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Crimes Reported

Petty Theft

Skateboard ($100) stolen from school area

5-9

Fraudulent Use of Access Card or Account Information (Over $400)

Unknown suspect(s) obtained the victim’s credit account and made six fraudulent charges…

Contractors get prision for Navy bribes

SAN DIEGO — A federal judge sentenced two owners of defense contracting firms in Poway to three years each in federal prison Monday for their roles in a bribery and fraud scandal that went on for nearly a decade at North Island Naval Air Station.…

Photo Credit: Sophia Zaller

Road Raged Driver Hits Motorcycle on Coronado Bridge

A road raged driver intentionally hit a motorcycle carrying two people on the Coronado Bridge, San Diego Police Department officials confirmed.

The incident happened just before 6 p.m. on Saturday in westbound traffic atop the Coronado Bay Bridge.…

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Burglary Second Degree

Obtain Controlled Substance by Fraud

Forge Alter Prescription

200 block of Prospect Place

unknown adult black male entered Sharp Coronado Community Pharmacy and presented a fraudulent prescription in an attempt to obtain narcotic medications, staff advised the subject he would be called once the medication…

Leslie Crawford will discuss the process of writing her book, Coronado, in a free lecture at the Coronado Historical Association on Friday, May 17, 2013, from 5:30 - 7pm.  

Crawford, a longtime resident, will discuss what she learned about her hometown from the writing process, how it changed her perspective on the island’s history and why it’s important to gather, document and teach the history of Coronado.

In 2011, Crawford…

CORONADO (CBS 8) -- For the first time since the death of Rebecca Zahau at the Spreckels mansion in Coronado we are hearing a firsthand account from the man who said he found Zahau's body hanging from a balcony.

News 8 has obtained video of the polygraph examination of Adam Shacknai, recorded about 12 hours after he called 911 to report finding Zahau's body.

The test itself involved ten, "yes" or "no" questions asked over and over again by veteran…

Nearly two years after Rebecca Zahau was found hanging at an historic Coronado mansion, her family has filed a lawsuit demanding the case be reopened.

San Diego County Sheriff’s Department homicide investigators concluded Rebecca Zahau, 32, killed herself July 13, 2011.

Zahau's nude body was found hanging from a balcony at Spreckels Mansion two days after boyfriend Jonah Shacknai's 6-year-old son, Max Shacknai, fell at the home while under her watch.…

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False Imprisonment

Coronado

Subject was visiting from Mexico wither her boyfriend when she woke up in a truck to find her arms were bound and she could not move,…

At a regular spring meeting of the Senior Volunteer Police (SVP) a short ceremony was held to honor three retiring members of the unit - Lucille Noack, Pat Murphy and Ken Wiley. A more formal ceremony was held at the annual dinner in January, 2013.

These three members combined gave over forty years of service to our community and our police force. The forty years of voluntarism provided our city and its people with more than 10,000 hours of service. Their…

Just wanted to take a moment to thank whom ever it was that decided to come on my porch last night and steal my bucket....that had all my bubble mix in it. I had about $45 worth of mix in it getting ready for this weekend.



So, thank you for stealing smiles and the the tools I use. I have (had) an event on sat that I can no longer attend. I'm sure $45 isn't much to some but since its the first of the month and rent is due, it is an amount that hurts to…

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Driving with Suspended License

2400 block of SR-75

suspect arrested, black male from San Diego

4-19

Public Intoxication

100 block of 9th St

suspect…

There has been an incredible "buzz" (pun intended) and response to the story eCoronado.com posted last Friday about a former Coronado High School teacher and his students that formed a drug smuggling group called the Coronado Company.  Just read some of the many comments on the…

Grant Heslov and George Clooney team up to produce future movie called "Coronado High".



This is one of those stories, true stories, that many Coronado locals don't want to talk about - they are even less enthused about having Hollywood make a major motion picture about it.  Some eCoronado.com members have shared personal memories and details about this case, but asked us not to write about it.  We haven't.  They certainly didn't want to name…

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Criminal Threats

1300 block of Orange Ave

victim received email from unknown person threatening to kill her if she did not send money

4-17

Criminal Threats…

CORONADO, CA (April 23, 2013) – Jon Froomin, a 30-year veteran of the Foster City Police Department, has been chosen as the City of Coronado’s new police chief, City Manager Blair King announced today.

Froomin, 45, has served as captain in Foster City in San Mateo County since 2004. He was selected from a list of seven top candidates narrowed down from a field of more than 100 applicants.

“We are extremely…

CORONADO, CA (April 18, 2013)- Coronado Police are warning residents about a "bank examiner" scam and other recent telephone scams that have made victims of several Coronado residents.

Today, six residents called Coronado Police after receiving calls from someone who asked them for personal and financial information. Some used the term "bank examiner." Several said…

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Burglary

Burglary/Second Degree – Felony

100 block of B Ave

suspect 16 year old Hispanic male

4-7

Burglary/Second Degree…