Kids and Crime

 A 32-year-old Indio man accused of putting girls to work in the sex trade throughout the Coachella Valley pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Dewayne Deanthony Williams was arrested last week following an investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. Williams is charged with three counts of inducing minors

Update – 4/27/22: Williams’ court appearance was delayed today. He is now scheduled to appear in court on Thursday, April 28. Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates. Original Report – 4/26/22: A 32-year-old man suspected of sex-trafficking five minors in Palm Desert, Indio and Desert Hot Springs was being held in lieu of

A local musician and high school football coach, who played at Stagecoach in 2010, has been convicted on multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor. Jonathan Andrew Linn, 56, of the John Linn Band, reached a plea deal on five felony charges, including sexually abusing a minor. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed

A felon from Desert Hot Springs accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and using her for child pornography was charged today with 30 felony counts. Cody Michael Hansen, 31, was arrested and booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio Thursday following an investigation by the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. Hansen

A Desert Hot Springs accused of human trafficking and giving fentanyl to a minor, among other crimes, was arrested and remained jailed today on $1 million bail.   The man, identified as a 31-year-old, was taken into custody at about 6 p.m. Thursday in the 11700 block of Upland Way, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s

A 28-year-old registered sex offender was arrested following accusations that he sexually abused a minor in Twentynine Palms. Zhataviyus Lord was arrested early Tuesday morning in Twentynine Palms. According to the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station, deputies were first notified of the sexual abuse on Sunday. “Deputies learned the suspect engaged in sexual intercourse and oral

A 39-year-old man suspected of sexually abusing a Banning child was out of custody today on a $100,000 bond. The man, a Grand Terrace resident, was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning Wednesday on suspicion of lewd acts on a child under 14 years old and felony sexual battery of a

A 19-year-old Mountain Center man who allegedly shot at a car with four people inside in Palm Springs, striking a 15-year-old boy, was ordered to stand trial. Jesse Alnarldo Simpson Jr. was arrested on Oct. 4 for allegedly shooting at the vehicle from his own moving car in the 3400 block of North Sunrise Way,

 A 75-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting three girls in San Jacinto and fleeing south of the border prior to a court appearance last year was apprehended in Mexico and extradited back to the United States, authorities said today.   Harry Arlington Durette was captured in Rosarito following an investigation by Riverside County District Attorney’s Office

A man accused of molesting three young girls at a daycare center run by his wife out of their La Quinta home pleaded guilty to three of four charges against him. John Calvin Arledge, 61, is charged with two felony counts of aggravated sexual assault on a minor and one felony count each of lewd

A 32-year-old man accused of allowing his infant daughter to ingest fentanyl, killing the baby, pleaded not guilty today to child abuse and other charges. Donald Charles Wallace of Lake Mathews was arrested last week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began almost three months earlier. Along with the abuse count, Wallace is