Plane crashes in San Diego lot
Plane crashes in San Diego lot
SAN DIEGO
A small plane has crashed in a San Diego shopping center parking lot, killing one woman on board and injuring another.
The single-engine Mooney M-20L went down around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in a parking lot that serves a Costco and a Target store in the Kearny Mesa neighborhood.
Police Lt. Steve Behrendt says the plane clipped the top of the Target store and knocked down a light pole before landing.
The plane caught fire and Behrendt says the dead woman had serious burns. There’s no word on the other woman’s condition.
Ian Gregor of the Federal Aviation Administration says the plane had bounced while landing at nearby Montgomery Field, continued westbound and crashed.
Texas search group resumes drone use
HOUSTON
A Texas-based group that had been embroiled in a legal fight over the use of drones in its searches for missing persons has resumed utilizing the unmanned aircraft.
Texas EquuSearch began using a drone Wednesday in its search in Livingston in East Texas for a 57-year-old man missing since July 9.
The flight is the first since the group received a favorable appeals court ruling earlier this month.
The group had stopped using drones in February after it received what it described as an order from the Federal Aviation Administration to stop the flights.
Texas EquuSearch sued the FAA, and an appeals court ruled earlier this month that the FAA warning to the group had no legal consequences.
Seattle police say one officer issued most pot tickets
SEATTLE
A Seattle police officer has been reassigned after a review found he wrote about 80 percent of marijuana tickets issued in the city during the first half of 2014.
Seattle Police Chief Kathleen O’Toole said Wednesday on the department website that the unidentified officer issued 66 of 83 citations for public pot use in Seattle.
She says that in some cases he added notes to the tickets or addressed them to Seattle City Attorney Pete Holmes. In another case, the officer reportedly said he flipped a coin when deciding which person to cite.
The police chief said the case has been referred to the department’s Office of Professional Accountability. She says the officer won’t be on patrol duties during the investigation.
Associated Press