Crime

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 19-year-old man and two 14-year-old boys have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting earlier this year in Cathedral City. The three suspects were arrested on Wednesday at around 6:30 p.m. at 69155 Dinah Shore Drive, police announced. The two teen suspects were transported to Riverside County Juvenile

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Perris men were behind bars today for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars worth of fuel from two Coachella Valley businesses following a years-long investigation into a large-scale organized diesel fuel theft operation, authorities said. A 40-year-old man was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on Tuesday on suspicion

Cabazon, Calif. (KESQ) – A Los Angeles resident was arrested Tuesday morning in connection with a robbery where an employee was pepper-sprayed last month in Cabazon, authorities announced. The robbery happened on March 28 at a business in the 48600 block of Seminole Drive. “When deputies arrived, they contacted the victim, who had been pepper-sprayed

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – A man and two teenagers were arrested in connection with a deadly shooting last week in Mecca. Daniel Ernesto Molina, 20, and two male teenagers, a 17-year-old and a 16-year-old, all residents of Mecca, were arrested on Wednesday, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced. The arrest stems from a deadly shooting

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella Valley Unified School District bus driver accused of molesting an elementary school student pleaded not guilty today to lewd acts on a child under 14 years old. Eric Ochoa Hernandez, 47, of Thermal, was arrested in February following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation at Oasis Elementary School on

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An undocumented immigrant accused of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old autistic girl lured to his Cathedral City apartment on New Year’s Eve pleaded not guilty today to rape of a minor and other offenses. Enrique Bautista Vasquez, 20, was arrested in January following an investigation by the Cathedral City Police Department that

MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A man and woman suspected of smuggling controlled substances to inmates at the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta via the U.S. Postal Service were arrested today. A 29-year-old woman from Hemet and a 49-year-old man of Murrieta were taken into custody Friday and booked into the Murrieta jail on suspicion of

HEMET, Calif. (KESQ) – A 36-year-old man suspected of stealing roughly $10,000 worth of Lego sets and other merchandise from local retail stores in Hemet was behind bars today. Hugo Omar Sanchez-Sanchez was booked Wednesday on suspicion of possession of stolen property and organized retail theft, according to the Hemet Police Department.   Bail information was

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – Two Coachella Valley residents were arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a 17-year-old girl in the community of Mecca in 2025, authorities said today.   Christopher Placencia Balderrama, 19, of Thermal, was booked into the Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of murder, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He

Editor’s Note: In an earlier version of this article, the headline incorrectly stated the woman was convicted of murder. She was convicted of voluntary manslaughter. MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 35-year-old Arizona woman who fatally shot another woman without provocation at an Indio motel was convicted today of voluntary manslaughter. A Murrieta jury deliberated one

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – An assault with a deadly weapon suspect fled from authorities in Palm Springs, prompting a vehicle pursuit that ended in the suspect’s arrest today, authorities said. Deputies responded to the 100 block of Pioneer Trail at 10:43 a.m. Tuesday, according to Sgt. Robert Martinez of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.