Former Marines Sentenced for Credit Union Robbery

Marines Sentenced

Two former Marines who robbed a La Mesa credit union of more than $9,500 at gunpoint were sentenced Friday to federal prison terms.

Dominique Dontae Lasker, 27, was sentenced to more than 10 years in prison. Davon Jacques Darden, 24, was sentenced to seven years behind bars.

Lasker pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery and brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Darden pleaded guilty to armed bank robbery. U.S. District Judge Dana Sabraw ordered both men to pay $2,714 in restitution to California Coast Credit Union. Read the full story on .

Fatal Miramar Crash

A single-vehicle crash on a highway running through the U.S. Marine Corps Miramar Air Station left one person dead Saturday, according to the CHP.

At 2:24 a.m. a Lincoln Navigator crashed on the northbound Escondido (15) Freeway, just south of Miramar Way and the driver was killed, a San Diego CHP dispatcher told City News Service.

A witness told the CHP that there was one person in the vehicle that crashed into a light pole, according to the CHP.

The victim's identity was withheld pending notification of next of kin.

Las Salinas Sewage Spill

A broken line at the Las Salinas Treatment Plant in Oceanside Friday caused about 3,000 gallons of secondary treated sewage to spill into Loma Alta Creek, county officials said.

The spill started about 12:15 p.m. and ended about 1:40 p.m., when crews from the city's waste water division fixed the line at the plant in the 1300 block of Tait Street, according to county Department of Environmental Health.

Signs warning of the sewage contamination were posted at Buccaneer Beach from 1,000 feet north and south of the Loma Alta Creek Outlet.

The closure will remain until samples from the water confirm it is safe for recreational use, DEH Land and Water Quality Division Chief Mark McPherson said.

Updates on beach closure information can be obtained by calling (619) 338-2073 or online at sdbeachinfo.com.