An El Cajon man described by federal prosecutors as a violent gang member was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine while possessing a firearm.
Daniel “D-Boy” Vazcones, 32, made multiple threats to kill police officers and others involved in his prosecution.
An El Cajon man described by federal prosecutors as a violent gang member was sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for distributing methamphetamine while possessing a firearm.
Daniel “D-Boy” Vazcones, 32, made multiple threats to kill police officers and others involved in his prosecution.
Vazcones sold four ounces of methamphetamine for $3,200 on July 19, 2012 during an undercover investigation. Authorities found meth and digital scales in his apartment.
U.S. District Court Judge Michael Anello gave him 180 months for his guilty plea to distributing meth plus 60 months consecutively for possession of a .40 caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun.
His wife, Elizabeth Vazcones, 31, pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a firearm and sentenced to 27 months in federal prison.
National Guardsmen plead not guilty in selling firearms
Two East County California National Guardsmen pleaded not guilty to federal charges they sold firearms to an undercover agent who posed as a member of a Mexican drug cartel.
Andrew Reyes, 32, of La Mesa, and Jaime Holguin Casillas, 22, of El Cajon, are charged with dealing firearms without a license. Reyes is additionally charged with unlicensed transportation of firearms from Texas.
The U.S. Attorney’s office said both men showed up in uniform in one transaction and collected $2,150 from the undercover agent for an AR15 rifle. Reyes allegedly offered to sell body armor for $2,000 and AR15 rifle ammunition for $800, claiming they came from U.S. military inventory. Both men remain in the Metropolitan Correctional Center with the next hearing set for April 30.
Trial date set for La Mesa man in hate crime allegations
John David Weissinger, 53, of La Mesa, was given an Aug. 4 trial date on charges he made a criminal threat and committed a hate crime to a woman who works at the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Kearny Mesa.
A tape of the telephone threat was played during the April 7 preliminary hearing before San Diego Superior Court Judge Fred Link. The Jan. 15 threat allegedly was against the Islam religion and it referenced the deadly shootings in Paris where 17 people were killed by terrorists.
Link ordered him to stand trial for making criminal threats and hate crimes. He is also charged with misdemeanor phone harassment and interfering with the civil rights of the woman.
Weissinger pleaded not guilty to all charges April 21. He remains free on $50,000 bond on condition he stay 100 yards away from all mosques and Muslim groups.
