A 19-year-old man who robbed and attempted a carjacking in Palm Desert last year pleaded guilty to felony charges today.  Linnell Letice Wilson of Palm Desert pleaded guilty to one felony count each of attempted carjacking, robbery, and making criminal threats to cause death or great bodily injury. He also admitted aggravating factors of causing
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Members of the California Senate recently passed a bill to limit police from pulling over drivers for certain minor safety infractions. SB 50 would prohibit police from pulling over someone for something like lighting, registration or license plates alone. The bill’s supporters say it would help to reduce racial profiling and free up law enforcement
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Six people were arrested after a police officer reported hearing gunshots in a Palm Springs neighborhood overnight on Tuesday. Police were originally called to the area of Granada Ave and Tramview Rd. just after midnight to respond to multiple disturbance calls about a block party in the neighborhood. Officials with the Palm Springs Police Department
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The retrial of a local woman accused in the death of her husband’s son death 20 years ago will continue later this year. Patricia Brown will return for her new trial in October for a trial readiness conference. The jury trial is set to begin in November. Check Out our Patricia Brown section for more
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A Cathedral City man brutally murdered another man in 2017 out of jealousy over a woman, a prosecutor told jurors today as the alleged shooter’s trial unfolded. Ronald Dean Ricks, 37, is charged with one felony count of murder along with a special-circumstance allegation of discharging a firearm from a vehicle and a sentence-enhancing allegation
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An ex-con whom authorities allege is associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group was charged today with federal drug and ammunition charges stemming from a search warrant that was served at his Reseda home. Â Â Ryan Scott Bradford, 34, is accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition,
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A Salton City man has been charged with multiple counts of violent sexual assaults, the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. Philip Warren Carter, 32, was arrested by the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office on July 19. Investigators from the Imperial County Sherriff’s Office and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office are seeking any
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A person suspected of starting a wildland fire that burned over 100 acres Thursday night in Banning has been arrested. The suspect, a 45-year-old man was arrested a little after midnight in Highlands Springs in Banning, Cal Fire announced. Cal Fire said the arrest came after investigators determined the fire was a case of arson.
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Two people are in the hospital to after a pursuit in Indio ends with a crash near Interstate Ten on Friday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy spotted a reported stolen car in the area of Fred Waring Drive and Adams Street just before 11:30 a.m. Deputies attempted a traffic stop,
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A man and woman suspected with two juveniles of robbing a jewelry store at the Palm Desert mall are set to be arraigned today on a felony charge of robbery. Mason Tyler Barron, 21, of Hemet and Cleopatra Tredai Jones, 25, of Los Angeles are set to be arraigned on the charge Friday afternoon at
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Police released a photo of a vehicle believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run crash that left a person with major injuries earlier this month in downtown Palm Springs. The crash happened just after midnight on Sunday, July 9 on the 300 block of S Palm Canyon Drive. Police said the pedestrian continues to
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Two men suspected in the 2018 fatal shooting of a jiu-jitsu instructor in Cathedral City are set to be arraigned next week on murder. Troy Walter Edmund, 44, and Kipko Griffin, 48, additionally face a special circumstance allegation of lying in wait, according to court records. Edmund was also charged with one felony count of
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A multi-convicted felon dubbed the “snake burglar” for his method of burglarizing businesses pleaded guilty today to more than four dozen felony charges and was immediately sentenced to a jail term – which he was expected to avoid serving — along with 12 years’ probation. Christopher Michael Paul Jackson, 33, of Riverside admitted 54 counts
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A person was rushed to the hospital in critical condition after being shot in Coachella Wednesday night. The shooting was reported at around 9:36 p.m. on the 51800 block of Calle Techa, near the intersection of Cairo. There were no further details available on the victim. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that no arrests
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Federal and local law enforcement agencies carried out a series of raids today targeting a San Gabriel Valley gang as part of an investigation that began when a member of the gang killed a pair of El Monte police officers in 2022. Â Â Officers Joseph Santana and Michael Paredes responded to a report of a
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UFC star Cub Swanson reacted to the news of an arrest made in the 2018 murder of beloved local jiu-jitsu instructor Ramon Diaz. “I want to thank the local police for not giving up on this case. So many people have been needing closure on Professor Diaz’s murder,” Swanson wrote on Instagram Wednesday. Diaz, 47,
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An Inland Empire lawmaker announced today he’s proposing restrictions on state legislators’ use of taxpayer-funded vehicles if they’re charged or convicted of driving under the influence. Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Norco, introduced Resolution 51, which would mandate that any member of the Assembly who is arrested and charged with DUI lose — until his or her
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Update 7-26-23 10:45 a.m. Four suspects are in custody after they robbed a jewelry store inside the Shops at Palm Desert Tuesday evening. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department apprehended a 21-year-old man from Hemet and a 25-year-old woman from Los Angeles, along with two minors. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the suspects shattered display cases with
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A felon who sexually assaulted a developmentally disabled 18-year-old female and inappropriately touched her younger sister was sentenced today to 14 years in state prison. On April 10, following a roughly weeklong trial, a Banning jury found Carlos Alberto Lopez, 51, of Desert Hot Springs, guilty of four counts each of rape, two counts of
Continue Reading Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the 2018 murder of Ramon Diaz, a popular jiu-jitsu instructor from Cathedral City. Diaz was killed in a shooting on March 28, 2018 on the 31000 block of Whispering Palms Trail. Surveillance video of the shooting released by police in Sept. 2018 Diaz was well-known in the
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