Mizraim Gascón, who was already under investigation by his employer, pleaded not guilty this week to importation and possession for sales charges in Chula Vista
Vanesa Gastellu, 31, pleaded guilty in the killing of 23-year-old Christina Garcia. Prosecutors allege the killing was a gang hit against the victim who was blamed for another person's death.
Since shutting down more than five months ago as the cononavirus pandemic began to seep across the county, the San Diego Superior Court has has gone from a complete shutdown where the courthouse doors were slammed shut to slowly brining back online more and more court services.
James Mumper Jr., 19, was arrested about a month after the Nov. 12, 2022, stabbing death of Mateo Castillo, 17, a senior at Valhalla High School in Rancho San Diego
Thornell Brown was convicted by a Chula Vista Superior Court jury of second-degree murder for the June 4, 2022, killing of 52-year-old Frank Gallegos in National City