Crime

A 25-year-old Indio man pleaded not guilty to a murder charge today in the shooting death of a woman found dead in her home. The body was discovered around 1:40 p.m. Tuesday in a home at 38555 Rancho Los Coyotes Drive, said Indio police spokesman Benjamin Guitron. He said the woman, identified by coroner’s officials

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the woman found dead with gunshot wounds in an Indio home Tuesday afternoon. Authorities found the body of Angela Struzas, 32, of Indio inside a home on the 38500 block of Rancho Los Coyotes. Investigators eventually determined the death was a homicide and were able

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Cathedral City man connected to a home invasion robbery and three additional residential burglaries. Angel Garcia, 35, was arrested on early Wednesday morning in Cathedral City. The home invasion robbery was reported on Wednesday at approximately 5:19 a.m. on the 30th block of Mirage Cove Drive in Rancho

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is searching for a suspect in an armed carjacking this afternoon in the east valley. Deputy Robyn Flores, RSO’s public information officer, said at approximately 4:02 p.m., an unknown male approached a vehicle on Harrison Street and Avenue 77 in Oasis. The suspect held the driver at gunpoint and stole

Morongo Unified School District has released a statement the day after it was announced that a former assistant football coach at Yucca Valley High School was arrested on suspicion of child sex crimes. Jonathan Andrew Linn, 55, was arrested in Pioneertown by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at around 4 p.m. Tuesday, jail records

A local musician, and high school football coach, who played at Stagecoach in 2010 was arrested Tuesday afternoon and faces three felony charges. Jonathan Andrew Linn, 55, of the John Linn Band, was arrested in Pioneertown by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department at around 4 p.m., jail records show. Deputies from San Bernardino County

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was investigating a shooting Tuesday afternoon in Coachella. The violence was reported at approximately 4:30 p.m. near the area of Avenue 52 and Date Avenue. Victim’s vehicle crashed into a pole Deputy Robyn Flores told News Channel 3 deputies arrived at the scene and found evidence of a shooting. Authorities

The Banning Police Department is investigating a shooting that took the life of a male over the weekend. Police received several reports of shots fired in the area of 4th Street and Wilson Street on Friday at approximately 8:57 p.m. When officers arrived, they contacted several young adults in the 400 block of W. Wilson

Viewer video of the crash A driver was arrested over the weekend after crashing into a Palm Desert home. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the crash was reported occurred on Saturday at 11:41 p.m. The home is located in the 39800 block of Palm Greens Parkway. The Sheriffs Department confirmed that no one

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is asking people to use caution when opening their vehicle doors after two suspicious incidents involving razor blades. Two seemingly unrelated instances of blades being found on vehicles happened on consecutive dates in Temecula, according to investigators. The first was reported late Thursday morning on Carleton Way. Investigators found “razor

A man is behind bars after allegedly driving under the influence, leading police on a pursuit, and attacking a K9. Robert Martini, 52, was arrested Friday night at a parking lot in Palm Springs. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, at approximately 10:44 p.m., an officer saw a vehicle being driven erratically, almost striking