escondido becoming hotbed of hookers

Police battle influx of streetwalkers

By Kristina Davis
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER
December 16, 2006

ESCONDIDO – The undercover officer in a sparkly gold top and jeans had only been working the sidewalk for a few minutes when a pickup rolled alongside her.

Just as she was about to strike a deal for sex, the driver sped away.

Maybe he chickened out, or maybe something in his gut told him this was no ordinary hooker.
Whatever it was, it didn't matter, because a minute later the officer was sweet-talking another potential customer into following her up to a motel room.

He was arrested by detectives as soon as he stepped inside.

The Wednesday night sting was just one of several over the past few months that have targeted a rising number of prostitutes and their pimps who are coming from other cities to work the streets of central Escondido.

Much of the activity is focused along Escondido Boulevard, Washington Avenue, Centre City Parkway and Mission Avenue – an area dense with motels.

“When people solicit girls, it's a quality of life problem,” said Escondido police Sgt. Jim Lanigan, who heads the special investigations unit. “It festers and becomes much bigger.”

Many of the prostitutes, who are from San Diego, Los Angeles and cities in the East County, told officers they started coming here after getting too much heat from police in other cities.

“They tell us, 'Up here, you guys don't mess with us,' ” Lanigan said.

It didn't take long after hearing that for the Police Department to decide that a crackdown was in order.

“If they're going to be out here, we're going to be out here,” Lanigan said as he watched the undercover sting from a parking lot across the street.

Mindy Popiela, a clerk at the AM/PM gas station on Escondido Boulevard and Washington Avenue, said the number of prostitutes working the area seemed to triple over the summer.

“They come in here and buy their stuff,” Popiela said. “They'll work during the week then leave on the weekends back to San Diego. But they don't bug the customers.”

The out-of-town prostitutes aren't shy about advertising their wares.

“The girls we have now actually dress like hookers,” Lanigan said. “They're in their late teens, early 20s. They wear short skirts and high heels. Ten years ago, they looked like transients. Some had missing teeth and you could see the effects of long-term drug abuse.”

Some businesses, including other nearby gas stations, have complained about the streetwalkers, citing shoplifting and loitering, Lt. David Mankin said.

Passing motorists have also been known to call in, such as the driver who reported a woman walking in a “very, very short, hot pink skirt.”

Since the summer, officers have increased the number of undercover details from one every other month to two or three times a month.

So far, police have arrested 23 men on suspicion of solicitation and eight women for prostitution.

First-time offenders rarely get jail time, since the crime is a misdemeanor. If convicted, however, they will likely get three years' probation, and be ordered to pay a $700 fine and attend an AIDS education class.

A judge may also issue a “stay away” order for the area where they were arrested, said deputy district attorney Evan Miller.

The increased enforcement, as well as the onset of cooler weather, seems to be reducing the number of prostitutes seen on the street, Mankin said.

Undercover officers have had more success at arresting potential customers rather than the prostitutes themselves.

“The girls are cagey,” Lanigan said. “They've been doing this a long time and they know the rules of the game.”

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Kristina Davis: (760) 476-8233; kristina.davis@uniontrib.com

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Jury: Escondido police officers were not negligent

“They asked the jury for over $100,000,” Waggoner said in an interview. “That's what they wanted. They did not want an apology.”

By: SCOTT MARSHALL - Staff Writer
December 13, 2006

ESCONDIDO---- A Superior Court jury decided Wednesday that Escondido police officers were not negligent in the force they used to stop an Escondido man at gunpoint based on an anonymous tip.

Aristeo Jacobo and his family sued the officers and the city in connection with a December 2002 incident in which police swarmed Jacobo's home and detained Jacobo at gunpoint as he walked outside to take his children to school.

The day before, police received an anonymous tip that a green pickup truck driven by a man named Aristeo and with a license plate matching the plate on Jacobo's truck would be transporting a dead body the following morning, court documents stated.


Assistant City Attorney Mark Waggoner said that Judge Michael Anello ruled before the trial that the tip was credible enough for police to act on it and that officers had the right to stop Jacobo and look in his truck. The jury was left to decide whether the force police used was excessive, Waggoner said.

Waggoner said Jacobo was detained, but was not arrested. Police never found a body in Jacobo's truck, home or his place of work in Rancho Santa Fe, Waggoner said.

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esteban wrote on December 14, 2006 7:40 AM:"Too bad for Jacobo...I guess someone didn't like him for them to make an anonymous tip like that...."

Tax Payer wrote on December 14, 2006 8:49 AM:"Another example of greedy illegals who are here to just to exploit our system for their own gain. If they are so traumatized by the experience, maybe they should just hustle their illegal behinds back down to good ole mexico where they can feel safe!"

CatBone wrote on December 14, 2006 12:09 PM:"With a name like Jacobo, it's obvious why the police chose to act on this anonymous tip. The man probably has BROWN SKIN!!"

Very Upset wrote on December 14, 2006 8:38 PM:"All of you Racists judgemental people come out of the woodwork every time you read a police officer has something to do with a latino person. Do you even know if he is illegal? "

to : tax payer wrote on December 16, 2006 5:41 PM:"tax payer stop smoking and think what you said no't every person who has a hispanic name is illegall or came from mexico.where are you from by the way."

Adam wrote on December 16, 2006 7:09 PM : "Jacobo was coming home from his job as a landscaper/gardener in Rancho Santa Fe when arrested."

An illegal in a red truck.... Don't see many of those...One thing that helps here in Texas with pickups and their prominent rear window is that they usually have their name in large script covering the whole rear window.
If the Suburban is the state car of Texas the Chevy truck is the official car of Aztlan.

Working to improve the numbers

It's tough getting enough bilingual candidates to join the Sheriff's Department, Vista's Prendergast said. He noted that law enforcement agencies across the nation are struggling to hire more bilingual officers and the competition is fierce among agencies.

In an ideal world, "I'd like to see 100 percent of our deputies be fluent, because you need it when you need it and you don't know when you will," he said in recent interview.

While the number of bilingual deputies certainly needs to increase, "we are making a concerted effort to change that," Prendergast said, noting that there was only one bilingual patrol deputy when he started working at the Vista Station in April and today there are five.

The Vista Station's five bilingual patrol deputies out of 85 total deputies puts it near the bottom of the list for local agencies. Keep in mind that nearly half of the city's residents speak a language other than English at home, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

By comparison, Escondido has 170 sworn police officers, of whom 18 are bilingual patrol officers. The city has about 133,000 residents of whom 59,000 are Latino, and 57,910 people over the age of five speak a language other than English at home, according to the Census Bureau.

Sixteen of the Oceanside Police Department's 196 sworn officers are bilingual patrol officers. The city has 162,259 residents, of whom 52,301 are Latinos and 50,447 speak a language other than English at home, statistics estimate. Carlsbad's Police Department has 112 sworn officers, of whom seven are bilingual patrol officers. The city has 92,998 residents, of whom 11,177 are Latino and 14,966 speak a language other than English at home.

With the exception of Oceanside and Escondido, all North County law enforcement agencies offer free classes in Spanish to their sworn officers.

And all North County law enforcement agencies offer a pay incentive for bilingual officers. The Sheriff's Department pays deputies who take a test and become bilingual an additional $32.20 per two-week pay period. Carlsbad pays its bilingual officers an additional $40 per two-week pay period. At the Oceanside Police Department, bilingual pay is $100 a month, plus two one-time annual payments of $600 for their first two years of bilingual classification.

Among North County law enforcement agencies, Escondido offers the highest bilingual pay: an extra $200 a month. And those who can write Spanish as well receive a total pay supplement of $275 a month.


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I think the Hispanics are offered free English classes as well. It might be worth remembering that the illegals were not invited here.