A jury was seated today in the trial of a former Coachella Valley Unified School District teacher accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a young girl. Luis Alfonso Martinez, 43, of La Quinta, is charged with two counts each of lewd acts on a minor and oral copulation of a child under 10 years old, as
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Police are looking for a driver accused of striking an 11-year-old pedestrian and then fleeing the scene Tuesday afternoon in Indio. Police said the crash happened just before 2:00 p.m. at the intersection of Ave 46 and Clinton Street. The 11-year-old boy was hit while walking in a crosswalk. Police added that the boy was
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A felon from Coachella pleaded guilty today to leading deputies on a pursuit in a vehicle while under the influence of a drug and was immediately sentenced to one year and four months prison. Eduardo Antonio Felix, 38, was charged with two felony counts, one each of evading arrest and vehicle theft with a prior
Continue Reading The Indio Police Department is investigating a double homicide after two bodies were found inside a burned vehicle Friday morning. The vehicle was found at approximately 10:45 a.m. on Power Line Road, west of Dillon Road and Fargo Canyon Road. Power Line Road is an unpaved service with power lines in the open desert north
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The defense filed motions for mistrial and to dismiss the retrial of quadruple homicide case, in which a Cathedral City man is accused of gunning down four people in Palm Springs, claiming new evidence will make it impossible for the defendant to face a fair trial and violates his right to a fair retrial, according
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By LEKAN OYEKANMI and JAKE BLEIBERG HOUSTON (AP) — Police have arrested a 33-year-old man in the fatal shooting of rapper Takeoff, who was killed last month outside a bowling alley in Houston. Houston police announced Friday that Patrick Xavier Clark has been charged with murder in connection with Takeoff’s death. Police Chief Troy Finner
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Today marks seven years since 14 people were killed in a terrorist attack in San Bernardino. Many more were left wounded. San Bernardino County marked recognition of the lives lost and impacted in a moment of silence at 10:55 a.m. on Friday. The county created the video below: Flags at all County facilities are being
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A woman whose parents and sister were killed last week in the alleged “catfish” triple homicide in Riverside, California, is urging families to speak to their children about online safety. Michelle Blandin, whose father, Mark Winek, 69, mother, Sharie Winek, 65, and sister, Brooke Winek, 39, were killed November 25, warned parents to monitor their
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A 34-year-old man suspected of stabbing three of his family members, one fatally, following a dispute in Indio, pleaded not guilty to murder today. In addition to the murder charge, Anthony William Piña-German of Indio was charged with two felony counts of attempted murder, according to court records. He also faces sentence-enhancing allegations of using
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The grandmother and aunt of a 5-year-old boy who died in Coachella re-entered not guilty pleas today to murder charges, and to abuse allegations involving other children. Hilaria Rangel, 55, and Miriam Silva, 39, were charged along with the boy’s mother, 37-year-old Vanessa Cervantes Rangel, with one felony count of murder in the boy’s death
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A man suffered three non-life-threatening gunshot wounds in Cathedral City Monday evening and underwent surgery. Cathedral City Police Department officers responded at 6:54 p.m. to the intersection of Via De Anza and Dinah Shore Drive after receiving a 911 call regarding shots fired at the location, said Sgt. Mark Robles. During the call, a woman
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s office released body cam footage of a DA investigator involved shooting with a murder suspect in Sky Valley. The shooting happened back on Oct. 14, 2022. The incident started at around 7:40 a.m. in Desert Hot Springs when police found a man dead with a gunshot wound at the 13500
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A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto pleaded not guilty today to two counts of second-degree murder and other charges. Scott Brandon Bales, 47, of Moreno Valley, was arrested earlier this month following the collision that claimed
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A former Virginia police officer, believed to have murdered a teenager’s family in Riverside after “catfishing” her online, was killed in a shootout while trying to flee authorities, the city’s police department said in a news release. Austin Lee Edwards The suspect was identified as Austin Lee Edwards, 28, of North Chesterfield Virginia. Detectives learned Edwards
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UPDATE 11/28/22: NEW DETAILS: Ex-Virginia state trooper accused of catfishing Riverside teen before killing her family, police say Police said the murders of a husband and wife and their daughter in Riverside stemmed from a catfishing incident involving the teenage daughter of one of the victims. Riverside County Sheriff deputies from the Morongo station and sheriff’s
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A man was killed in a shooting Friday in Desert Hot Springs The shooting was reported at around 11:45 a.m. on Cactus Street near 6th Street. Police said they received a report of two shots fired in the area. Officers arrived and found a man dead outside of a residence with gunshot wounds. Cactus Drive
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A Coachella man has been charged with the murder of his children’s mother and grandmother during a custody exchange over the weekend in Moreno Valley. Salvador Velasquez, 39, was arrested on Saturday during the service of a search warrant at his home in Coachella. His arrest came a day after deputies found Esmeralda Casillas, 36,
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A woman was sentenced in Los Angeles federal court today to 20 years in federal prison for soliciting over $22.8 million in funds for a condominium and hotel complex in the Coachella Valley, then spending part of the money on luxury cars, travel and designer clothing. Ruixue “Serena” Shi of Arcadia, in L.A. County, was
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Update 11/21/22 Police confirmed a man was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. Police revealed that the victim ran out of gas and was parked on the right shoulder of Highway 111. The investigation revealed that the suspect, a 39-year-old Beaumont man, made an unsafe turning movement toward the victim, for reasons that
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A man was rushed to the hospital after being shot in Cathedral City Friday night. The shooting happened at around 7:40 p.m. in the area of Pauline Avenue and Vega Road. Police said the victim, a 33-year-old man, told officers he was riding his bicycle when a brown sedan stopped, and the vehicle’s passenger leaned
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