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A 26-year-old convicted felon pleaded guilty to robbing a Cathedral City marijuana dispensary at gunpoint in 2017. Travion Riddick, formerly of San Bernardino, entered his plea to three felony robbery charges and is scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 6. The robbery occurred on the night of April 26, 2017. Riddick and an unidentified man
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A trial is set to begin Tuesday in the murder case of a 38-year-old Utah man accused of lighting his mother on fire behind the Indio furniture store in which she worked. Israel Ramirez Guardado is charged with first-degree murder, aggravated mayhem and torture, with a special circumstance allegation of inflicting torture in the commission
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A Mecca man convicted for the sexual assault of a 10-year-old in Desert Hot Springs has been sentenced. 22-year-old Angel Lua was arrested on June 28, 2017 for the assault, which was reported on June 10 of that year. Lua broke into the victim’s home, located on the 67000 block of Two Bunch Palms Trail
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A student was stabbed with a knife during an altercation at West Shores High School, officials confirmed to News Channel 3. Coachella Valley Unified School District Superintendent Dr. Maria Gandera wrote in a statement that a student used a knife to assault another student Thursday afternoon at the school, located in Salton City. “It is
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has returned to the area of a shooting earlier today to investigate a second shooting. Deputy Mike Vasquez confirmed that deputies located evidence of a shooting in 52000 block of Tripoli Way in Coachella. The shooting was originally reported just before 8 p.m. Vasquez said evidence suggests that the suspect(s)
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A man was shot to death at an Anza residence where marijuana was being illegally cultivated, but no suspects were in custody today. The shooting happened sometime early Sunday morning at a property in the 39000 block of El Toro Road, just south of Highway 371, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Wally
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UPDATE: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department tells News Channel 3 that the man injured in the shooting died after he was taken to an area hospital. INITIAL REPORT: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shooting in the La Quinta cove area. Deputy Robyn Flores told News Channel 3 the shooting was reported at
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A wanted suspect is in custody following an hour-long search in Desert Hot Springs. Law enforcement was searching the area of Verbena Drive and Ironwood Drive, according to DHSPD. Viewers have called into the newsroom reporting a helicopter flying over the area for the past hour. Authorities did not disclose what the suspect was wanted
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The guardians of a 13-year-old boy who was fatally injured during a confrontation with alleged bullies on a Moreno Valley middle school campus will announce next week their intent to sue the Moreno Valley Unified School District for wrongful death. Felipe and Juana Salcedo had custody of Diego Stolz, who died last month from head
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A drugged driver who plowed into a woman’s car at 100 mph in Cathedral City, killing her and causing major head trauma to her teenage son, was sentenced today to 22-years-to-life in state prison. A Banning jury in September deliberated one day before finding 27-year-old Emanuele Trombini guilty of killing Caryn Clemente while driving under
Continue ReadingA man suspected of a series of thefts and probation violations remained behind bars Thursday night after being arrested in Palm Springs earlier this week. On Tuesday at around 2:00 p.m., a Palm Springs Police Department officer entered the Rite Aid located at 111 South Sunrise Way in Palm Springs to purchase a pack of
Continue ReadingEleven people were arrested during a saturation patrol in La Quinta last Friday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The arrests were announced on Tuesday, and RSO released the suspect booking photos on Wednesday. The operation, which was conducted by the La Quinta Special Enforcement and Traffic Teams, came in response to complaints received
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A judge ruled today there was insufficient evidence for an attempted murder charge in the trial of a 20-year-old man involved in an alleged gang-related shooting in Indio. Dominic McNeal was 18 when the alleged crime occurred, and was one of five people arrested for shooting a gang rival Feb. 23, 2018 in a parking
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The United States Department of Justice announced six men have been federally indicted for their alleged roles in a series of armed robberies at cell phone stores across Southern California, including one store in Riverside County. According to the DOJ, the suspects are accused of “holding store employees at gunpoint, sometimes zip-tying them, then stealing
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Authorities found over half-a-million dollars of marijuana, along with stolen vehicles, at an active grow site in Mountain Center Tuesday morning. Christopher Gerats, 31, and Kevin Valenzuela, 24, both Mountain Center residents, were arrested following the service of three residential search warrants in the community Tuesday at approximately 7:00 a.m., according to Sergeant Frank Schiavone
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Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Little Caesars in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday night. According to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department, the robbery was reported just after 8:40 p.m. at the Little Caesars on Palm Drive, near Ironwood Drive. Police said gunshots were fired during the incident. The store’s manager told News
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UPDATE 10/22/19: The Palm Springs Police Department issued a statement in regard to an error made in an interview with News Channel 3 on Monday. On Saturday, 10/19/2019, the Palm Springs Police Department started an investigation into a hate crime allegation that occurred at 1021 S. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Investigators learned that
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A teenager was arrested over the weekend at the In-N-Out in La Quinta for alleged public intoxication and resisting arrest. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, on Friday at around 10:11 p.m., La Quinta deputies responded to reports of a disturbance between a “large number of subjects” at the In-N-Out on 78611 Highway 111.
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation at a Panda Express in Yucca Valley after something shattered a window Monday evening. The incident happened at the Panda Express on 58493 Highway 62 just before 7:45 p.m. News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia was inside the restaurant when it happened. Glass was shattered all over
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Members of a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department task force took two suspected gang members into custody on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert over the weekend. According to county jail records, Indio residents David Bustos, 20, and Christopher Mendez, 21 were taken into custody early Saturday morning on eastbound I-10 near Bob Hope Drive. At 12:00
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