Crime

Palm Springs Police Department responded to the 2000 block of N. Palm Canyon Drive Thursday morning after at least four reports of shattered windows in the area. Blurry surveillance footage shown to PSPD shows a vehicle traveling northbound on Palm Canyon, but it is unknown if the footage is related to the crime. There is

A 50-year-old convicted felon accused of preying on two Moreno Valley schoolgirls and trying to kidnap one of them will ask a judge next week to consider lowering his bail so he can get out of jail. Rene Rodriguez Ramirez of Indio is charged with attempted kidnapping and annoying minors in connection with alleged acts

Border Patrol agents arrested three people allegedly found with 51 pounds of methamphetamine at a gas station in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened on Thursday at around 10:30 PM at a gas station on Dillon Road, just off of Interstate 10. Authorities said Border Patrol agents saw two suspicious vehicles driving eastbound on Interstate

Update 5/23/24 The man killed in the shooting was identified as USMC Gunnery Sgt. Robert McDonald, 35, who was stationed at the Twentynine Palms base. He was a beloved member of the community, coaching a flag football team to a championship a month ago. The suspect, Rudy Garcia Jr., 18, was charged with murder, attempted

A pair of convicted felons who killed a 64-year-old Anza man while stealing marijuana and money tied to his illegal cannabis grow were both convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. Jodi Lynn Miller, 48, of Rancho Cucamonga and Jesse Robert Thurbush, 43, of Victorville murdered James Cidney Brown in 2019.    After three

Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Monday night in Cabazon. The shooting was reported at around 8:15 PM in the area of Adele Avenue and Lemon Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the reporting party told dispatch that his friend was walking and had been shot. There was no

Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of a 39-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her husband during a dispute at their Coachella home. Cindy Gicela Parra is charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the 2022 death

A felon who killed his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home was sentenced today to 11 years in state prison. A Banning jury in March found Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont guilty of voluntary manslaughter, rather than two counts of first-degree murder. Jurors also found untrue

One of two men accused of assaulting two people last year in Palm Desert with a semi-automatic firearm was sentenced today to 24 months probation. Jaden Xavier Garcia, 20, previously pleaded guilty to the felony assault charge and admitted to an armed with a firearm enhancement.    Judge Otis Sterling sentenced Garcia at the Larson

A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to burglary, as well as for resisting or deterring an officer in separate cases today. Palm Springs resident Justin Val Miller did so as part of a plea arrangement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office Thursday at the Larson Justice Center