Two Thermal men were sentenced to prison today following their guilty pleas to two counts of attempted murder stemming from a shooting near the Salton Sea In addition to the attempted murder counts, Jesse Jordan Diaz, 32, entered guilty pleas Friday to two counts of assault with a gun and one count of shooting at
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Editor’s note: language. Prosecution testimony began Wednesday for a 39-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her husband during an argument at their Coachella home. Cindy Gicela Parra, is charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse and gun and severe bodily injury allegations, for the death of Francisco Lopez in 2022. The case
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More than 33,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $468 million was offloaded by the U.S. Coast Guard today in San Diego. Officials say the drugs were seized through eight separate smuggling vessel interdictions in February and March of this year. Â Â The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro, which offloaded the cocaine on
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A 25-year-old man was arrested after more than 500 pounds of methamphetamine was found hidden within a flatbed trailer at the Calexico Commercial Facility. The discovery was made on May 20. The 25-year-old was driving a commercial tractor hauling an empty flatbed trailer applying for entry from Mexico at the Calexico East Commercial Facility. The
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The San Bernardino County District Attorney officially charged an 18-year-old accused in a violent crime spree that ended up with the murder of a Marine at a park in Twentynine Palms. Rudy Garcia Jr., a Twentynine Palms resident, was charged with murder, attempted murder, attempted carjacking, attempted second-degree robbery, and assault with a semiautomatic firearm,
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A 19-year-old injured in a shooting Thursday night in Banning is recovering in the hospital. The shooting was reported at around 10:00 PM in the area of Preffered Lane and Fashion Way. Police were initially dispatched to respond to reports of shots heard in the area and a subject struck by gunfire. Officers located and
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Palm Springs Police Department responded to the 2000 block of N. Palm Canyon Drive Thursday morning after at least four reports of shattered windows in the area. Blurry surveillance footage shown to PSPD shows a vehicle traveling northbound on Palm Canyon, but it is unknown if the footage is related to the crime. There is
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A 50-year-old convicted felon accused of preying on two Moreno Valley schoolgirls and trying to kidnap one of them will ask a judge next week to consider lowering his bail so he can get out of jail. Rene Rodriguez Ramirez of Indio is charged with attempted kidnapping and annoying minors in connection with alleged acts
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We now know the identity of the person who was killed in an unprovoked shooting at a Twentynine Palms park earlier this week. Officials with Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station have identified the victim as 35-year-old, Robert James McDonald, a Marine Gunnery Sergeant and beloved flag football coach. “I can’t shake his hand. I can’t say
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A 30-year-old man was accused of driving his vehicle through multiple Palm Springs businesses Friday night – including Sunny Days and Destination PSP. In a press release, PSPD says the incident first happened around 10:17 p.m. on Friday. Officers say they responded to calls of a maroon SUV trying to ram into the ‘Forever Marilyn’
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Border Patrol agents arrested three people allegedly found with 51 pounds of methamphetamine at a gas station in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened on Thursday at around 10:30 PM at a gas station on Dillon Road, just off of Interstate 10. Authorities said Border Patrol agents saw two suspicious vehicles driving eastbound on Interstate
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The two suspects arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Jaden Ramos on Sunday night were formally charged with murder, which they pleaded not guilty to on Wednesday. Ramos was killed in a shooting at a prom afterparty in La Quinta Sunday night. He was killed a day before his 18th birthday and only a few
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29 pounds of fentanyl were discovered during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Indio, Border Patrol announced on Tuesday. The discovery happened last Wednesday at around 9:30 AM near Golf Center Parkway. Border Patrol agents in agency-marked vehicles were operating in conjunction with Operation Apollo on Interstate 10 near Golf Center Parkway. According to
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Eduardo Vicente Pelayo Rodriguez, a 31-year-old resident of Riverside, has been arrested on an 18-count indictment alleging he placed “swatting calls” threatening to commit mass shootings at several schools in the Inland Empire and Sandy Hook, Connecticut, as well as threatening to bomb Nashville International Airport on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and
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Update 5/23/24 The man killed in the shooting was identified as USMC Gunnery Sgt. Robert McDonald, 35, who was stationed at the Twentynine Palms base. He was a beloved member of the community, coaching a flag football team to a championship a month ago. The suspect, Rudy Garcia Jr., 18, was charged with murder, attempted
Continue Reading A convicted felon who gunned down a 39-year-old San Jacinto man after the victim slapped him during an argument was convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. A Riverside jury deliberated barely a day before finding Melvin Mario James Landry, 42, of San Jacinto guilty of killing Gilbert Wah in 2020. Along with murder,
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A pair of convicted felons who killed a 64-year-old Anza man while stealing marijuana and money tied to his illegal cannabis grow were both convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. Jodi Lynn Miller, 48, of Rancho Cucamonga and Jesse Robert Thurbush, 43, of Victorville murdered James Cidney Brown in 2019. Â Â After three
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Update 5/21 2:00 p.m. School officials confirmed the identity of La Quinta High School senior Jaden Ramos, 17, who was killed in the shooting. Ramos was set to graduate Thursday night from La Quinta High School. The two suspects in the shooting, both 18-year-old men, are scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges on Wednesday.
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Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Monday night in Cabazon. The shooting was reported at around 8:15 PM in the area of Adele Avenue and Lemon Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the reporting party told dispatch that his friend was walking and had been shot. There was no
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The Palm Springs Police Department released video footage today of a man appearing to steal over $2,500 of landscaping tools from a truck and trailer. The theft occurred at 7:54 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Camino Sur, police said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palm Springs PD (@palmspringspd) The
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