Crime

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is now investigating the death of a person whose body was found in a burning vehicle over the weekend as a homicide. The incident was first reported at approximately 1:44 am on Saturday when authorities responded to a vehicle fire call in the area of Avenue 57 and Pierce Street.

Police said Saturday evening their search has ended for an inmate who escaped from the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio. The man was arrested Friday for stealing $140,000 from an armored car in Indio. A Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. spokeswoman said 35-year-old Angel Felipe Aleman escaped just before 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon. Residents

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department is now investigating a double shooting from earlier this week as a homicide after one of the victims succumbed to his injuries. The shooting happened Tuesday at around 11:54 p.m. in the area of Santa Cruz Road and West Drive. Officers arrived at the scene and found two victims

A shooting in Desert Hot Springs near the intersection of West Drive and Santa Cruz Road drew police and investigators to the scene. The gunfire, happening during a recent period in which crime rates have generally gone down around the valley. Representatives at valley police departments tell us when it comes to things like burglary,

A man who was fatally shot by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies responding to an alarm call at a gun store in Palm Desert was publicly identified today as a 33-year-old resident of the city. Aaron Solorio Granados died at the scene of the shooting reported in the 41-000 block of Boardwalk on June 23, according

A man and woman accused in the murder of an 18-year-old Victorville resident who was dumped on a Coachella roadside, allegedly to keep her from testifying in a criminal case, entered not guilty pleas today to a slate of charges for which they must now stand trial. Alexis Daniel Rosas of San Diego and Maury

Riverside County could receive up to 500 of the 8,000 inmates due to be released early from state prisons under the governor’s penal system coronavirus mitigation plan, and the “surge” of additional parolees will be difficult to handle, the county’s chief probation officer told the Board of Supervisors today. “We’ve got things to work on

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department arrested a suspect believed to have struck and killed a bicyclist and fleeing the scene last week. Police arrested Yesenia Bibriesca, 31, on Friday along the 16200 Block of Avenida Ramada. Bibriesca is believed to have struck Christopher Jones, 43, of Palm Springs early Wednesday morning along the in

Desert Hot Springs, Calif. – Two men are in jail, accused in a shooting that left another man injured. We brought you this story last week. On Wednesday, July 8, police officers were dispatched to the 68100 Block of Calle Las Tiendas for a gunshot victim around 11:19 a.m. When officers arrived on the scene,

A teenager accused of breaking into a Mecca business and burglarizing the place before setting it ablaze was in custody today on $50,000 bond. Juan Julian Serrano, 19, was arrested Sunday morning on Gota Lane in Thermal on suspicion of burglary and malicious arson and booked at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, according to

A woman accused of burglarizing a home in Palm Desert was arrested following a nearly two-month investigation, authorities said. Gabriella Gonzalez, 49, of Palm Desert was arrested Friday morning in the 74000 block of Hovley Lane East in Palm Desert and booked on suspicion of burglary at the Indio jail, where she remained on $35,000

Authorities believe there may Riverside County victims in the case of a U.S. Forest Service firefighter charged with sexually assaulting a child and possessing child pornography. Jacob Daniel Carothers, 38, of San Jacinto was arrested on July 1 by Newport Beach Police detectives after being accused of groping 12-year-old while she walking on Balboa Peninsula,

The Riverside County Coroner’s office released the identity Thursday of a man killed in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning in Desert Hot Springs. Christopher Jones, 43, of Palm Springs was riding in his bicycle in the area of Two Bunch Palms Trail when he was struck and killed by a vehicle at approximately 5:30 a.m.

The La Quinta Special Enforcement Team discovered an illegal marijuana grow operations at a home in the city Wednesday evening. The special enforcement team served a served a marijuana-related search warrant within the 51000 block of Avenida Obregon in La Quinta on Wednesday at approximately 5:41 p.m. According to the La Quinta Sheriff’s Station, the

Marco Trujillo, 36 of La Quinta, was arrested after deputies say he stole the Q from a La Quinta street sign and vandalized a nearby animal hospital and restaurant Tuesday night. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department writes that the incident first started when deputies were responding to an alarm call at the

An 85-year-old man accused of hitting two pedestrians while driving drunk in Palm Springs, leaving one with fatal injuries, then fleeing the scene, will stand trial for murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Palm Springs resident Leroy Silva is accused in a crash that left Connie Clark of Lemon Grove fatally injured on