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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 50-year-old Riverside man who sexually abused an immigrant girl and threatened or physically harmed her two brothers, over whom he had guardianship, for years was bound for state prison today to serve a term of 52 years, eight months behind bars. Mazen Aliwi Alawi was convicted by a Riverside jury
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Families, community members and officials gathered in Palm Desert Tuesday for the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office annual candlelight vigil honoring victims of violent crime. The event is part of National Crime Victims’ Rights Week and has been held for more than two decades. Victims’ names are read aloud each
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – The parents of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the trunk of a Tesla owned by singer D4vd, who is now facing murder and other charges, broke their silence today, thanking the community for its support and praising the teen as a “beautiful, strong girl.” The 21-year-old singer,
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A total of 106 people were arrested during the final week of the 2026 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in Indio, police said Tuesday. The largest number of arrests, 52, were for alleged drug possession, while 13 people were arrested for allegedly possessing false identification and eight more for alleged
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RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella Valley coin dealer said a package containing thousands of dollars in gold vanished after being picked up by FedEx. Marc Crane, CEO of Marc One Numismatics, Inc. said the package containing more than eight ounces of gold valued at about $35,400 was handed to a FedEx driver on
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) – Singer D4vd, real name David Anthony Burke, has been arrested in connection with the death of a teenage girl whose dismembered body was found in the front trunk of his Tesla when it was impounded at a Hollywood tow yard last year, police said today. Los Angeles police said Burke, 21,
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PERRIS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 49-year-old man suspected of selling illicit drugs out of his Perris home, where authorities seized tens of thousands of pills, was arrested today on suspicion of narcotics trafficking. The Perris man was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in the predawn hours Thursday after he was taken into custody in
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Jury selection got underway today for the trial of a parolee accused of shooting a 14-year-old girl in the head and endangering four other children as they rode in a vehicle near downtown Indio. Vicente Manuel Reyes, 30, of Thousand Palms allegedly perpetrated the attack in 2018 and has been
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A woman partly responsible for supplying a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 35-year-old Riverside man was sentenced today to 12 years, four months in state prison. Jaclyn Christine Sherman, 32, of Riverside pleaded guilty in February to one count each of voluntary manslaughter and transportation of controlled substances for
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INDIO, (Calif.) – A man suspected of threatening an Indio store employee with a knife was arrested today. Officers responded to a report of a man brandishing a knife shortly before 10:25 a.m. Tuesday at a Circle K store at Indio Boulevard and Fred Waring Drive, according to the Indio Police Department. They learned that
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Police arrested a 28-year-old man suspected in a deadly shooting in Desert Hot Springs in 2022. Camilo Castillo was arrested on March 31 in Huntington Park. He was charged on Wednesday with first-degree murder, the Desert Hot Springs Police Department announced. Castillo is set to appear in court for
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Six retailers were cited for illegally selling tobacco products to underage individuals during a tobacco retailer compliance operation, authorities said today. The operation was conducted Wednesday in Palm Desert, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. According to sheriff’s Sgt. Steven Nelson, underage decoys working on behalf of the
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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
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Update – 9:40 p.m. 4/8/26 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office reported that the suspect refused to exit the vehicle after the crash. The Riverside Sheriff’s Crisis Negotiation Team spoke with the suspect and attempted to negotiate a peaceful surrender. After multiple attempts to negotiate a surrender, the suspect stopped all communication with deputies. The suspect
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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
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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
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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
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – With the Coachella Music and Arts Festival less than a week away, Indio Police are getting their security measures ready. Next week’s festival is the first time in years Coachella has sold out, and officials are bracing for nearly 250,000 visitors to descend on the area. Tonight, News Channel 3 is
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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
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-substitute teacher from the Coachella Valley who perpetrated lewd acts during online contact with a female student, as well as sexually assaulted another woman, was sentenced to six years in prison on Monday. Edward Noel Alvarado Valadez, 31, of Coachella was convicted earlier this month of exhibiting harmful matter to
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