Riverside County announced today it has hired a former federal judge to investigate services and treatment provided to the 13 Turpin siblings who were rescued from a torturous home in Perris four years ago. The move follows reports by ABC News in which some of the siblings said they were living in poor surroundings
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The murder of a 47-year-old man found in a Palm Desert neighborhood last week remains under investigation. On Nov. 11, Edward V. Snyder was found dead on Tennessee Avenue and Oklahoma Avenue, near Fred Waring Drive. Authorities said they originally responded to calls of several gunshots in the area. When deputies arrived, they found Snyder
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ABC NEWS: By Lucien Bruggeman, Olivia Rubin, Arielle Mitropoulos, Allison Hope Weiner & Josh Margolin After suffering unspeakable abuses and deprivation at the hands of their parents, the Turpin siblings — it seemed — were on the path to a new life: a future with the resources needed to start fresh, to make up for the years they were locked away
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A 53-year-old man who fatally beat another man with a baseball bat in Thermal was found today to have been legally insane at the time of the murder. After more than a week of deliberations at the Banning Justice Center, jurors found Saul Mayoral legally insane at the time of the March 23, 2018, killing
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A 28-year-old man is accused of attempting to smuggle more than 200 fentanyl pills into the United States. The smuggling attempt was stopped at the Highway 111 immigration checkpoint in Niland, just across from the Salton Sea. The man arrived to the checkpoint Sunday afternoon in a rental 2021 Chevrolet Silverado. The vehicle was sent
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A 32-year-old man remains behind bars after a suspected DUI hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Coachella. The crash happened Sunday at around 6:49 p.m. near the area of Van Buren Street and Avenue 48. Viewers told News Channel 3 that the crash happened right in front of Rancho Las Flores Park. Deputies were called
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The father of a 15-month-old toddler who died of a fentanyl overdose has now been charged with murder. Adler Metcalf, 22, of Jurupa Valley was initially was charged only with child endangerment following the death of his son. The Riverside County District Attorney’s office added a murder count during Metcalf’s court appearance on Monday. John
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Police say one man is dead after being killed in a shooting in a Palm Desert neighborhood. In a press release sent out by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the victim was identified as 47-year-old Edward Snyder of Palm Desert. Just about the entire neighborhood heard gun shots rattling out at around 10:30 p.m. Thursday
Continue Reading Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a homicide in a Palm Desert neighborhood. Sergeant Deanna Pecoraro of the Sheriff’s Department told News Channel 3 that their investigation began at around 10:20 p.m. on Thursday in the area of Tennessee Avenue and Oklahoma Avenue. Authorities said they responded to calls of several gunshots in the area. When
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Update 11/15/21: The Riverside County District Attorney’s office has added murder charges to the toddler father, Adler Metcalf. A round of drug testing found that Metcalf had marijuana and fentanyl in his system, while Acuna also had fentanyl in her system. The couple’s 4- month-old daughter had marijuana in her system, according to court documents.
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By Lucien Bruggeman RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KABC) — Two of the 13 Turpin siblings, who were held captive and tortured by their parents inside a Riverside County home for years before managing to escape in 2018, are speaking publicly for the first time about the horrifying ordeal. In an exclusive interview with ABC News’ Diane Sawyer, the
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Riverside County Sheriffs Office confirmed a suspect was arrested after a barricade situation that led to an officer-involved shooting Wednesday morning. RSO tweeted the officer-involved shooting happened around 1:30 a.m. Indio – 81000 blk of Sierra Ave – Our Force investigations Detail is assisting CHP who was involved in an officer involved shooting around 1:30
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A Desert Hot Springs man and a Coachella woman used the man’s 18-month-old son for their personal sexual gratification, a prosecution attorney told jurors today, but defense attorneys insisted there was insufficient evidence to convict the defendants of all charges. Michael James Flaherty, 35, and Cynthia Fuentes, 25, were arrested in August 2017. They are
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A man and woman accused of molesting the man’s 18-month- old son and filming it in Desert Hot Springs must stand trial on several felony charges, a judge ruled today. Michael James Flaherty, 34, of Desert Hot Springs and Cynthia Fuentes, 24, of Coachella were arrested in August 2017. Following a preliminary hearing at the
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A felon pleaded guilty today to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter for driving drunk and causing a crash that killed his passenger in Palm Springs. Joshua Lamar Woods, 30, of Desert Hot Springs, was arrested April 19 shortly after the vehicle he was driving struck a steel pole on Indian Canyon Drive near Garnet Avenue, according
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Some Southern California prosecutors are stepping up charges against those who sell deadly, fentanyl-laced illegal drugs. In a joint news conference held Tuesday morning, Orange County District Attorney Todd Spitzer and Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced that those who manufacture or sell the fentanyl can be charged with murder if someone dies after
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It’s the first day on the force in Palm Springs for new Chief of Police Andrew Mills. News Channel 3’s Madison Weil sat down with Mills in his office to learn more about his goals for the department and city. “Off the bat…first day…just tell me how you’re feeling and what today is going to
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A person has been rushed to the hospital after being shot near an RV in the community of Desert Edge Monday afternoon. The shooting happened just before 2:40 p.m. at the Desert Springs RV Park on the 17300 block of Johnson Road, east of North Palm Springs and Desert Hot Springs. Deputies located a person
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A 23-year-old Escondido man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend in Palm Desert pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity today. Richard Colin Holbrook was arrested Oct. 27, 2019, on suspicion of killing 33-year-old Nicole Henderson, who was stabbed in her apartment in the 45200 block of Panorama Drive. Holbrook was less than a
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Police have released the identity of the woman killed in a shooting last week in Palm Springs. The shooting happened Monday, Oct. 25 at approximately 12:01 a.m. Police said a security guard found Dayana Hernandez, 38, of Desert Hot Springs with an apparent gunshot wound while seated inside white Fiat. The vehicle was parked on
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