Alleged robber to stand trial in December

The trial for a man charged with conducting numerous armed robberies in San Diego County will begin December 12, CNS News reported. Elvin Vincent Foster, also known as the "Be Cool Bandit," faces 10 robbery charges and a maximum sentence of 35 years and eight months in prison.

A judge recently found there was enough evidence to warrant a trial, CNS reported. Deputy District Attorney James Koerber alleged that Foster robbed convenience stores and gas stations in the San Diego area with what appeared to be a semi-automatic weapon. Foster was given his nickname after a police detective testified at …

The morning of October 27, local authorities found a suspicious package outside the San Diego Central Jail in downtown San Diego.

A deputy of the San Diego Sheriff's Department found the package leaning on the entrance gate of the jail, located at 1173 Front Street, the article stated. The package was reported as a "suspicious device" at 9:54 a.m., according to a San Diego dispatcher cited by CNS News. The package prompted the bomb squad to investigate, and a fire engine and medic were also called to the scene.

However, it was discovered the package was a backpack filled with paper, …

A San Diego man appeared in federal court October 25 for an arraignment on child pornography charges, but is also being tied to a bomb plot in New York City. Howard Willie Carter II previously pleaded not guilty to the three pornography charges, NY1 News reported.

Federal authorities believe Carter - who is being held in a San Diego jail - aided in the plot to bomb the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan, the news source said, after they discovered he had been communicating with Quazi Nafis, who has been charged in the bomb plot.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation …