Crime

The Riverside County Coroner’s office released the identity of a 17-year-old teen killed in a shooting last week in Cathedral City. The suspect in the murder pleaded not guilty on Thursday. Isaiah Guerra of Cathedral City was shot Saturday night at around 7:45 p.m. near Avenida Alvera and McCallum Way, according to the Cathedral City

A Thermal man was taken into custody Tuesday linked to numerous agricultural thefts around the east valley. The Riverside County Sheriffs Department said deputies arrested Sosafat Garcia, 29, yesterday. He was wanted for multiple felony warrants. Sosafat Garcia, 29, Thermal Investigators say Garcia was wanted for a carjacking at gunpoint January 15th near Harrison Street

A man is in custody after allegedly stabbing a person in downtown Palm Springs Tuesday afternoon. The incident was reported at around 2:08 p.m. The scene is located near the Castañeda’s on the 400 block of S Indian Canyon Drive, located between Ramon Road and E. Arenas Road. The suspect was identified as Juan Garcia,

A 19-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder and other charges stemming from a shooting in Cathedral City that police say involved some of the same suspected gang members accused in another shooting hours before that left a man dead and his 11-year-old daughter wounded. Ethan Bravo, of Cathedral City, is scheduled to

A person has been transported to a local hospital after being shot in a Mecca neighborhood Friday night. The shooting was reported at approximately 9:05 p.m. in the area of 7th Street and Dale Kiler Road. According to Deputy Robyn Flores, deputies located a victim with a gunshot wound. The victim’s injuries don’t appear to

The Cathedral City Police Department announced the arrests of two men believed to be responsible for the shooting of a man at his doorstep and another connected house shooting last week. Two other men remain on the loose. On March 23, Ruben Hernandez, 43, and his 10-year-old daughter were shot in their home on 29000

Two valley agencies are searching for a person who reportedly damaged two patrol cars on Friday, one from Indio Police and the other from the California Highway Patrol Office also in Indio. According to a news release by the Indio Police Department on Sunday, at around 11:45 p.m. Friday, an on-duty Indio Police Officer, driving

UPDATE: Early Tuesday morning, police confirmed there was also a second incident on the 3300 block of Wishing Well Trail at approximately 2 a.m. Police said they will release more information on that second crime, but would not say if the two crimes were connected. A man was killed, a juvenile injured after being shot

Authorities put out the call today for information on a motorist whose car hit a man in the roadway in Coachella last night and fled the scene. The hit-and-run was reported at approximately 9:20 p.m. on Thursday at the intersection of Cesar Chavez Street and Bagdad Avenue, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Arriving

A soccer coach with the Coachella Valley Unified School District was arrested on Thursday after being accused of inappropriately touching several students, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced. Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso, 24, of Salton City was arrested at his place of employment along Indio Boulevard. Troncoso was a CVUSD contract employee, coach of the

Indio Police are searching for a suspect in an armed robbery at a park near Clinton Street and Palmwood Drive. According to Ben Guitron, public information officer for Indio Police, a suspect armed with a handgun robbed a person near the park. The victim was not injured. Police were called at approximately 7:44 p.m. Officers

A stabbing in the southwest corner of Jefferson and Highway 111 has turned fatal leaving one man dead. The incident occurred in the parking lot of Circle K in Indio around 12:55 a.m. Saturday morning. Officers received a call of “suspects fighting” and witnessed a male victim with multiple stab wounds upon arrival. The victim

A teenager was arrested in connection with the brutal attack on a 17-year-old at the Riverside County National Date Festival in Indio last month. The assault happened back on Feb. 18. A 17-year-old San Jacinto teen and his girlfriend went to the festival. Lora Wood, the mother of the victim, told News Channel 3 that

Kelly Barnes-Garcia, 41, was arrested on Monday for allegedly embezzling over $50,000 from an east valley construction company in a case that dates back to 2016. According to the arrest warrant, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was first notified of the possible embezzlement of the Coachella-based Jones Brothers Construction on Aug. 4, 2016. The company’s

A fugitive sought for their alleged role in deadly shooting outside a Cathedral City strip club is back in Riverside County after being arrested in Mexico last week. Guillermo Cintora Gomez, 24, of Coachella was arrested by Mexican authorities on Thursday in the city of Ixtlán de los Hervores in the Mexican state of Michoacan,

Police arrested a 17-year-old accused of murder in Cathedral City Tuesday morning. Tuesday at approximately 7:15 a.m., police found Leonardo Valadez, 32, on the 68300 Block of McCallum Way dead inside a parked vehicle with several gunshot wounds. According to the Cathedral City Police Department, detectives were able to identify the suspect in this murder

Update – 3/11/2020 Police announced a 17-year-old from Palm Springs was arrested in connection with the murder. Details: 17-year-old arrested for murder in Cathedral City Original Report – 3/10/2020 Cathedral City Police were conducting a homicide investigation Tuesday after a man’s body was found inside a parked vehicle. Police were called to the 68300 Block