Kids and Crime

A student was found with a loaded gun in Banning High School Friday morning, police announced. At 11:37 a.m., police responded to a report of a student possibly armed with a gun at the school. According to the Banning Police Dept., the School Resource Officer contacted the student, along with school campus security. Authorities conducted

A 26-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting a child at a Banning church was charged today with lewd acts on a child under 14 years old and other offenses. Nicholas Garrett Corl of Banning was arrested earlier this week following an investigation by the Banning Police Department.    Along with the lewd acts count, Corl

Police arrested a church faculty member in Banning after accusations of sexually assaulting a child. The crime was reported on Tuesday at around 3:45 p.m. Police said officers were called to the Mountain Avenue Baptist Church in Banning. Authorities said a church employee reported criminal acts against a child that occurred on the church property.

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help family with funeral expenses for a 16-year-old boy killed in a shooting in Coachella over the weekend. Joseph Aroz, 16, was pronounced dead after being shot Sunday at around 9:07 p.m. in the 53500 block of Cesar Chavez Street. Family said the shooting happened at the

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