A mother and her son are recovering in the hospital after being shot while confronting a teen robbery suspect near Bagdouma Park in Coachella Monday afternoon. “We was inside when we heard some shootings, you know shootings, and then, loud and we went outside,” said Zila Duran, a Coachella resident. Duran recounts the terrifying moments
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A 32-year-old Oregon man who traveled to Riverside County for a dalliance with a Banning girl pleaded guilty today to contacting a minor for illicit purposes. Devon Richard Decerto of Gresham, Oregon, admitted the felony count under a plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admission, prosecutors agreed to drop a
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A 34-year-old man who shot at multiple victims, including a 7-year-old child, in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Sky Valley pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to more than six-and-a-half years in state prison. Â Â Ryan David Sargent of Cathedral City pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center
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 A 25-year-old Corona man suspected of leaving a La Quinta Middle School with a 12-year-old girl he had allegedly been communicating with via social media pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Joshua Meza was charged with six felony counts of committing a lewd act with a child under 14 and one felony count each
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A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who was charged with committing lewd acts on four young boys at his Covina-area home has died while in custody, officials said today. Sheriff’s department officials said only that Paul Razo, 46, died of medical complications, but no further information was released. Â Â Razo was arrested May 10,
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Update 8/27/24 Michael Garcia was arrested at the US-Mexico border in Calexico. He remains in custody on $75,000 Stay with News Channel 3 for continuing updates. Original Report 5/17/23 Authorities are searching for a Desert Hot Springs man wanted for allegedly supplying the fentanyl that led to the death of a 17-year-old girl in 2022.
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A 24-year-old man who stole a cell phone from a 17-year-old boy at gunpoint in Coachella pleaded guilty to robbery today and was immediately sentenced to 12 years in prison. Miguel Martinez Navarro of Coachella pleaded guilty to the charge and admitted to a sentence-enhancement of using a firearm Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center
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A jury was seated today for the trial of a convicted felon accused of killing his infant daughter in a high-speed crash on the south end of Palm Desert. Marcus Novell Green, 58, of Thermal is charged with second-degree murder, child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for the June 2016 death of
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Jury selection began today in the trial of a felon accused of killing his infant daughter in a high-speed crash on the south end of Palm Desert. Marcus Novell Green, 58, of Thermal, is charged with second-degree murder, child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for the June 2016 death of 5-month-old Armani
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A 34-year-old man who allegedly shot at multiple victims, including a 7-year-old child, in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Sky Valley pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Ryan David Sargent of Cathedral City was charged with one felony count each of assault with a gun, willful child cruelty, being a convicted felon
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A 32-year-old Norco woman accused of abusing and allowing her 17-month-old child to ingest fentanyl, causing the toddler’s death, was charged today with second-degree murder and other offenses. Jennifer Johanna Allen was arrested Tuesday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation at her residence in the 100 block of Eighth Street. Along with murder, Allen
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A 34-year-old man from Cathedral City was arrested for allegedly shooting at multiple victims, including a 7-year-old child, in an unincorporated of Riverside County near Sky Valley, authorities said today. The suspect was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, child endangerment, being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition, and
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A Norco woman is suspected of allowing her 17-month-old child to ingest fentanyl, causing the tot’s death, authorities said today. The 32-year-old woman was arrested and booked into the Robert Presley Jail in Riverside Tuesday on suspicion of murder. According to Riverside County Sheriff’s Sgt. Steve Brosche, patrol deputies were called to the woman’s
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A 15-year-old boy who is suspected of shooting at a parked vehicle in a North Palm Springs residence mid-April was arrested, authorities said today. On the night of April 16, deputies from the Cabazon sheriff’s station responded to the 22800 block of Sterling Avenue to reports of gunshots, according to Sgt. Jaime A. Hernandez of
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A 40-year-old man suspected of sending sexually motivated messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy in Palm Desert pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Brandon Devon Bourgeois of Hemet was charged with one felony count each of contacting a minor with intent to commit a crime and possessing matter depicting a minor
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Four Coachella teens were arrested for fleeing from pursuing deputies and being in possession of multiple firearms, authorities said today. The Thermal Sheriff’s Station Special Investigations Unit conducted a surveillance operation around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday in Coachella in response to recent criminal activity, according to Sgt. David Aldrich of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Aldrich
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A 40-year-old man was behind bars today for allegedly sending sexually motivated messages to someone he believed was a 14-year-old boy in Palm Desert. The Hemet man was arrested Tuesday night on suspicion of contacting a minor to commit a felony and attempting oral copulation with a person under 16 years of age, according to
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A student at Amistad High School in Indio was arrested after allegedly being found in possession of a gun on campus, officials said. Indio Police notified the school’s principal of the possibility of a gun on campus at around 12:40 p.m. on Tuesday, according to Mary Perry, public information officer for the Desert Sands Unified
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Two 18-year-old men have been arrested in an armed carjacking in La Quinta, along with two 16-year-old boys who also were allegedly involved in a second armed carjacking in Palm Desert the same day.  The 18-year-olds, residents of Coachella and Palm Desert, were arrested Tuesday morning on suspicion of carjacking, assault with a deadly weapon
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A 43-year-old felon from Morongo Valley who sexually assaulted an underage girl was sentenced today to eight years in state prison. Elogio Elias Arredondo pleaded guilty March 20 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of committing a lewd act on a girl under the age of 14 and sexual
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