Crime

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection is slated to get underway Thursday for the trial of a former Palm Desert High School football coach accused of running over and killing a 64-year-old woman while driving under the influence.    Cameron Francis Curtis, 33, of Palm Desert allegedly fatally struck Nancy Valdes, also of Palm Desert,

Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies were searching for a suspect in an attempted carjacking in Bermuda Dunes on Thursday night. They say a man hit a victim over the head and demanded their keys and other personal belongings just before 6:00 p.m., near Varner Road just east of Washington Street. Deputies searched the area and brought

Deputies are asking for the community’s help in finding a driver involved in a hit-and-run crash Wednesday morning in Yucca Valley that left a 74-year-old man with major injuries. The crash was reported at around 8:05 a.m. near the intersection of Grand Avenue and SR-62 (Twentynine Palms Highway). Authorities said the driver of a red

A 39-year-old man was arrested following a weapons investigation Monday in Desert Hot Springs. The man was arrested after a Desert Hot Springs police, with the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau/SWAT and K-9 units, executed multiple search warrants and an arrest warrant, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Officers’ Association.

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection got underway today for the trial of a 34-year-old man accused of gunning down his estranged wife at a mobile home park in La Quinta while inflamed over notions she was having affairs with other men.    Jose Valles Meza of La Quinta is charged with first-degree murder, a

A juvenile was arrested Friday night for an armed robbery of a Palm Springs Five Guys restaurant. Palm Springs Police Chief Andy Mills announced the incident via Instagram. According to Mills, the juvenile stole money from the store with a BB gun. The suspect fled the scene shortly after, leading to a foot pursuit. The

RAMONA, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities reached out to the public today for help in finding an ex-con suspected of killing her wife, a veteran state firefighter, at the victim’s Ramona home this week more than 20 years after pleading guilty in the slaying of her estranged husband. Detectives believe that 53-year-old Yolanda Marodi fatally stabbed

Two Desert Hot Springs residents were in custody today on suspicion of vehicle theft and burglary. The men, a 34-year-old and 24-year-old, are suspected in the crime that occurred around 10:30 a.m. Feb. 10 on Buckingham Way in Rancho Mirage, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. According to the department, the suspects “gained access”