Crime

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A Yucca Valley High School teacher was arrested Wednesday morning for embezzlement from the school’s Parent Teacher Organization.  The Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Department reports that on June 18, a member of the Parent Teacher Organization called law enforcement to report the unauthorized withdrawal of funds from the PTO account.  The

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A mother and her son were charged in connection with the death of a 24-year-old Indio woman who was found last week near the Coachella Valley Rescue Mission campus. Mario Morales Jr., 25, of Coachella, faces multiple charges, including murder, for the death of his girlfriend, Alexis Cano. He pleaded not

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ)- A Desert Hot Springs man was arrested in connection to the hit and run crash resulting in injuries of a bicyclist Sunday.  At approximately 2:45 p.m., Cathedral City Police Dispatch received multiple emergency calls reporting a vehicle hitting a bicyclist along Date Palm and Perez Road. Police said the 30-year-old victim

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — A 24-year-old woman was found dead in her Indio-area home early Thursday, and authorities say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to a possible homicide around 7:02 a.m. in the 84000 block of Manila Avenue, in an unincorporated area near Indio.

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The sentencing was once again rescheduled for a former attorney convicted for his role in the murder of a Palm Springs art dealer. In 2022, David Replogle, 76, was convicted of murder and multiple other charges following a retrial for the 2008 death and disappearance of 74-year-old Clifford Lambert. Clifford Lambert

UPDATE 6/30/25 A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Orlando Lara. The suspect, a 43-year-old man from Beaumont, was arrested Friday in Banning. The suspect is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. UPDATE 6/27/2025: Sheriff’s investigators identified the man in this case as 50-year-old Banning resident Orlando Lara. The investigation

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon accused of killing a 30-year-old Cabazon man whose disappearance remained a mystery until his remains were located more than two years later must stand trial for first-degree murder, a judge ruled today. Shannon McCloud Collins, 48, of Cabazon was arrested last year following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who behaved like a “cowboy” during a deadly arrest targeting a man with whom he was at odds over a woman was convicted today of voluntary manslaughter and other offenses. An Indio jury deliberated less than two days before finding Oscar Rodriguez, 44, guilty of the

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Desert man known as the former drummer of the indie power-pop group the New Pornographers pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and recording a minor in a public restroom at a local restaurant. Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, pleaded guilty to multiple charges on Wednesday, according to court

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Testimony is slated to wrap up before the end of the week in the trial of a 43-year-old Banning man accused of raping two women on separate occasions while they were intoxicated, as well as molesting a 12-year-old girl.   Steven Roy McElroy was arrested in 2022 following an extensive Banning Police

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella man with outstanding warrants who led deputies on a vehicle pursuit was bound for state prison today to serve one year and four months. Trevor Alexander Berry, 46, was arrested June 11 after fleeing from Riverside County sheriff’s deputies, authorities said.    Berry pleaded not guilty for evading arrest

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) – An Apple Valley man who’s a registered sex offender was accused on Tuesday of attempting to contact a minor for lewd acts. Detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station arrested Douglas Bergschneider, accusing him of communicating with and sending explicit photographs to a 13-year-old girl from

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)– Charges have been filed against the Palm Desert man accused of the Cathedral City overdose death this past January.  William Joesph Leonard, 55, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and distribution of controlled substances. He was arraigned earlier today in court at the Larson Justice Center in Indio where he pleaded not