25 Arrested in Warrant Sweep

Warrant Sweep

Sheriff's deputies arrested 25 people with outstanding misdemeanor and felony warrants Saturday as part of a sweep operation in San Diego County's South Bay region, according to the San Diego County Sheriff's Department.

The San Diego County Sheriff's Department Court Services Bureau-Field Unit conducted the sweep from 6 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., according to sheriff's Sgt. James Blanton.

Twenty-nine felony and misdemeanor warrants were cleared and 25 people were arrested, Blanton said.

Blanton said the sheriff's department will continue its efforts to apprehend wanted subjects and he encouraged those with outstanding warrants to turn themselves in at a sheriff's court facility weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Brown Offers Condolences

Gov. Jerry Brown and wife Ann Gust Brown Saturday offered condolences to the family and friends of six Camp Pendleton-based Marines who were killed in a helicopter collision during a training exercise on the outskirts of Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

Killed in the Wednesday night crash near the California-Arizona border were Maj. Thomas A. Budrejko, 37, of Montville, Conn.; Capt. Benjamin N. Cerniglia, 31, of Montgomery, Ala.; Lance Cpl. Nickoulas H. Elliott, 21, of Spokane, Wash.; Sgt. Justin A. Everett, 33, of Clovis; Lance Cpl. Corey A. Little, 25, of Marietta, Ga.; and Capt. Michael M. Quin, 28, of Purcellville, Va.

They were assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 469, Marine Aircraft Group 39, 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing based at Camp Pendleton, according to military officials.

Capt. Nathan W. Anderson, 32, of Amarillo, Texas, also was killed in the crash. He was stationed at Marine Corps Air Station Yuma.

The midair collision happened about 8 p.m. Wednesday when a AH-1W "Cobra" and a UH-1 "Huey" aircraft collided in flight over a remote part of the Yuma Training Range Complex. Two Marines were aboard the Cobra, and five in the Huey. No one survived the collision.

The cause of the crash remained under investigation.

In memorial, the governor ordered the flags at the state Capitol be flown at half-staff today.

The Marines' families will receive a letter of condolence from the governor, according to a statement from the governor's office.

Textbook Rentals

College students at the California State University system will be able to rent textbooks at steep discounts, and use computers to read them, under a deal just announced by the school system.

Students will have the option of buying books, as in years past, or renting electronic versions of them for 60 percent less cost, according to an announcement from the CSU system headquarters in Long Beach. The books can be printed out or merely viewed onscreen.

More than 5,000 eTextbooks will be available for professors and instructors to adopt. CSU is one of the largest university systems in the nation, with 427,000 students and 43,000 faculty and staff at 23 campuses and numerous branch campuses from Arcata to El Centro.

San Diego State and Cal State San Marcos are included in the program.

-City News Service