Police Beat

Herpetologists at the San Diego Zoo identified the live specimens that were contained in bags which included three dwarf boas, a Uribe’s false cat-eyed snake, a Pacific Coast parrot snake, and four conehead lizards. 

An overnight fire destroyed a line of classic cars in Chula Vista early Thursday morning off Main street. According to the Chula Vista Fire Department, the flames were reported around 2:45 a.m.

Chula Vista police are looking for unknown assailants who have shot pedestrians at least nine times with Airsoft Guns from moving cars in what appears to be a social media challenge.

The California Highway Patrol responded to reports of a vehicle that had driven down an embankment eastbound state Route 54 and west of Interstate 805 at around 4 a.m.

Police arrested Grover Preston Everett, 39, and Hans Jurgen Sarda, 30, on suspicion of possession of a destructive device, detonating a destructive device, and other associated offenses.

Acting Sheriff Chief Kelly Martinez reported Wednesday that the project began with 72 cameras on warden uniforms last Friday.

Authorities describe Ramos as a 5-foot-5-inch, roughly 150-pound Latino with black hair, brown eyes, and tattoos all over his body, including on his face, neck, and scalp.

A man in his 50s was walking in the third lane of traffic when he was struck by a vehicle and was killed.

The husband of Maya Millete, the missing Chula Vista mother, appeared Monday at the South Bay court for a preliminary hearing.

According to the Chula Vista Police Department, 32 year-old Elizabeth Memea, is facing a first-degree murder charge in the slaying of 52-year-old Leticia Hernandez.