INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) — Arrests at the 2026 Stagecoach Music Festival fell about 21% from last year, according to data released by the Indio Police Department. Police reported 119 total arrests during the three-day country music festival, down from 151 arrests in 2025. The festival ran April 24–26, with campers arriving the day before. False
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UPDATE 4/26 7:30 p.m.: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs Police say a barricaded suspect believed to be responsible for shooting one person, died by a self-inflicted gunshot wound Sunday evening. This is a developing story. Stick with News Channel 3 for the latest details. 4/26 4 p.m.: PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm
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PLACENTIA, Calif. (KESQ) – An on-duty CAL FIRE firefighter-paramedic was arrested following an investigation into allegations of sexual assault, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced. The firefighter, identified as a 51-year-old man from Placentia, was arrested on Friday morning. He was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center. Authorities said he faces charges of false
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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 78-year-old man is facing charges after discharging a firearm in a Cathedral City home, nearly injuring his son, police said. The incident was first reported at around 10:30 p.m. on the 68100 block of Tortuga Road, near Avenida La Paz. Police said the man fired the gun at his
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – An investigation is underway after a human skull was found in Twentynine Palms. The skull was found on Wednesday morning by a hiker in a desert area near Adobe Road and Baseline Road, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The Sheriff’s Specialized Investigations Division – Homicide Detail responded
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A documented gang member accused, along with two teenage boys, of gunning down a 36-year-old Cathedral City man pleaded not guilty today to first-degree murder and other charges. Gabriel Isaiah Rocha Jr., 19, of Cathedral City, was arrested earlier this month following a nearly two-month investigation by the Cathedral City Police
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LA QUINTA, Calif. (KESQ) – A Temecula man suspected of selling different illicit substances to minors across the Coachella Valley was behind bars today. The 18-year-old suspect was booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on Wednesday on suspicion of furnishing marijuana to a minor, contributing to the delinquency of a minor and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A felon accused of gunning down a 41-year-old Desert Hot Springs man almost four years ago pleaded not guilty today to first-degree murder and other charges. Camillo Castillo, 28, of Desert Hot Springs, allegedly killed Jayson Jamar Green in 2022. Along with murder, Castillo is charged with sentence-enhancing gun and great
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 50-year-old Riverside man who sexually abused an immigrant girl and threatened or physically harmed her two brothers, over whom he had guardianship, for years was bound for state prison today to serve a term of 52 years, eight months behind bars. Mazen Aliwi Alawi was convicted by a Riverside jury
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Families, community members and officials gathered in Palm Desert Tuesday for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office annual candlelight vigil honoring victims of violent crime. The event is part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and has been held for more than two decades. Victims’ names are read aloud each
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The parents of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd, who is now facing murder and other charges, broke their silence today, thanking the community for its support and praising the teen as a “beautiful, strong girl.” The 21-year-old singer,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A total of 106 people were arrested during the final week of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, police said Tuesday. The largest number of arrests, 52, were for alleged drug possession, while 13 people were arrested for allegedly possessing false identification and eight more for alleged
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella Valley coin dealer said a package containing thousands of dollars in gold vanished after being picked up by FedEx. Marc Crane, CEO of Marc One Numismatics, Inc. said the package containing more than eight ounces of gold valued at about $35,400 was handed to a FedEx driver on
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Singer D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the front trunk of his Tesla when it was impounded at a Hollywood tow yard last year, police said today. Los Angeles police said Burke, 21,
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PERRIS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 49-year-old man suspected of selling illicit drugs out of his Perris home, where authorities seized tens of thousands of pills, was arrested today on suspicion of narcotics trafficking. The Perris man was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in the predawn hours Thursday after he was taken into custody in
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection got underway today for the trial of a parolee accused of shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head and endangering four other children as they rode in a vehicle near downtown Indio. Vicente Manuel Reyes, 30, of Thousand Palms allegedly perpetrated the attack in 2018 and has been
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman partly responsible for supplying a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 35-year-old Riverside man was sentenced today to 12 years, four months in state prison. Jaclyn Christine Sherman, 32, of Riverside pleaded guilty in February to one count each of voluntary manslaughter and transportation of controlled substances for
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INDIO, (Calif.) – A man suspected of threatening an Indio store employee with a knife was arrested today. Officers responded to a report of a man brandishing a knife shortly before 10:25 a.m. Tuesday at a Circle K store at Indio Boulevard and Fred Waring Drive, according to the Indio Police Department. They learned that
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Police arrested a 28-year-old man suspected in a deadly shooting in Desert Hot Springs in 2022. Camilo Castillo was arrested on March 31 in Huntington Park. He was charged on Wednesday with first-degree murder, the Desert Hot Springs Police Department announced. Castillo is set to appear in court for
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Six retailers were cited for illegally selling tobacco products to underage individuals during a tobacco retailer compliance operation, authorities said today. The operation was conducted Wednesday in Palm Desert, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. According to sheriff’s Sgt. Steven Nelson, underage decoys working on behalf of the
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