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. 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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A 46-year-old Palm Springs man accused of committing repeated acts of sexual abuse against a Coachella Valley girl reentered a not guilty plea today. Jesus Lucio Rivera was arrested in February 2021 and charged with two counts each of aggravated sexual assault of child, forcible rape of a minor and lewd acts on a child
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A teenager has been rushed to the hospital after being shot Thursday night in Bermuda Dunes. The shooting happened near the area of Avenue 42 and Jamaica Sands Drive in Bermuda Dunes. It was reported at approximately 9:01 p.m. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Friday that the victim, identified as a 17-year-old male,
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A 16-year-old boy was behind bars today on suspicion of killing a Mecca man who was found dead Monday. The unidentified juvenile is accused of killing Gabriel Cervantes, 28, who was found dead by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies in the 91800 block of Avenue 66. According to Sgt. Ed Baeza, Cervantes showed signs of
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A teenager has been arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred over the weekend in Desert Hot Springs. The crash happened Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. in the area of Palm Drive and Ironwood Drive. Police were called to respond to reports of a man seen lying in the middle of the
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An Indio man accused of murdering his six-month-old baby appeared in court on Friday. Jawhon Sherod Burts, 30, of Indio was arrested last month on suspicion of murder, torture, willful assault of a child, and domestic abuse. Police said the murder happened on Dec. 19 at the Encanto Apartments on Clinton Street in Indio. Hallie
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Two 13-year-olds were behind bars today for allegedly robbing and assaulting other juveniles with a prop gun and knife. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department received a report of an armed robbery at 4:10 p.m. Tuesday at Dateland Park, located in the 51800 block of Shady Lane. According to Sgt. David Aldrich, the two juveniles approached
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Leo Phillip Huerta, 40, of Yucca Valley was arrested after authorities said he attempted to meet a minor for lewd purposes. The investigation that led to Huerta’s arrest dates back to Dec. 15, 2021. CC Unit, an organization that works to catch online predators, told News Channel 3 that they confronted Huerta after learning that
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A 33-year-old woman accused of facilitating repeated acts of sexual abuse against a Coachella Valley girl at the hands of a Palm Springs man pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced to 60 months of probation today. Aura Rivera Vidal of Coachella was arrested in February 2021 and charged with one felony count of
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A family in Perris has been accused of physically and psychologically abusing several foster children, including some of the Turpin siblings, CBS and ABC News report. Marcelino, Lennys, and Rosa Olguin were arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with a combined 17 counts of child cruelty. Marcelino was charged with four counts of lewd acts
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