Crime

Police have arrested a suspect in a shooting at the Agua Caliente Casino Palm Springs in downtown earlier this week. A spokesperson for the Palm Springs Police Department confirmed the shooting, which happened shortly after 4 a.m. Monday morning. A spokesperson for casino confirmed shooting happened in the parking lot of the casino. Palm Springs

Service was restored shortly before 1:20 p.m. Police and city phone lines are working as normal once again. ====================== According to Palm Springs Police, a power outage is impacting phone lines at the Department and other city buildings in Palm Springs. Emergency 911 lines and non-emergency calls for police and fire service are being handled

A Desert Hot Springs man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in the leg as she slept in her Palm Springs apartment must stand trial on attempted murder and other felony charges, a judge ruled today. Sergio Juan Marques, 41, was arrested about 6 1/2 months after the June 8, 2019, shooting at the Palos Verdes

A 44-year-old inmate from the Coachella Valley area was allegedly pummeled to death by his cellmate at a Central California prison, authorities said Friday. Adrian Rodriguez Jr. died Thursday night at Corcoran State Prison after an attack allegedly perpetrated by 29-year-old Daniel Santos, according to the California Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation. CDCR officials said

A judge today sentenced a Blythe man to 33 years to life in state prison for killing his roommate’s 18-month-old son, saying the defendant has not expressed “any degree of remorse” for his actions. An Indio jury deliberated less than a day in February before finding Jordan Bracamonte, 25, guilty of one count each of

The Banning cemetery shooting is now a triple homicide investigation, police announced. The shooting happened on the evening of August 30 at the Summit Cemetery on 2201 San Gorgonio Avenue. Officers found multiple victims with gunshot wounds at the cemetery. Police have now confirmed that three people were killed in the shooting. The Banning Police

El Centro Sector Border Patrol agents found nearly $16,000 worth of methamphetamine hidden inside two cereal boxes in Calexico early Friday morning. The cereal boxes were found at approximately 2:45 a.m. According to Border Patrol, agents were alerted to a subject who was seen on camera climbing over the Calexico-Mexicali border wall near Second Street

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced today the arrests of 16 men and women stemming from a widespread operation geared at combating gang-related crime in the Coachella Valley. Nearly 150 law enforcement officers from several agencies participated in “Operation Urgent Fury” Thursday in the eastern Coachella Valley, led by the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang

A felon who fired a handgun inside a Desert Hot Springs home occupied by children, then held law enforcement officers at bay for several hours, was sentenced today to 18 years in state prison. Juan Gonzalez Jr., 48, of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty to one count each of assault with a deadly weapon on

A Palm Desert man was in custody Thursday and has been charged with the May 31 firebombing of the East Valley Republican Women Federated (EVRWF) office in La Quinta, according to the Department of Justice. Carlos Espriu, 23, was named in a federal criminal complaint that charged him with attempted arson. Suspect caught on surveillance

A former Coachella Valley school bus driver who inappropriately touched an 11-year-old girl with special needs over the course of several months while on the job was sentenced today to a 12-year probationary term and ordered to complete a sex offender treatment program. Superior Court Judge Bonnie M. Dumanis warned Samuel Raul Ortega that if

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a case of child abuse after a five-month-old male infant brought into the Hi-Desert Medical Center in Twentynine Palms tested positive for methamphetamine. The infant had been brought into the hospital for unknown reasons, however, The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Crimes Against Children Division and

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the murder of an inmate at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Tuesday night. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the incident was first reported at 8:34 P.M. That’s when deputies responded to a housing unit within the facility and found a male suffering from injuries sustained

A 28-year-old man who targeted elderly victims in carrying out a string of residential and commercial break-ins throughout the Coachella Valley was sentenced to more than 17 years in state prison, prosecutors said today. Joseph Foster Ramey of Palm Desert pleaded guilty earlier this year to 22 burglary counts, along with identity theft, vehicle theft,

Deputies who were investigating a shooting attack Monday morning that left 7 people dead discovered an illegal marijuana grow and processing operation. No suspects have yet been arrested, and authorities have not yet identified any of the 7 people who were shot at a home in Aguanga along the 45000 block of Highway 371, west

Palm Springs police said they arrested two suspects accused in an armed robbery at a hotel and subsequent shooting as they attempted to flee. According to police, the robbery happened early Monday morning at a hotel on the 1200 block of East Palm Canyon Drive. A man was reportedly grabbing items from his vehicle when

A convicted felon who engaged in a several-hour standoff with Palm Springs police pleaded guilty to multiple charges today and was immediately sentenced to nearly three years in state prison. Bruce Lombardi of Palm Springs, 37, admitted to being a felon in possession of a firearm — a felony — and a misdemeanor resisting arrest

A 48-year-old man who severely beat his roommate with a metal baseball bat in Cathedral City before robbing him and stealing his car was sentenced today to 23 years to life in state prison. An Indio jury in June found Jason James Allen guilty of attempted murder, torture, aggravated mayhem and other felonies stemming from

Deputies from the Victor Valley Station responded to an active shooter incident at a Lucerne Valley mobile home park on Friday morning. Jodi Miller, public information officer for the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department told News Channel 3 that deputies originally responded to reports of shots fired at the Moss Mobile Manor located on the

Update: All four suspects in the Banning Cemetery shooting are now in custody, according to Banning PD Police have arrested three suspects wanted in connection with a double homicide at a Banning cemetery over the weekend, Banning Police Chief Matthew Hamner told News Channel 3. Chief Hamner said there is still one other suspect wanted