Kids and Crime

The grandmother and aunt of a 5-year-old boy who died in Coachella re-entered not guilty pleas today to murder charges, and to abuse allegations involving other children. Hilaria Rangel, 55, and Miriam Silva, 39, were charged along with the boy’s mother, 37-year-old Vanessa Cervantes Rangel, with one felony count of murder in the boy’s death

A Coachella man has been charged with the murder of his children’s mother and grandmother during a custody exchange over the weekend in Moreno Valley. Salvador Velasquez, 39, was arrested on Saturday during the service of a search warrant at his home in Coachella. His arrest came a day after deputies found Esmeralda Casillas, 36,

A Riverside special needs school employee accused of supplying fentanyl to students, causing at least one to suffer a medical emergency, must stand trial for child cruelty and other offenses, a judge ruled today, after the defendant’s husband pleaded guilty to firearms-related charges. Melissa Harloam Garrison, 47, and David Wayne Garrison, 58, were arrested in

The teens were arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month in Coachella. The shooting happened on Nov. 2, 2022, at the intersection of Balboa Street and Westerfield Way around 4:20 PM. A search was done in the surrounding neighborhood and there was no word of any injuries during the shooting. Friday at around

A teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month in Coachella. The shooting happened back on Oct. 9, 2022 at a residence on the 85300 block of Cairo Street. There was no word on any injuries in the initial shooting. Thursday at around 7:00 AM, Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the

Reports of a shooting outside of a local middle school led to a short lockdown at Bobby Duke Middle School in Coachella. A teacher heard gunshots around the area and called 911, to Lissette Santiago, public information officer for the Coachella Valley Unified School District. The shooting was reported around the 85300 block of Cairo

A juvenile was arrested and several illegal firearms were seized after detectives conducted a follow-up investigation into Tuesday evening’s shooting in Desert Hot Springs. Ghost guns seized during the investigation (Courtesy DHSPD) The shooting happened at around 5:00 p.m. in the area of Agua Dulce and Cactus Drive, south of Two Bunch Trails. Police said a boy

A Desert Hot Springs man accused of possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse material was arrested on Tuesday. The man, a 19-year-old was arrested by DHSPD detectives in Banning, the department announced. According to DHSPD, the investigation began on Sept. 14, 2022. Detectives authored numerous search warrants and identified the suspect. The suspect

Multiple teenagers are in custody in connection with a pair of shootings in Thermal that left a boy in the hospital last weekend. The shootings happened on Saturday, Oct 1. The first one happened on the 63000 block of Landon Lane in Thermal at approximately 3:09 p.m. Details on this shooting remain limited. Authorities searched

Two juveniles accused of an armed carjacking at an elementary school parking lot were arrested when they were seen driving that vehicle nearby, the Indio police announced. The robbery was reported at Herbert Hoover Elementary School in Indio at around 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Indio police officers said they learned that an employee with the

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a child at a Yucca Valley residence in 2020. The sexual assault happened in 2020 however deputies were notified of the crime on Aug. 9, 2022, the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station announced on Tuesday. Deputies said they were able to substantiate the claims