Palm Springs Police Department’s Chief Andy Mills is continuing a series of community meetings to hear about chronic problems, this time focusing on businesses in the city. The goal is to listen to the business community and find solutions to ongoing issues. The meeting covered a range of issues from traffic to violent crimes and property
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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
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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
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Over the weekend, a pick up truck and trailer were stolen from Coachella Valley High School’s Agricultural Department. The theft resulted in a damaged fence off of 55th Ave and Van Buren Street. Agricultural department head, Kevin Sleeper, shares what this weekend’s theft at CVHS means to him. “It’s hurtful. And it takes all that
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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
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A Perris foster care couple and their adult daughter with suspected links to some of the Turpin children pleaded not guilty to multiple abuse charges. Marcelino Camacho Olguin, 63, Rosa Armida Olguin, 58, and Lennys Giovanna Olguin, 37, were arrested and charged in November with nearly a dozen offenses, including child cruelty, false imprisonment and
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The investigation into Riverside County’s foster care and dependent adult programs following the mishandling of the Turpin children case is delayed due to bureaucratic hurdles, an attorney said on Tuesday. In Jan. 2018, authorities discovered the 13 Turpin siblings were held captive, abused, and tortured by their parents, David Allen Turpin, 59, and Louise Ann
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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
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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,
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A 12-year-old boy who allegedly fired a gun while showing it off at a Riverside middle school campus was in a juvenile detention facility today, as the investigation continued into how he accessed the firearm. The youth, whose identity was not disclosed due to his age, was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of possession of a
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UPDATE: Police confirmed the two boys were found and their mother, suspected of illegally abducting them, was taken into custody. Â The CHP announced Tuesday night that the boys had been found safe, and Garcia had been taken into custody. No further details were released. Photos: CHP RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Riverside Police are searching for two
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Indio police have arrested a suspect in a video showing a child getting pistol whipped outside a gas station last week. The incident happened on Friday just before 3:00 p.m. Video shows one child and three other juveniles engaged in a fight at the parking lot of the V&P Gas Station on the corner of
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 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
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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
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Police are investigating reports of a student who was struck with a suspected handgun by another student in Indio. Parents tell News Channel 3 that the assault took place after school on Friday at a gas station on the corner of Miles Avenue and Clinton Street. Ben Guitron, public information officer for the Indio Police
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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
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A 12-year-old boy from Cathedral City was arrested Wednesday morning after police said he brought an unloaded handgun to his school in Twentynine Palms. The Morongo Sheriff’s Station received reports of a student on campus with a firearm at Oasis Elementary School in Twentynine Palms Wednesday at approximately 10:07 a.m., the department announced on Wednesday.
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The father of a 2-month-old baby is accused in her death, which Riverside County Sheriffs say was caused by Fentanyl poisoning. The investigation into the 32-year-old Riverside man took several months, deputies say. The infant died on December 2, 2021. Deputies say they found her dead after a call to Crown Creek Circle in Riverside
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies have arrested a suspect in the shooting of a teenager in Bermuda Dunes earlier this month. The shooting happened on the night of Feb. 10. Deputies responded to the 79700 block of Avenue 42, where they found a 17-year-old juvenile who had been shot multiple times. The juvenile was rushed to
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department has released additional details in the arrest of a now-former Banning police officer accused of distributing harmful matter to a minor. Banning Police Officer Christopher Sayeski, 38, was arrested on Feb. 3 by the Sheriff’s Dept. He potentially faces charges of sending harmful material to a minor and using an
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