Crime

Indio police were in the Colony Park neighborhood searching for a suspect in a shots fired call Thursday afternoon. According to Ben Guitron, public information officer for the Indio Police Department, said the department received the shots fired call at around 7:50 p.m. in the area of John Nobles Avenue and Arabia Street. This is

Indio Police were investigating a deadly shooting that occurred in the city Wednesday night. Police were called to the 85100 block of Armata Street at 10:30 p.m. in a neighborhood near Hoover Street and Fred Waring Drive. The original call to police was about a disturbance and then a gunshot. Officers found a man who’d

Palm Springs Police officers say they found a loaded firearm and a suspected methamphetamine in a vehicle during a traffic stop. The traffic stop happened Wednesday at around 10:22 p.m. on the 400 Block of E. Amado Road. Police say they stopped the vehicle for a minor traffic violation but did not disclose what exactly

First responders were attacked by a motorist involved in a Mecca traffic collision Tuesday night, according to police. CalFire says two vehicles collided on State Highway 86 near Avenue 66 just before 7:30 p.m. One of those vehicles rolled over causing traffic to be blocked, according to the California Highway Patrol. Police said one of

Robert Eric Stahlnecker, 48, of Twentynine Palms was found guilty of one count of making threats by interstate commerce and five counts of anonymous telecommunications harassment, the Department of Justice announced on Thursday. A federal jury acquitted him of two additional counts of threatening federal employees. According to the DOJ, Stahlnecker made multiple abusive telephone

A transient accused of igniting nine brush fires over two days along Interstate 10 in Palm Desert is being held on $315,000 bail while awaiting his first court appearance tomorrow. Jose Ruben Rodriguez Jose Ruben Rodriguez, 34, was arrested at a homeless encampment in Palm Desert late last month and booked at the Indio jail

Palm Springs Police were investigating a vehicle to vehicle shooting early Wednesday morning that caused no injuries but damaged a car. The victim was driving along South Gene Autry Trail near East Ramon Road at 12:24 a.m. when shots were fired by someone in a nearby vehicle, according to Palm Springs Police Department Sgt. Mike

Retired Palm Springs resident Mark Sherman and his spouse Victor Poglinco enjoy their home in the Four Seasons community on the north end of Sunrise Way. But, it’s what’s happening around their home is what their worried about.  “All we want is some action.  There is a lot of concerns.  This seems to be growing

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is at the scene of a barricaded suspect at a home in the community of Landers, which is north of Yucca Valley off Highway 247. According to a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department, the situation began just after noon when deputies attempted to stop a driver on Twentynine Palms

Jimmy Williams Jr., 44 of Desert Hot Springs was arrested on Wednesday for his suspected role in a burglary at a gun store in an unincorporated area of Palm Desert. The theft occurred back on May 23. Surveillance video captured the thief reach into a gun display case that was inadvertently left slightly open and

The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force arrested two women accused of prostitution and maintaining a brothel in Palm Springs. Si Liang, 57, and Ying Zhou, 57, both from Desert Hot Springs, were arrested Wednesday afternoon at the 400 block of S. El Cielo Drive in Palm Springs. RCAHT did not identify any victims of

Two former Desert Sands Unified School District volunteers who are accused of sex crimes involving children entered not guilty pleas to felony and misdemeanor charges and are due back at the Larson Justice Center on July 10 for a trial-readiness conference. Palm Desert residents Devin Daniel Lujan, 28, and James McCall Anderson, 32, were re-arraigned

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department detained suspects found with a vehicle reported stolen at the Bermuda Dunes Country Club Tuesday night. According to the Sheriff’s Department, deputies were originally dispatched to respond to a “disturb the peace call” on the 79000 block of 4 Paths Lane in Bermuda Dunes at approximately 5:54 p.m. Deputies arrived

On Monday, we reported that the Republican Headquarters in La Quinta was vandalized over the weekend. The building’s windows were boarded up and glass was still visible outside. Details: Republican headquarters in La Quinta closed due to vandalism Photo of Republican Headquarters on 6/1/20 Very little information was known at the time. Cal Fire later

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting in the area of Agua Blanca Street in the city of Coachella Tuesday afternoon. According to Corporal Murphy, a spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to the area at around 12:28 p.m. following reports of an assault with a deadly weapon. Deputies arrived at