Month: May 2011

Jurors will resume deliberating today in the trial of an admitted drug dealer who allegedly opened fire on a car, killing a 19-year-old Indio man and wounding two other people in a dispute over money. Christian Kong, 20, could face 60 years to life in prison if convicted of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted

Cathedral City police were searching for a stolen truck on Thursday after three separate drivers told police a man threatened them at knife-point. All three said they were confronted by the man in the large shopping center parking lot located along the 31500 block of Date Palm Drive, at the intersection of Baristo, around 10:45

Cathedral City police were investigating a man’s claims he was attacked on Wednesday night, and then driven to a nearby home by his suspected attackers. The incident was reported at the home along the 32000 block of Pueblo Trail around 10 p.m. on Wednesday night. The victim told police he was attacked by a group

The Palm Springs City Council gave unanimous approval to a resolution on Wednesday night supporting the legalization of same-sex marriage. The resolution doesn’t change the controversial law banning such marriages, but it does make Palm Springs one of the first cities to officially go on the record in favor of reversing the law approved by

An admitted drug dealer who opened fire on a car, killing a 19-year-old Indio man and wounding two other people in a dispute over money, was convicted today of second-degree murder and attempted murder counts. Prosecutors had sought a first-degree murder conviction for Christian Kong, 20. In addition to second-degree murder, jurors found Kong guilty

A Palm Springs police employee who works with children as part of her job was accused of having an ongoing sexual relationship with a teenager. Cathedral City Police say they were investigating claims that Alanna Reichle, 33, was having sexual relations with a 17-year-old boy over the past year. Investigators arrested her at her home

Four schools were placed under locked down for about an hour on Thursday morning as Indio police searched for a man wanted in connection with an armed robbery. Police spokesman Ben Guitron told News Channel 3 police combed an area of Monroe Street near Buckingham and Sherwood searching for the suspect around 11:15. He was

Indio police arrested a parking attendant for the Stagecoach Music Festival after a woman claimed she was raped by him while waiting for her friends at her car. Officers responded to reports of a sexual assault at one of the overflow parking lots on Saturday at about 9:50 p.m., where they found a 23-year-old woman

A U.S. Border Patrol agent was arrested today on sexual battery and kidnapping charges stemming from an alleged attack on a female Mexican national more than two years ago, according to the Banning Police Department. Arturo Ascencio, who is assigned to the Border Patrol’s Indio station, has been placed on unpaid administrative leave pending the

A Cathedral City man, who claimed self-defense for shooting at a neighbor who he suspected of beating up his stepfather, was acquitted of attempted murder, his attorney said today. Derek Nigel Lopez, 33, was also found not guilty on Wednesday of a charge of shooting at an occupied vehicle. Attorney Mark Sullivan told jurors that

Los restos fueron encontrados a eso de las 2:00pm en los campos de cultivo de la compaia Prime Time por unos empleados del lugar. El mdico Forence dice que se trata de una mujer adulta y que se investiga el caso como una muerte sospechosa. Si usted tiene informacin que pueda esclarecer este caso, comuniquese

Ayer a las 7:45 a.m. un conductor ebrio circulaba en su auto por la Palm Drive y 4th Street en Desert Hot Springs donde atropell a un peatn. Al llegar al lugar los paramdicos encontraron a la vctima de 54 aos tirada en el piso y al chofer quejndose de dolor de espalda y cuello.

La polica recibi una llamada annima el pasado martes a las 5:00 a.m. que reportaba que en un apartamento ubicado sobre Washington Street en La Quinta se escuchaban los de una mujer, cuando los agentes llegaron al lugar, Jonathan Rossman de 28 aos residente de Bermuda Dunes sala del apartamento y llevaba con el una

Ayer en la noche se registr una pelea en el rea de Ramon Road en Catedral City. Dos sujetos apualaron en repetidas ocasiones a su vctima dejndole herido de gravedad. Los agentes cuentan con la descripcin de los hombres y el vehculo en que huyeron. La vctima se recupera en el hospital y de momento

Las autoridades investigan para dar con los responsables de vandalizar el parque para perros que se ubica sobre University Park Drive al suroeste de Cook Street en Palm Desert. Los vndalos derribaron varios postes del alumbrado del parque, quebraron las cajas de fusibles y daaron el sistema de irrigacin adems de robarse cobre. Hasta el

Coachella police officers were investigating the discovery of a body on a Coachella ranch on Wednesday. Riverside County sheriff’s deputies were called to the Prime Time DAFCO Ranch, located at Fillmore and 50th Avenue, around 2 p.m,, according to Cpt. Ray Gregory. Workers on the ranch had discovered the body outside and had called authorities.

Las autoridades investigan en torno al hallazgo del cadver de una mujer en una parcela de elote en el rea de Fillmore Street y Ave 50 en Coachella. Oficiales del departamento de homicidios no han revelado mucha informacin al respecto, solo se sabe que no han podido determinar cuando tiempo tena el cuerpo tirado en

Tras las rejas se encuentra una mujer acusada de relaciones sexuales con un joven de 17 aos. Alanna Reichle de 33 aos funga como directora de actividades policiales del Valle de Coachella y es empelada del Departamento de Polica de Palm Springs. Ella trabajaba con menores de edad para mantenerlos alejados de las drogas.

4 Escuelas fueron incomunicadas como medida de precaucin esta maana mientras la Polica de Indio buscaba al sospechoso de un robo a mano armada. El vocero de la polica Ben Guitrn inform que agentes rastrearon el rea de las calles Buckingham y Sherwood cerca de la calle Monroe. Las escuelas incomunicadas son: LBJ E lementary,

Many have experienced the pain at the pump, but some people are now experiencing even more pain at the rental car counter. Many major rental car companies now charge between $7 to $9 a gallon for customers who don’t prepay for gas and don’t return the vehicle with a full tank. It was a shock