A man and woman were sentenced to lengthy prison terms today for molesting an 18-month-old boy in Desert Hot Springs and filming their actions. Michael James Flaherty, 36, and Cynthia Fuentes, 26, were convicted in December 2021 of three counts of committing lewd acts on a child under 14 years old using force, two counts
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Authorities today sought public help to locate an allegedly armed suspect who robbed a man at a La Quinta recycling center. Officers responded to the 79000 block of Highway 111 at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday to a report of a robbery at a recycling center, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. A man
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“An act of violence on one of us is an act of violence on all of us.” That’s what Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez wrote to his Facebook followers on Wednesday. The post was in response to our report on the murder of Brandon Anguiano, 16, and Jestine Carrillo, 17. The teen couple was gunned down
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A man seen driving a suspected stolen vehicle was arrested after a foot pursuit in an Indio neighborhood Wednesday afternoon. The incident started at 12:12 p.m. when members of the Riverside Auto Theft Interdiction Detail requested assistance with a vehicle enforcement stop of a stolen vehicle in the area of King Street and Arabia, according
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A 42-year-old man pleaded guilty to a vandalism charge today for throwing a rock through the front window of the Starbucks Reserve in Palm Springs. Joshua Taylor Moon was immediately sentenced to a year and four months in county jail for his plea to the charge, which included an enhancement for being on probation at
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We’re hearing for the first time from the mother of one of the teenagers killed in a shooting in Coachella last week. Nereyda Ruiz is the mother of Brandon Anguiano, 16. Anguiano was killed last Wednesday night during a shooting that also claimed the life of Jestine Carillo, 17. Ruiz says that her son was one
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Border Patrol agents arrested two people after discovering 84 pounds of meth during a traffic stop in Indio Tuesday morning. The stop happened at 8:45 a.m. on Interstate 10, about half a mile east of Dillon Road. Agents conducting anti-smuggling operations on Interstate 10 performed a vehicle stop on a grey 2009 Nissan Maxima. A
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A man injured in a shooting last week in Desert Hot Springs has died from his injuries, police announced. The shooting happened in the overnight hours on Monday, July 18 in the 66000 block of Buena Vista Avenue, near Palm Drive. Police said they found a man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. The man was
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A serial bank robber from Palm Springs who federal prosecutors say took great joy in his crimes, yelling “John Dillinger lives!” and “Bikers rule, baby!” during his heists, was sentenced to 19 1/2 years behind bars today in Los Angeles. Todd Cannady, 61, pleaded guilty last year to charges of armed bank robbery and using
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A mother accused of driving drunk with three children in her vehicle, leading to a Temecula crash that killed her 8-year-old daughter, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and other counts, California Highway Patrol officials said today. The collision happened at 6:20 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of state Route 79 and Anza Road,
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News Channel 3 continues to report break-ins throughout the Palm Springs area. The owner of AIM Mail Center off East Palm Canyon Drive also experienced a theft similar to the ones we recently reported. You can see surveillance video of the other break ins throughout the area here. When AIM Mail Center owner Matt Sater,
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Police arrested a man accused of throwing a rock through the window of the Starbucks in downtown Palm Springs Monday morning. The vandalism was reported at approximately 7:05 AM, at the Starbucks Reserve at 111 N Palm Canyon Drive. Police said a caller reported that a man threw a rock through the front window of
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News Channel 3 has learned the two people killed in a shooting on Wednesday night in Coachella were teenagers. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 16-year-old male and 17-year-old female have died. Both were found at the scene with apparent gun shot wounds. Balloons, candles, and flowers now mark the site of a
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A suspect accused of stealing a vehicle was struck by less lethal munitions following a pursuit near the Desert Hot Springs area Friday afternoon. The incident was first reported to authorities at 12:24 p.m. Sgt. Edward Soto of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a private company reported they were tracking one of their stolen
Continue Reading Update: 7/21/22 4:45 PM The person injured in this shooting has died, authorities confirmed on Thursday. Two people have now been killed in this shooting. No arrests has been made at this time. Law enforcement continues to search for the two suspects seen fleeing the scene. If you have any information, contact the Thermal Sheriff’s
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As of today, five of seven Riverside County men federally charged with offenses stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol Building are awaiting disposition of their cases, with one defendant vowing to take his to trial to contest the government’s allegations. Andrew Alan Hernandez, 45, of Jurupa Valley; Derek Kinnison,
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A man and a woman were killed in a murder-suicide Thursday morning in Desert Hot Springs, police confirmed. A man and a woman were found dead with gunshot wounds inside an apartment building on the 66200 block of Sixth Street at around 4:30 a.m. Deputy Chief Steven Shaw said the female victim was approximately 62
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Six of the 13 Turpin family children have filed a lawsuit against Riverside County. They escaped their abusive parent’s Perris home in western Riverside County in 2018. “Our clients are telling us that what happened in this foster family, in many instances was worse,” said Elan Zektser, attorney with Oakwood Legal Group, representing the Turpin siblings.
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Two former clerks of the Riverside County Superior Court were indicted by a criminal grand jury for conspiring to commit the crime of violation of a court order. Angela Franz, 46, and Michelle Valdez, both of Thousand Palms, were indicted on April 14, 2022. Franz and Valdez were arrested and booked into jail after the indictment.
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More than 70 animals were removed from a home in Yucca Valley after they were found suffering from neglect and malnutrition. Authorities said they first become aware of home on Thursday. A detective from the Morongo Basin contacted the homeowner, a 66-year-old woman, and offered to assist her in placing the animals into an animal
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