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The Palm Springs Police Department announced a teenager will face charges for allegedly making a bomb threat against their middle school. On Tuesday afternoon, Raymond Cree Middle School staff alerted PSPD to a possible threat made against the school. A Raymond Cree student had made a post on social media that “included a bomb threat
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The Palm Springs Police Department is investigating a bomb threat made against Raymond Cree Middle School. According to PSPD, at about 2:50 p.m. on Tuesday, Raymond Cree Middle School staff notified the department of a possible threat at the school. A social media post by a Raymond Cree student “included a bomb threat that was
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A surveillance video shows a crook stealing packages from a front porch. Unfortunately it seems like we’re seeing videos like this almost daily. It’s happening at homes around the desert. “I definitely think about the safety of our communities in making sure people take precautions when they start having packages shipped for the holidays,” said
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On Tuesday afternoon, the Cathedral City Police Department issued a warning of a possible law enforcement impersonator lurking in the city. On Monday night, a Cathedral City resident sent CCPD video footage from a Ring doorbell camera of a man who went to the front door of the residence, located on the 68600 block of
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A 38-year-old Utah man has been found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally burning his mother in Indio last year. Israel Ramirez Guardado, who acted as his own attorney, offered his summation this afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. The jury deliberated for about an hour before reaching their verdict. #GUARDADOTRIAL #Verdict has
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Palm Springs Police confirmed Tuesday morning that they were investigating a student who posted a non-specific threat against schools on social media Monday, but that the student stated he never intended to shoot anyone. In an update sent out at 9:30 a.m., PSPD announced that they, in conjunction with CCPD, arrested the juvenile connected to
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There was a heavy police presence in a neighborhood near Highway 111 and Deep Canyon in Palm Desert on Monday evening. Callers into the News Channel 3 newsroom reported hearing shots fired in that area at approximately 7:30 p.m. Deputies said they found no evidence of any shooting or a victim, but they did find
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A Yucca Valley man died on Sunday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound after a lengthy barricade which ended after deputies utilized a robot to clear their entry into the suspect’s residence. 52-year-old David Rodrigue was pronounced dead a residence on the 58100 block of Pimlico Street which was at the center of the barricade.
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The Indio Police Department is continuing its search for two males who fled from a car that crashed into a stopped Sunbus and multiple other vehicles after running a red light Friday afternoon. According to Ben Guitron, public information officer for IPD, The incident started at approximately 2:45 p.m. when an officer spotted a grey
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A Riverside man who allegedly tried to kill a peace officer on Thanksgiving was arrested and jailed, police said today. Police responded to a call of a domestic disturbance at an apartment in the 3600 block of Chestnut Street about 7:45 a.m. Thursday and were told the suspect appeared to be drunk and was throwing
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Riverside County Animal Services officers put a stop to a cockfighting operation on Thanksgiving morning in Thermal. According to John Welsh, public information specialist for RCAS, at 7:40 a.m., the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department alerted animal services to an illegal cockfighting operation “set up deep inside some lemon orchards near avenue 77 and Polk Street.”
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A Special Enforcement Team in La Quinta served a search warrant at the home of a 64-year-old parolee and found items that led to his arrest, authorities announced on Wednesday. The warrant was served at 12:27 p.m. Wednesday in the 78600 block of Avenida La Torres, Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. David Aldrich said. It was
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released the identity of a homicide victim whose body was found in Thermal in May. 35-year-old Rafael Machuca’s body was found near the intersection of Avenue 58 and Buchanan Street in Thermal at around 6:26 a.m. on May 14. The next day, the Sheriff’s Department confirmed to News Channel
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Police arrested an Indio man Tuesday for possessing heroin for sale. The Riverside County Sheriffs Department says La Quinta Police Officers stopped Francisco Lopez, 46, along the 78600-block of Avenida La Torres Tuesday afternoon. Officers say they found half a pound of heroin on Lopez and said he planned to sell it. Sheriffs deputies obtained
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A felony complaint obtained by News Channel 3 on Tuesday has revealed more information about the killing of a man whose body was found in a garbage can in La Quinta last week. On Tuesday, 32-year-old Cristina Noelle Canimo of Palm Desert was set to be arraigned for murder. Her arraignment was postponed until December
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Seven juveniles were taken into custody by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies on Monday night in connection with the attempted thefts and subsequent crashes of landscaping machinery in Thousand Palms. At 8:09 p.m. Monday, deputies assigned to the Palm Desert station responded to the 72000 block of Manufacturing Road in Thousand Palms in reference to an
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Four suspected gang members, including a teenage boy, were taken into custody today in connection with an assault inside a Cathedral City business that left a man with serious injuries. The attack, which occurred last Saturday at an unnamed business in the 34000 block of Date Palm Drive, left the unidentified victim with injuries to
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is seeking two juvenile suspects suspected of joyriding a pair of forklifts in Thousand Palms on Monday afternoon. At 1:19 p.m., deputies responded to a report of two juveniles riding a pair of forklifts in the area of Calle Jessica and Datil Road in Thousand Palms. Upon arrival, the juveniles
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Bureau has released the identity of a Beaumont man fatally struck in a hit-and-run collision in Banning over the weekend. 52-year-old Rene Rivoli died on Saturday at 5 p.m. after being struck by an unknown vehicle in front of the Margarita Motel at 1551 West Ramsey Street. The incident was reported
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Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies are investigating a shooting incident in Coachella. It happened just before 1:00 Saturday afternoon on Avenue 49 and Grapefruit Boulevard. A spokesperson for the sheriff’s department tells News Channel 3 no one was injured. The department has not confirmed where the gunfire was directed. No arrests have been made in the
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