Crime

THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – A man arrested last week in connection with a double homicide case in Thermal has been exonerated, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced on Friday. The man, a 43-year-old from Mecca, was released from custody on Tuesday. Authorities said he was cleared as a suspect after investigators corroborated new leads and

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect was arrested in connection with a stabbing that left a person in critical condition after being stabbed Thursday night in Mecca. The stabbing was reported just before 7:00 p.m. on the 91000 block of 2nd Street, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. “… deputies located a subject with injuries

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A former Coachella Valley girls soccer coach who molested and propositioned multiple students was sentenced today to 61 years, four months in state prison. A Banning jury in October convicted 30-year-old Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso of Salton City of three counts each of forcible lewd acts on a child and contacting

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of an ex-instructional assistant for the Coachella Valley Unified School District accused of perpetrating lewd acts during online contact with a female student. Edward Noel Alvarado Valadez, 31, of Coachella was arrested in 2019 following a Riverside County Sheriff’s

Update 2/18/26 The suspect, Diego Gallardo, 32, was officially charged with attempted murder along with other charges, according to court records. He pleaded not guilty to all charges on Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center. Gallardo is scheduled to return to court on Feb. 27 for a felony settlement conference. Original Report 2/12/26 DESERT HOT

EL CENTRO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Salton City man accused of the murder of a missing 17-year-old girl pleaded not guilty to all charges in his first court appearance on Wednesday. Abraham Feinbloom, 51, is charged with murder and resisting a peace officer in connection with the T’Neya Tovar case, a teenager reported missing on

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 28-year-old man was arrested in connection with a deadly shooting in Indio in December 2021. Pedro Angel Gonzalez was arrested on Feb. 11 in Coachella during a traffic stop, the Indio Police Department announced on Tuesday. Gonzalez has been charged with first-degree murder, shooting at a vehicle/dwelling, assault with a

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are searching for a suspect after a 36-year-old man was killed in a shooting Tuesday morning in the Dream Homes neighborhood of Cathedral City. The shooting was reported at around 11:15 a.m. on the 30800 block of San Gabriel Circle. Police said officers arrived at the scene and found

SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ)- New information found on the suspect in connection with the disappearance and death of T’Neya Tovar.  News Channel 3’s Garrett Hottle was first to report last week that partial human remains recovered by the Imperial County Sheriff were identified as Tovar’s.  Check Out: New timeline, digital evidence raise questions after arrest

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An 18-year-old suspected of crashing a vehicle into an Indio police patrol unit and fleeing on foot was arrested today following a brief pursuit. Officers responded about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a disturbance in the 81000 block of Dalea Avenue, according to Indio Police Department Sgt. Abraham Plata.

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon accused of slashing a Palm Springs man with a box cutter, then fleeing the scene and almost making it out of the city until he was apprehended, was charged today with attempted murder and other offenses. James Jeremiah Fuller, 41, of Palmdale was arrested Tuesday following an investigation