Crime & Safety

Daily Dose: Escondido Bomb-Maker to be Sentenced Monday

A man whose home had to be burned to the ground in order to destroy bomb making materials in the house is being sentenced Monday.

1. A man who and stored large amounts of explosives in
his rented home in the Escondido area is set to be sentenced Monday. Fifty-five- year-old George Djura Jakubec pleaded guilty to various bank robbery and explosives-related charges, and is facing up to 30 years in prison. Investigators and attorneys have disclosed no motive for the defendant's bomb-making activities.

2. Monday morning's National Weather Service prediction repeats for the next week:

"Patchy fog before 11 a.m. Otherwise, cloudy early, then clearing, with a high near 78. Patchy fog after 11 p.m. Otherwise, mostly cloudy, with a low around 58."

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This week, expect mornings to start out cool, wear a jacket so you can peel it off when the afternoon burn off rolls around.


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