Approximately 10 minutes ago
I'm the suspect was located
inside of the ceiling between
terminals B&C at the airport,
and was taken into custody.
A San Diego man behind bars
accused of breaching security at
a Southern California airport.
His actions delayed
several flights for hours.
Good evening and thanks
for joining us tonight.
I'm Steve Price and I'm
Kirsten homes. That man has been
identified as 51 year old John
Hecker and he faces several charges
tonight after Orange County sheriff's
deputies say he breached airport
security at John Wayne Airport.
Officials say he also stole
an airport vehicle,
then drove it onto the airfield.
News aids. Heather Hope has more.
On this bizarre incident and what
we're learning about the suspect.
Right, Steve and Kirsten Airport officials
are calling this an unusual case where
that San Diego man Johnny Hekker,
believed to have addresses in
Chula Vista and Imperial Beach,
is accused of stealing a John Wayne
airport vehicle before sheriff's deputies
found him hiding within the ceiling,
and the suspect was located
inside of the ceiling holding
onto his pant leg in Orange County
Sheriff's deputy got 51 year old Johnny
Hecker down from hiding inside the
John Wayne Airport ceiling and onto a
ladder before Hecker was handcuffed.
In the journal Building the
airport security breach started Friday
night around 5:30 when an employee says
he spotted Hecker driving on the airfield.
He had a vehicle to control the
vehicle and airport vehicle and
drove it on the airfield and Orange
County Sheriff's spokesperson
says Hecker somehow got into
the secure area of the terminal
in a stolen airport vehicle.
It's unclear what Hecker
was trying to accomplish.
Officials say he is from San Diego
with addresses listed in the South Bay.
The Sheriff's Department
says Hekkers illegal.
Actions caused John Wayne Airport
to go on lockdown for nearly
three hours after an employee
reported it. He activated the
Emergency response system and
alerted law enforcement personnel
who are on site at the airport.
They locked the airport
terminal down and then shortly
after evacuated the airport.
Several planes remained
on the ground at the Santa Ana Airport
halted from taking off during the security
investigation while inside the airport,
frustrated, passengers waited
and sat down during the delay.
That's when authorities searched.
For the suspect and officials say
they noticed ceiling debris on the
floor between terminals B&C and an
employee noticed a hole in the ceiling
and discovered that's where 51 year
old Johnny Hecker had been hiding.
Deputies say after negotiating with
him for half an hour to come down,
they arrested Hecker between
terminals B&C at the airport and
was taken into custody and just
how Hecker got into the airport.
Sailing is under investigation.
The Orange County Sheriff's Department
says it book Hecker into county
jail on charges of vandalism.
And trespassing Heather hope neuzeit
alright Heather. Thank you.
What an absolute mess for those travelers
exactly sitting there for hours.
Probably not even knowing what's going on.
I had no idea what was going on at
the time, and then you watch the
news and find out.
That's why I unfortunately some
sad news to report tragedy for the
Grossmont High School community,
as student killed 3 passengers seriously
hurt in a horrific early morning crash.
Yeah, district officials say
a 12th grader was at the school
or he was a 12th grader at the
school and he was behind the
wheel of his speeding Honda Civic.
The car crashed into a light.
Hold on Fletcher Parkway just
after 2:00 o'clock this morning.
A driver died and two passengers who
were 11th graders were seriously hurt.
A third passenger,
who is not a student at the school,
was also taken to the hospital.
Now police don't know if drugs
or alcohol was a factor yet,
but they are looking
into it. A local rideshare,
drivers group that fought for the
passage of Prop 22 last November
is reacting to last night's ruling,
in which a Bay Area Superior
Court judge ruled that Prop 22
is actually unconstitutional.
Spokesperson for the Protect app
based drivers and Services Coalition
said they believe the judge made
a quote serious error and ignored
a centuries worth of case law.
They say they're going to appeal
the ruling and they're confident
the law will be upheld.
You might remember Prop 22
classified app based drivers as
contractors rather than employees,
making them ineligible for
benefits and job protections that
are required under state law.
It passed about 59% of Californians voting in
favor and to scare early this afternoon.
Some people in the Sandy Cedro neighborhood
when a brush fire erupted right behind
their homes homes along via Suspiro
were evacuated as a precaution after
the fire began on the edge of a ramp
connecting I5 and State Route 905.
A burn about 3/4 of an acre and
was dangerously close to a fence.
But San Diego and Chula Vista firefighters
were able to stop the fire before
it could spread to any structures,
and thankfully the marine layer is
keeping fire conditions down along the
coast and even bringing some drizzle.
To the east
county. So the big question
is more rain on the way?
Or will the sun pop out?
Let's check in with meteorologist
Sean Styles joining us now with the
first signature microclimate forecast.
Sean are you?
I mean it says August 21st on
the calendar, but I know I don't know.
Kooky, huh? I tell you what you're
going to get your August weather in
about five or six days today we were 76.
That's the average overnight low.
It's as close as you're going to
get without it being spot on 6867.
Yeah, the drizzle. It's probably
going to come back again tomorrow.
It's a little cut off.
Low is just spinning offshore from us.
That's why we've got these onshore winds.
Not that dramatic,
but enough to fan flames,
and that's why firefighters are
reacting so quickly to these fires.
When they do erupt humidity.
Fortunately with that onshore flow,
bringing in moisture levels much higher
than we would see for this time of year,
all the way into the inland microclimates
along the coastline mid to upper 50s,
low 60%.
So we're looking at some pretty
decent conditions as far as
suppressing fires tomorrow 74.
Chance of drizzle again along
the coastline we start to see
a slight warm up coastal.
It's inland where we'll start to
see temperatures ramp up quickly,
and by the time we get to midweek that
86 will look like some cool weather.
I'll explain why in
just a bit. Alright Sean will see you then
the fight against Parkinson's disease.
It can't be one alone support from many is
key and that is why hundreds gathered
at Liberty Station today for the
Parkinson's Association of San
Diego's step-by-step fundraiser.
Now this was their first
in person walks in 2019.
Our color chickeeto held down his
MC money raised goes to support the
Parkinson's associations programs
offered for free to Sandy Agens,
dealing with the disease.
More than 700 people were signed up for
the walk, and they were able to raise.
Listen to this $160,000.
Great work, awesome.
Well as we
all know, buying a home in
San Diego is hard enough,
but racial inequities can make it
even tougher for people of color.
This morning, a program launched to help
local black families become homeowners.
This San Diego Black Home Buyers
program is dishing out more than
$1,000,000 to dozens of black families.
Several organizations, including the
San Diego Foundation Urban League,
San Diego and local Initiatives Support
Corporation are all helping out.
With this program,
not only are families getting cash
to help with the down payment,
they also will receive financial
literacy training.
San Diego Convoy District is a staple
for the Asian American community,
and this afternoon it gained a huge honor.
The city of San Diego unveiled a
new name for the block of Arrow
Drive that goes over the 163.
It's now named Deegan and Steven
Lu Drive and honors the local loop
family who run a few successful
businesses from the area.
Sadly, Deegan Lou died in 2013
and Steven died earlier.
This year this is also the first
public street sign in the city with
a Chinese English translation.
I tell you what I have seen.
That convoy district just transformed
over the past couple of fun.
It's amazing. Yes,
I'm a fan, right fan? It's like
for a month at a different spot.
I love it. Alright so.