KGTV10NEWSITEAMSentenced to 35 years in prison for rape-pimping, rape by force, oral copulation, and pandering with a 14 year old. The system failed miserably in the case of Scott Espinosa. It's not a case of 20/20 hindsight with subtle clues and conflicting testimony that should have warned everyone. The cops got it wrong, the district attorney got it wrong and the defense attorney did a poor job of defending the young man and all it took was someone to pay attention. But they didn't. Even the victims initial claims of rape, her age, etc were contrived. She had sex with numerous guys at a party all of whom could have countered her claims of youth and innocence. At the arraignment the defense pointed out that the Who is in jail page had it wrong about Scott and the charges. This girl was not 14 years. She was a 25 year old. That information stayed visible on sheriffs sight for months. In District Attorney closing argument she said "if there were inconsistent statements you would have heard about them...." But there were many inconsistencies and the prosecutor knew because she conducted the second interview with the victim.
RAPE CASEKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-04-17 | Sentenced to 35 years in prison for rape-pimping, rape by force, oral copulation, and pandering with a 14 year old. The system failed miserably in the case of Scott Espinosa. It's not a case of 20/20 hindsight with subtle clues and conflicting testimony that should have warned everyone. The cops got it wrong, the district attorney got it wrong and the defense attorney did a poor job of defending the young man and all it took was someone to pay attention. But they didn't. Even the victims initial claims of rape, her age, etc were contrived. She had sex with numerous guys at a party all of whom could have countered her claims of youth and innocence. At the arraignment the defense pointed out that the Who is in jail page had it wrong about Scott and the charges. This girl was not 14 years. She was a 25 year old. That information stayed visible on sheriffs sight for months. In District Attorney closing argument she said "if there were inconsistent statements you would have heard about them...." But there were many inconsistencies and the prosecutor knew because she conducted the second interview with the victim.iPhone ScamKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-04-21 | ...BAD RAILSKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-04-21 | ...SEAU AMBIENKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-04-21 | ...Chao Medical BoardKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-04-21 | ...HELIX WATERKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-04-21 | ...JW RETIREMENT VIDEOKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-02-27 | ...Miramar Air ShowKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-01-31 | Air ShowCountess 6P PKGKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-01-30 | ...SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT : POLICE POWER & A CULTURE OF CORRUPTIONKGTV10NEWSITEAM2015-01-16 | RTDNA 2015 Region 2 Edward R. Murrow Award Winner -Investigative Reporter: Mitch Blacher -Photographer/Editor: Arie Thanasoulis -Executive Producer: Ellen McGregor -Senior Producer: JW August -Motion Graphics: Matthew BurrowExpired Food PKGKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-09-12 | ...2004 FILE MURDER ID NEIME JABBARKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-09-02 | ...SCHOOL SECURITYKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-08-26 | ...CVS DEATHKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-08-26 | ...Bully DeathKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-08-26 | ...Fashion Valley RecyclingKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-08-26 | ...Fire Hydrant IssueKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-08-26 | ...2014 IRE TEAM10KGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-06-24 | ...BENCH BAR MEDIA 2014KGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-05-31 | ...jw politicalKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-05-02 | ...San Onofre Nuclear Generating StationKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-04-18 | SONGS---for viewers of KGTV our stories about the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station provided the first every "insiders" view of plant safety. Our source was a long time safety engineer at the plant and what he told us would prove to be right on target. We also had a former NRC board member familiar with the operation to confirm everything our source was telling us. Simply put, a unique steam generators were manufactured to replace older models. These were larger and capable of producing more energy. But as our sources told us, the maker of the steam generator and the utility that purchased it did not realize that the size and the additional cooling tubes would work as planned. It was disaster. When the unit was operating, the tubes began banging against each other creating fractures in the tubing. This lead to dangerous leaks, one of which caught the public's attention when the first leak occurred. Our broadcast and website coverage were far more extensive than any television station in Southern California. Our sources provided more information than any other media outlet was able to develop. The fact that we were able to explain a very complicated problem in a manner that could be understand by hundreds of thousands of residents may well have been the turning point for the utility in its decision to not restart Unit 2. We have no way of proving it convinced the utility to shut the plant down but it did occur a relatively short time after our stories broke.
In addition to the main stories we also developed several other side bar stories. All were provided to give our audience a better grasp of what was going on at SONGSUndercover Crack Pipe InvestigationKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-04-17 | ...Mayor Under Fire: The Fall of FilnerKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-04-17 | In the summer of 2013, scandal seeped from the San Diego mayor's office into national headlines. The most salacious headlines involved former mayor Bob Filner's acts of sexual harassment. However, investigation by San Diego's ABC television affiliate revealed sexual harassment was just one of Filner's many abuses of the public trust.Team10 TroubleshooterKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-04-17 | Team 10 Troubleshooter Cristin Severance educates and empowers viewers through her consumer series. These are three examples of the work she does every week to shed light on consumer issues. Her Undercover Car Sting shows consumers how easy it is to be ripped off at the auto repair shop and how to find out the history of shop before you bring them your business. The Toxic Smoke story educated viewers on the harmful chemicals inside their furniture and what's being done to stop this from happening across the U.S. Her investigation into Counterfeit Drugs uncovered a deadly problem happening across the country and how consumers can make sure their doctors are prescribing real medicine and not the fake drugs that are often much cheaper.SONGS SEJKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-03-28 | ...Sweetwater Fire AlarmsKGTV10NEWSITEAM2014-02-08 | ...BP TACKETT HISTORYKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-16 | Aired: 10-25-12BP HUNTER TACKETTKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-16 | Aired: 12-14-12BP Tachiquin AutopsyKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-16 | Aired: 11-29-12BP ShootingKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-16 | Aired: 10-18-12BP TORRES BROSKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-15 | Aired: 07-23-12Spousal Rape FoloKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-15 | Aired: 04/12/2012RED CROSSKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-15 | Aired: 07-12-12LEAD RENTALSKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-15 | Aired: 02-10-11Human TraffickingKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-15 | Aired:5-7-12Ares ArmourKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-13 | Aired: 11-18-2012Playground SafetyKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-13 | Aired: September 25th & 26th, 2012Carlsbad Cold CaseKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-13 | ...Auto Repair ServiceKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-04-13 | Aired:11-01-12Citizens Review BoardKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-02-08 | Aired: CRB#1 02/21/2012, CRB#2 04/18/2012, CRB#3 05/22/2012, CRB#4 08/02/2012EW SCRIPPS BOYSCOUTS IREKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-01-12 | ...Cronkite/Jackson AwardKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-01-10 | We created a TRUTH SQUAD, based on FACTCHECK.org's system for vetting political claims. Mr. Jackson as well as other staffers at FACTCHECK.org talked to our managing editor and the information they provided was the template we tried to duplicate. We created two teams of university students to do the fact checking for the primary season. They could not share their research with each other. Each two person team had a journalism and marketing major provided us by SDSU Journalism & Media Studies internship program. We forwarded under separate cover to enter@usc.edu a sampling of the guides and and final work product of the students. There was a total of nine projects in the semester. The information was used by KGTV reporters/anchors to report during the primary season. The second element of our unique coverage for the political season was an element to also judge the civility of the advertising as well as accuracy. We used a former state assemblyman, a professor of political science and a veteran broadcast political reporter to evaulate the advertising. We have included some examples of additional materials under separate cover. We believe the work KGTV did for the election season is award worthy. Thank you.
Fact Check Ad, Aired: 9/18/12 on 10News@6pm TC: 0:00-2:00 Political Ads, Aired: 10/16/12 on 10News@6pm TC: 2:01-4:05 Manchester Donate, Aired: 10/17/12 on 10News@6pm 4:06-6:35 Anti-Filner, Aired: 10/23/12 on 10News@6pm TC: 6:36-8:39 SD Presidential, Aired: 10/26/12 on 10News@6pm TC: 8:40-10:57 Prop 33, Aired: 10/30/12 on 10News@6pm TC: 10:58-13:25AOC TelecommutingKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-01-09 | Aired: 07-09-12FOOD STAMP FRAUDKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-01-09 | ...Border Patrol ShootingKGTV10NEWSITEAM2013-01-09 | ...Policing the PoliceKGTV10NEWSITEAM2012-06-28 | The three stories in this "Policing the Police" series originally aired on KGTV 10News on 02-21-12, 04-18-12, 05-22-12.California Court Management InvestigatedKGTV10NEWSITEAM2012-06-28 | The three stories in this "California Court Management Investigated" series originally aired on KGTV 10News on 11-17-11, 03-02-12, 05-15-12.Boy Scouts Confidential Files RevealedKGTV10NEWSITEAM2012-06-27 | KGTV 10News aired 05-21-12Drugging SeniorsKGTV10NEWSITEAM2012-04-05 | Aired: 03/02/11The Ultimate Con ManKGTV10NEWSITEAM2012-04-04 | Aired:06/14/11, 07/21/11