Crime

A Yucca Valley man was in custody Friday morning accused in an attempted murder where the alleged victim was bound, burned, and tortured. San Bernardino County Sheriffs Detectives arrested Steven Perez, 35, Thursday while serving a series of search warrants in Yucca Valley and say they recovering evidence related to the alleged crime. Deputies said

Border Patrol agents located a previously deported convicted murderer who illegally re-entered the United States earlier this week. According to border patrol, a Mexican national, 39, was found in the backseat of a vehicle with another woman who illegally entered the country on Wednesday at approximately 9:15 a.m. in the area of Frink Road and

An anonymous video sent to News Channel 3 shows a suspect on the ground while three Riverside County Deputies punch and knee him. The Sheriff’s Department says in a news release that they responded to a call of a man “disturbing the peace” Monday just after 11 in the morning. When Deputies approached, the Sheriff’s

The Palm Springs Police Departments is searching for a suspect(s) responsible for vandalizing a home Friday weekend, spray-painting a racial slur over the garage door. The home is located near the intersection of N Sunrise Way and E Francis Drive. Police say the suspect caused around $800 in damages. The caretaker of the home spoke

A 40-year-old Vista man was arrested on Friday after authorities say he tried to enter the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center (MCAGCC) in Twentynine Palms using a fake ID card. Deputies from the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station were called to the 3400 block of Adobe Road to assist Provost Marshal Officers with the suspect

The Indio Police Department arrested a suspect who authorities say led officers on a pursuit early Tuesday morning. The incident began at around 4:30 a.m. in the area of Indio Boulevard and Smurr Street. This is where officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a blue four-door 2007 Chrysler Sebring for vehicle code violations.

Four people were arrested Monday morning for an alleged residential burglary in Cabazon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the victim was alerted to the burglary by video surveillance. Deputies were dispatch to the 9000 block of Mias Canyon Road at approximately 7:30 a.m. About 15 minutes later, deputies saw what they believed could

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released body-cam footage of a deadly deputy-involved shooting that occurred on April 1, 2020, in the unincorporated community of Aguanga. A news release by the Sheriff’s Department from that day reveals that deputies attempted to conduct a stop on a suspected stolen truck and trailer in the area of Rancho

The local community is coming together to help a gardener who had his truck stolen while working at a home in Desert Hot Springs Thursday morning. The theft was captured on a surveillance camera. It shows the gardener, identified as Jaime Franco, walking to the home with a tool in hand. Seconds after Franco entered

A Palm Springs parolee was in jail Monday, held without bail, accused of brandishing a gun and reckless driving while leading police on a pursuit. Police say Keith Acedo, 43, was seen driving a white Ford Explorer westbound on Ramon Road at 5:21 p.m. Sunday waving a handgun out of the vehicle. He reportedly refused

Riverside County Sheriff’s Department pulled over a car for reckless driving on Friday just after 10:30 pm. During a vehicle check Deputies found a loaded Glock 27 (.40 caliber) handgun, a Glock 19 (9mm) handgun, and a MK IV (.45 caliber) assault type pistol with a threaded barrel, on the floorboard of the right rear

A 22-year-old parolee allegedly crashed his vehicle into a Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and two other vehicles while trying to escape authorities Wednesday afternoon, the Sheriff’s Department announced. According to the Sheriff’s Department, a deputy attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on Gabriel Ruiz of Palm Desert Wednesday at around 3:15 p.m. near the

Indio Police confirmed to KESQ News Channel 3 they were serving a search warrant Thursday morning as part of a robbery investigation. A department spokesman, Ben Guitron, said the police activity was underway along the 80,000 block of Columbia Avenue in a neighborhood just southeast of Miles Avenue and Madison Street at 7:03 a.m. The

A Palm Desert man accused of tossing his one-year-old daughter to her death from a cliff on Highway 74 was arraigned this afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Adam Slater, 49, pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges. Slater could be eligible for the death penalty should the District Attorney’s office

A registered sex offender is dead after a fatal stabbing at a gas station led to a deadly deputy-involved shooting Sunday night in Joshua Tree. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, deputies from the Morongo Basin station were called to the Valero gas station on 61794 Twentynine Palms Highway in Joshua Tree at

Carl Brines, provided photo from husband Palm Springs Police confirm they are searching for a missing 65-year old man who was last seen on Saturday afternoon May 2nd. Carl Brines’ husband says Brines left his phone and wallet at home. Brines is described as a 65-year old man, roughly 270 lbs, 6 feet tall, white

A Palm Desert man accused of tossing his one-year-old daughter to her death from a cliff on Highway 74 after stabbing her mother has been charged with first-degree murder and other charges. Adam Slater, 49, was arrested Thursday night in connection with a sequence of events the previous day that included two separate stabbing attacks