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CarlsbadCommunity Notification of High-Risk Sex Offender


The City of Carlsbad Police Department with the San Diego Police Department and the Department of Justice’s Sexual Assault Felony Enforcement Task Force is circulating information on the presence of a high-risk sex offender in the Carlsbad area. On Feb. 2 the task force went door to door alerting over 400 residents to the presence of the offender.


Fifty year old Jimmy Carty, a white male, 5’9”, 200 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes primarily lives in San Diego but is living part-time in Carlsbad at 541 Halsing Court. Carty is considered a “high-risk” offender based on his past criminal history. According to Carlsbad Police Investigation Lieutenant Kelly Cain, “Carty was con- victed of multiple counts of child molestation, including oral copulation, sodomy and


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fondling. Carty’s victims were male children between the ages of five and fourteen.”


Cain further reported, “Carty is not currently wanted by law enforcement nor is he on proba- tion or parole.” Carty is sub- ject to sex offender registra- tion as mandated by Megan’s Law enacted in 1996. The purpose of this release is to inform the public of the pres- ence of a high-risk offender living in the community. The information is provided for citizen safety in accor- dance with California Penal Code Section 290 and the San Diego Regional Sex Offender Management Committee pro- tocol.


If you have questions or con- cerns regarding this or any sexual offender, please con- tact the City of Carlsbad Police Department at 760- 602-7588, ext. 2276. For more information about Megan’s Law, answers to fre- quently asked questions, facts about sex offenders or tips on


how to protect your family go


to www.meganslaw.ca.gov.


Escondido Carjacking Results in Victim Being Stabbed in Chest


Northeast Escondido was the scene of a stabbing during a carjacking.


The victim, his wife and child, were parked outside a restaurant near Grand and Rose, awaiting a pizza, when a white van drove up. One of the occupants demanded the car and when the driver got out, he was stabbed in the chest.


One of the suspects then jumped in the car and started to take off before noticing the wife and child in the car. He ordered them out of the car and took off.


The victim laid on the ground with a life-threatening wound in his chest. Police arrived within one minute of the 911


President in 2012.


That’s when you know you are growing old . . . when that cute little neighbor kid winds up being the President of the Escondido Police Officer’s Association.


There are other tell tale signs. Those kids you coached in Little League baseball and/or Youth Soccer are now big time cops . . . cute lit- tle Jimmy Stuard is now a Lieutenant,


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Bragging Time: You’ll for- give me if my smile is a bit broader today. That cute lit- tle kid, Michael, who lived three doors down from us, and learned to swim in our pool, has gone and grown up on us. Elmer and Gail Garcia, his parents, are prob- ably even more proud of Mike than I am. Mike Garcia, a native of Escondido and a graduate of Orange


Investigator. Mike has served proudly on the Escondido Police Officers’ Association for six years, previously holding the positions of Board Member at Large, Secretary


President, before being elected to the position of


and Vice


Glen High School. joined the Escondido Police Department in 1993, and now boasts twenty years of law enforcement experi- ence. His current assign- ment is within the Traffic Bureau as a Motor Officer and


Accident


Patrol, Bob Benton, who went to school with my kids, is now a captain. Dear friend, John Wilson, a retired Lieutenant Escondido


in charge of


from the Police


Department, used to coach Little League baseball; he and I were opposing coaches but became good friends. (That’s another sign you’re getting old, when most of your old pals are already retired from police work (and, yes, I include retired Sergeant Nick Ponce in that category of ‘old pals’). •••••


Bait and Switch Alert: Just bought a pair of new Birkenstock sandals. They


call but the carjackers were not found. Later, the vic- tim’s car was found less than a mile away from the scene of attack.


Meanwhile, the victim con- tinues to be treated at Palomar Medical Center.


Vista Man Arrested in San Marcos Crash


Teodocio Valdovinos, 53, a resident of Vista, was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunken driving after his speeding SUV crashed head- on into a minivan in San Marcos, injuring a 44 year- old Oceanside woman.


CHP officers report


Valdovinos intentionally entered a wrong lane while speeding, hit a motorcyclist, then collided head on with the minivan. The woman was airlifted to the hospital with major injuries.


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had red tags on them that said $129.99 (you can get them online for $99 but I was in a hurry). I bought them. When I got to the checkout cash reg- ister the bill was $150. I asked the Manager why, when the price was $129.99. That was too much sales tax. "Oh," she said, "other customers place lower price tags on shoes . . . but when we get to the cash register, we scan the shoe box and it gives us the right price."


"But you're the manager. You're responsible for invento- ry," I said. "You're also respon- sible for checking price tags and making sure they are accurate. To do otherwise winds up with deceptive and fraudulent advertising." She repeated the same mantra.


I'll be contacting corporate headquarters


Computerized Cobbler); I'll be contacting the manage- ment of Westfield Shopping Center, letting them know one of their merchants is employing bait and switch tactics, and I'll contact the California Department of


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