San Diego Police Department

A man suspected of robbing a bank in San Diego was arrested in Laguna Hills after a two-hour, three-county pursuit Monday afternoon, authorities said. Michael Groves, 48, of San Diego allegedly walked into the Peninsula Bank of San Diego about 10:15 a.m. wearing a red beanie, displayed a gun and demanded money, said Bill Robinson, spokesman for the San Diego Police Department.

At least some residents of San Diego County are grateful for the courageous action of Judge Lester in choosing to publicly criticize the San Diego Police Department's officers for their handling of Sagon Penn and, subsequently, in their actions on the witness stand. Our gratitude must also be expressed to those jurors who also had the courage to speak out against the police, despite their fear of reprisals. If the American public is in desperate need of a hero, then I submit the name of Judge J. Morgan Lester.

A 10-month investigation into alleged corruption within the San Diego Police Department has uncovered "wholesale irregularities" in the way a narcotics street team dealt with informants in the mid-1980s, including evidence that officers used them for "casual sex," according to a report.