22 Arrested In Vista Prostitution Sweep

VISTA, Calif. -- 22 people are in custody after a prostitution bust Wednesday at day spas and acupuncture clinics operating in the city of Vista, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.
Nine separate businesses were raided Wednesday, deputies told 10News.The businesses were identified as: Touch of Asian Day Spa, Seren Acu-Care, Melrose Spa, Vista Town Spa, Bright Acupuncture, JW Acupuncture, Li Jun Acupuncture I, Li Jun Acupuncture II, and Vista Health Center.22 Asian women face charges including prostitution, illegal touching and various other municipal building, occupancy and health and safety violations, deputies said.Investigators said most of the women arrested were Chinese nationals.Agents from ICE are currently determining the immigration status of those arrested and have found some to be in the country illegally, deputies said.

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Body Found Near South Mission Beach Jetty

SAN DIEGO -- Human remains were found underwater in the ocean near the mouth of Mission Bay Channel Wednesday, authorities reported.
Lifeguard personnel reported the discovery shortly after 11:30 a.m., according to San Diego police.In the early evening, an SDPD diving crew had finally recovered the body, Sgt. David Jennings said. The man was wearing only work pants and a tennis shoe.


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Federal Grand Jury Indicts Man For Possessing Machine Guns

SAN DIEGO -- A Lake Elsinore man was indicted Wednesday by a Federal Grand Jury in San Diego on charges of possession of unregistered machine guns, federal authorities said.
Jason Hilliard, 36, was arrested last month in the Pacific Beach area, according to Special Agent Michael Hoffman of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' Los Angeles Field Division.Officers from the San Diego Police Department initially took him into custody after Hilliard crashed his car into another vehicle.Searching Hilliard's vehicle, officers discovered six guns, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, a ski mask, duct tape and a large overcoat, Hoffman said.The officers contacted the ATF, who determined that four of the guns in Hilliard's vehicle were formerly semi-automatic weapons that had been converted into machine guns, Hoffman said.Hilliard faces 10 years in prison and fines of $250,000 for each of four felony counts.


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CHP: 104 DUI Arrests Made In SD Over Holiday

SAN DIEGO -- California Highway Patrol officers made 104 DUI arrests in the San Diego area over the Memorial Day weekend, four fewer than they did during the comparable period last year, the agency reported Tuesday.Over the three-day holiday, meanwhile, there were no fatal traffic accidents on local roads monitored by the CHP. Last year, by comparison, traffic accidents claimed three lives in San Diego County.Statewide, 45 people died in vehicle crashes this year over the Memorial Day weekend -- compared with 30 last year -- and 1,465 drivers were arrested on suspicion of driving while intoxicated, a minor increase from the 2008 total of 1,445.

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