Kids and Crime

A teenage boy was killed in a shooting Sunday night in the city of Coachella. The shooting was reported at around 9:07 p.m. in the 53500 block of Cesar Chavez Street. Deputies arrived at the scene and found a 16-year-old boy with gunshot wounds. The boy was pronounced dead at the scene. Deputies secured the

A 65-year-old man suspected of sexually assaulting a minor pleaded not guilty today to several felony charges.    Oscar William Alvarez of Palm Desert was charged with one felony count each of engaging in oral copulation or sexual penetration with a child under 10, penetration by force, sodomy with a person under 18, and annoying

A Desert Hot Springs man was sentenced to a work release program and approximately two years of formal probation today for possessing sexual images of a minor. Pedro Alfredo Elizalde pleaded guilty July 3 to one felony count of possessing matter depicting a minor in a sexual act, according to court records. He additionally admitted

As police continued investigating today, authorities identified an 18-year-old man who was fatally shot at a graduation party in Indio, where three others were injured over the weekend. The Riverside County coroner’s office identified him Thursday as Matthew Hervey of Thousand Palms. Officers responded shortly after midnight Saturday to the 41900 block of Napoli Street

A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of stabbing another boy last month in Twentynine Palms, police announced. The boy was arrested at around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at his residence in Twentynine Palms, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. announced. He was transported to the Central Juvenile Hall where he was booked for attempted murder

A Beaumont babysitter accused of killing a 15-month-old tot by inflicting severe head trauma, as well as abusing another child, pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges. Heather Lyn Greenman, 37, of Beaumont was arrested last week following a two-month investigation by the Beaumont Police Department.    Along with murder, Greenman is charged

A Desert Hot Springs man pleaded guilty today to possessing sexual images of a minor and is set to be sentenced next month.    Pedro Alfredo Elizalde pleaded guilty Monday to one felony count of possessing matter depicting a minor in a sexual act, according to court records. He additionally admitted to sentence-enhancements of images

Two teens were arrested after a shots fired call Thursday night near Village Fest in downtown Palm Springs. Palm Springs Police PIO Tamara Wadkins told News Channel 3 that around 10:30 p.m. officers working Village Fest heard in the area of E. Tahquitz Canyon Drive and South Belardo Road.Police later learned that a car was

A 31-year-old Yucca Valley man was arrested after his three-month-old baby was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries. The investigation began on May 24, that’s when the three-month-old infant was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center Pediatric Intensive Care Unit with life-threatening injuries consistent with child abuse. Investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Crimes

A teen was arrested today on suspicion of threatening to shoot students at Cathedral City High School. Police received a tip at around 6:30 a.m. Friday about an unidentified 16-year-old Cathedral City resident threatening to shoot students at the high school at 69250 Dinah Shore Drive, according to Sgt. Nate Hanley of the Cathedral City