Two local teens were arrested for making threats to commit a mass shooting at Yucca Valley High School. According to investigators, an 18-year-old along with a 17-year-old boy threatened to carry out the school shooting in a Snapchat video posted around 8:34 a.m. Thursday. Deputies with the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station arrived at the school
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A man who sent sexually charged messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy in Palm Desert was sentenced today to four years of probation. Brandon Devon Bourgeois, 40, of Hemet pleaded guilty Oct. 18 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of contacting a minor with intent to commit
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A 44-year-old woman was arrested after being accused of kidnapping a 9-year-old girl while she was playing in the front yard of a home in Twentynine Palms. The incident was reported on the afternoon of Nov. 20. According to the Morongo Basin Sheriff Station, as the 9-year-old was outside, a woman grabbed her and forcefully
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A 30-year-old Banning woman accused of sexually abusing a child for nearly a year pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Reyna Virginia Rincon was arrested in July following a Banning Police Department investigation. Rincon posted $100,000 bail that kept her out of custody. She is charged with two counts of lewd acts on
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A Yucca Valley teacher was arrested on Monday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced. Joseph Anthony Borges III, 48, of Yucca Valley was arrested on Monday. The arrest came about after authorities received a CyberTip on Nov. 7 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
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A juvenile pair of suspected auto thieves were arrested after a pursuit ended in Indio Tuesday morning. Officers encircled the Trilogy community at Avenue 51 and Jackson Street when two suspects jumped from a car that had been reported stolen and ran into the gated complex at 6:00 a.m. A spokesman for Indio Police said
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Two schools in Thermal, as well as the CVUSD office, were briefly placed on a preventative lockdown due to police activity in the area, officials confirmed. John Kelly Elementary, La Familia High School, and the District Office were lockdown, CVUSD spokesperson Andrea Pasolini confirmed. The lockdowns were lifted by 2:10 p.m. The Riverside County Sheriff’s
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A third-grade student from Bella Vista Elementary School is being remembered as a “baseball angel” by the school community after a deadly car crash. A spokesperson for Palm Springs Unified School District confirmed the death and that a crisis team was on campus to assist students. Donations are now being accepted online and at the
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A suspected DUI driver was arrested after a rollover crash with a three-year-old in the passenger seat over the weekend in Yucca Valley. The crash was reported on Friday just after 11 p.m. at the intersection of Twentynine Palms Highway and Kickapoo Trail. San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies learned the driver, a 21-year-old Yucca Valley
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Two people have been arrested in connection with the murder of two teenagers last year in Coachella. The shooting happened on July 20, 2022 at the 86000 block of Calle Geranio. Witnesses told deputies they saw two people shooting at a vehicle in the area, Sgt. Edward Soto of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department told
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A 33-year-old Oregon man who traveled to Riverside County for a dalliance with a Banning girl was sentenced today to eight months behind bars, but after receiving credit for time served in a local correctional facility awaiting disposition of his case, he was immediately placed on parole. Devon Richard Decerto of Gresham, Oregon, in May
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Border Patrol agents arrested two 18-year-old men allegedly found with over 99 pounds of fentanyl pills. According to USBP Chief Patrol Agent Gregory K. Bovino, the arrest happened during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 near the Coachella Valley. There was no word on exactly when and/or where the traffic stop occurred. We’ve reached out
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A 67-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a child in the High Desert was arrested in Desert Hot Springs, authorities announced on Tuesday. Jerry Wheeler of Landers was arrested on Oct. 11 in the 18000 block of Corkill Road in Desert Hot Springs. Wheeler’s arrest came nearly a month after San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies
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The Coachella Valley Unified School District warned families today about scam phone calls targeting parents, making them believe their children were kidnapped and asking for a ransom. “According to law enforcement agencies, unscrupulous individuals use advanced technology, including artificial intelligence, to make these calls seem more convincing and terrifying,” CVUSD Superintendent Luis R. Valentino wrote
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A 33-year-old woman who killed her newborn son and dumped him in a Perris trash bin pleaded guilty today to child cruelty and other offenses and was immediately sentenced to 12 years in state prison, though the term was reduced due to incarceration credits. Brittany Suzanne Peevyhouse of Perris admitted the abuse count and
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A 41-year-old man who tried to snatch a Moreno Valley girl at gunpoint as she walked home from school pleaded guilty today to attempted abduction of a minor. Arturo Ramirez Cisneros admitted the felony count under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. No charges were dismissed as part of the deal.
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A 34-year-old child care service provider from Costa Mesa was convicted today of molesting 16 boys, aged 2 to 14, and showing another victim child pornography. Matthew Antonio Zakrzewski was convicted by the Orange County Superior Court jury of 34 felony sex charges related to 17 victims in crimes that prosecutors said took place from
Continue Reading A 51-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a Lake Elsinore girl and fleeing south of the border, where he was apprehended, was being held today on $2 million bail. The suspect was booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Wednesday on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault of a child, lewd acts on a minor
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A felon accused of supplying a fatal dose of fentanyl to a Perris boy was charged today with murder and other offenses. Daniel Francisco Ramirez, 21, of Perris, was arrested Monday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began in May. Along with the murder count, Ramirez was charged with furnishing drugs
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A student was suspended from classes Thursday after allegedly making threats against Yucca Valley High School, according to a statement from the Morongo Unified School District. Administrators at the school notified the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Wednesday after being made aware of a student who’d reportedly made threats against the campus and other students, according
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