Crime

A man was sentenced today to nearly a year in prison for stabbing a Chihuahua to death in Thousand Palms. Alfredo Leon Ruiz, 38, pled guilty to one felony count of cruelty to an animal and was sentenced Monday to 364 days behind bars, plus two years of formal probation. He was taken into custody

Deputies arrested two Palm Desert residents accused in a series of burglaries that led to the recovery of more than $9,000 in stolen merchandise. The suspects, a 49-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, were arrested on Thursday after the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a property related search warrant at the 73000 block

A 36-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested after Border Patrol agents discovered more than $53,000 worth of meth hidden in the back of a pick-up truck. The discovery happened Friday at around 11:30 p.m. According to the agency, Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations performed a vehicle stop on a 2020 Dodge Ram Laramie on Interstate

Police have arrested twin brothers in connection with the murder of a Palm Springs resident during a hold-up outside an outlet mall in Cabazon last month. Elijah Ray Burt Jr. and Emanuel Rick Burt Jr. were arrested in Nevada in connection with the murder, John Hall, spokesperson for the Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed.

A 48-year-old man was arrested today and accused of threatening an employee at a business, and later a police officer, with a large wooden stick after first attempting to rob merchandise from the business. The man, a Palm Springs resident, allegedly took some merchandise from the business without paying on Tuesday morning, according to the

A Palm Desert woman who tried to beat her sister to death and attempted to run over her mother during an altercation that followed other attacks involving pets and a neighbor, was convicted today of attempted murder and additional offenses, but jurors must now decide whether she is sane.   Following nearly three days of deliberations,

A person has been arrested in connection with a shooting at the Smart & Final in Palm Springs back in January. On the afternoon of January 17, a fight between two men just outside the doors of the store escalated into both shooting at each other, police said. No injuries were reported but the suspects

Opening statements are slated to get underway in just over a week for the retrial of a 73-year-old ex-attorney previously convicted in the 2008 financially motivated killing of a Palm Springs retiree but granted a new trial — along with three of his co-defendants — because of the behavior of the judge in the original

A 19-year-old was arrested by Border Patrol agents after being accused of attempting to smuggle nearly $355,000 worth of narcotics. The suspect arrived at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint in Borrego Springs at around 7:10 p.m. on Tuesday. According to the agency, the agent inspecting vehicles in the primary lanes referred the Jeep to secondary

Deputies have arrested a Cathedral City man in connection with an attempted robbery in Rancho Mirage, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The incident took place at the intersection of Rattler Road and Ramon Road just before 10:00 Thursday night. A male victim stopped and asked the suspect if he needed help getting his