Kids and Crime

A Riverside special needs school employee accused of supplying fentanyl to students, causing at least one to suffer a medical emergency, must stand trial for child cruelty and other offenses, a judge ruled today, after the defendant’s husband pleaded guilty to firearms-related charges. Melissa Harloam Garrison, 47, and David Wayne Garrison, 58, were arrested in

The teens were arrested in connection with a shooting earlier this month in Coachella. The shooting happened on Nov. 2, 2022, at the intersection of Balboa Street and Westerfield Way around 4:20 PM. A search was done in the surrounding neighborhood and there was no word of any injuries during the shooting. Friday at around

A teenager has been arrested in connection with a shooting last month in Coachella. The shooting happened back on Oct. 9, 2022 at a residence on the 85300 block of Cairo Street. There was no word on any injuries in the initial shooting. Thursday at around 7:00 AM, Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the

Reports of a shooting outside of a local middle school led to a short lockdown at Bobby Duke Middle School in Coachella. A teacher heard gunshots around the area and called 911, to Lissette Santiago, public information officer for the Coachella Valley Unified School District. The shooting was reported around the 85300 block of Cairo

A juvenile was arrested and several illegal firearms were seized after detectives conducted a follow-up investigation into Tuesday evening’s shooting in Desert Hot Springs. Ghost guns seized during the investigation (Courtesy DHSPD) The shooting happened at around 5:00 p.m. in the area of Agua Dulce and Cactus Drive, south of Two Bunch Trails. Police said a boy

A Desert Hot Springs man accused of possessing over 600 images of child sexual abuse material was arrested on Tuesday. The man, a 19-year-old was arrested by DHSPD detectives in Banning, the department announced. According to DHSPD, the investigation began on Sept. 14, 2022. Detectives authored numerous search warrants and identified the suspect. The suspect

Multiple teenagers are in custody in connection with a pair of shootings in Thermal that left a boy in the hospital last weekend. The shootings happened on Saturday, Oct 1. The first one happened on the 63000 block of Landon Lane in Thermal at approximately 3:09 p.m. Details on this shooting remain limited. Authorities searched

Two juveniles accused of an armed carjacking at an elementary school parking lot were arrested when they were seen driving that vehicle nearby, the Indio police announced. The robbery was reported at Herbert Hoover Elementary School in Indio at around 6:00 a.m. on Tuesday. Indio police officers said they learned that an employee with the

A 22-year-old man was arrested in connection with the sexual assault of a child at a Yucca Valley residence in 2020. The sexual assault happened in 2020 however deputies were notified of the crime on Aug. 9, 2022, the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station announced on Tuesday. Deputies said they were able to substantiate the claims

A foster parent was arrested Monday after a 16-month-old infant died in a Beaumont home, the Beaumont Police Department announced. Police said they received a call to the 1500 block of Ruby Lane at around 2:15 p.m. after the father reported that he found the toddler face down, not breathing in his playpen. The father

A 48-year-old soccer coach suspected of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl was free from jail today. Rosario Navarro Gonzalez was taken into custody Thursday at 12:27 a.m. in the 27900 block of Adams Avenue, according to Sgt. Frank Schiavone from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He posted $35,000 bail the same day and was released

A 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man was sentenced to one year in jail and two years probation today for possession of child pornography. Robert Earl Adams III pleaded guilty Aug. 10 to one felony count of possessing matters depicting a minor in a sexual act.    He was sentenced Wednesday to two years of formal