Alex Riggins
Reporter at The San Diego Union-Tribune
San Diego Union-Tribune reporter covering federal courts and law enforcement. Tips: alex.riggins(at)sduniontribune(dot)com.
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4 days ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
A bank robber who violently assaulted several tellers during four heists that netted him and his accomplices nearly $400,000, likely making him one of the most prolific bank robbers in San Diego County history, was sentenced Monday to more than 488 years in prison. A San Diego Superior Court jury convicted 45-year-old Larry Lightning Jr. in April on 30 felony counts, including charges of robbery, kidnapping and assault with a deadly weapon.
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1 week ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
A California law that limited residents to one gun purchase every 30 days is unconstitutional, meaning state residents can continue purchasing firearms as frequently as they want, a federal appellate panel ruled Friday in a case originating in San Diego. State lawmakers said the restriction on frequent firearm acquisitions, known as the “one-gun-a-month” law, was aimed at deterring straw purchases, when someone buys a gun on behalf of someone who cannot legally make the same purchase.
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1 week ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
A San Diego nurse has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against UnitedHealth Group, alleging that she was illegally fired from her job at the Outpatient Surgery Center of La Jolla for bringing water bottles to work that featured stickers supporting Palestinian freedom and denouncing Israel’s war in Gaza as a genocide.
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1 week ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
El exgerente general de una empresa de recubrimientos metálicos en El Cajón, contratada por el gobierno federal, se declaró culpable y fue sentenciado el miércoles en un tribunal federal de San Diego por un delito menor relacionado con la contratación de trabajadores indocumentados. El procesamiento de John Washburn, de 57 años, se originó a raíz de una redada migratoria realizada en marzo en San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings, una empresa de El Cajón.
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1 week ago |
sandiegouniontribune.com | Alex Riggins
The former general manager of an El Cajon metal coating business that contracts with the federal government pleaded guilty and was sentenced Wednesday in San Diego federal court for a misdemeanor criminal charge related to the hiring of undocumented workers. The prosecution of John Washburn, 57, stemmed from a worksite immigration raid in March at San Diego Powder & Protective Coatings in El Cajon.
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San Diego police just said an estimated 60,000 people attended today’s protests in downtown. “As of Saturday afternoon, no arrests had been made, and there were no reports of property damage or injuries related to the protests.”
Multiple protest marches have now all joined together. Protestors marched down North Harbor and now marching back up Pacific Highway. Massive crowd. 30-45 minutes of this https://t.co/xrIF2pcKKh
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