Crime

A probationer was arrested on Wednesday afternoon in Coachella. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were called to a suspicious circumstance in the area of 7th Street and Tripoli Way at approximately 1:55 p.m. Deputies arrived at the scene and made contact with four subjects, including 29-year-old Cruz Cruz, a Coachella resident. Not

The trial of a 20-year-old man accused of gunning down four people has been delayed as it becomes a capital punishment case. On the night of February 3, 2019, Jacob Montgomery, 19, Juan Duarte Raya, 18, and Yuliana Garcia, 17, were found dead inside a Toyota Corolla that crashed into a parked Jeep near the

The man wanted in connection with a triple homicide in Perris earlier this month has been arrested, Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced. Jose Luis Torres Garcia, a 33-year-old Mexican national, was suspected of killing three men execution-style on Feb. 17. The victims were found shortly after daybreak at Perris Valley Cemetery, their bodies had been

The Riverside County District Attorney ruled that there was no criminal culpability in a deputy-involved shooting that left an ax-wielding man dead. The DIS happened on the morning of June 3, 2018. Deputies were called to assist officers with the California Highway Patrol and crews from CAL FIRE/Riverside County with a non-compliant person armed with an

A documented gang member was arrested today for allegedly assaulting his uncle and grandmother with a knife after breaking into their Coachella home, leaving one of them injured. Deputies responded about 9 a.m. to a family disturbance call at a home in the 52200 block of Calle Empalme, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

In an instant, the Riverside County Fair and Date Festival turned hostile. Video shared exclusively with News Channel 3 shows punches flying and a man being thrown into a metal fence. “People were getting knocked to the ground and kicked in the face and people were getting pretty hurt,” said the man who captured the

A convicted felon who gunned down a 21-year-old Beaumont woman during a botched kidnapping was sentenced today to life in state prison without the possibility of parole. A Banning jury in December deliberated less than a day before finding 34-year-old Samuel Jesus Acosta guilty of the 2017 slaying of Jasmine Zuniga. Jurors convicted Acosta of

A 25-year-old man who broke into a Desert Hot Springs home and raped a woman, then fled to Alaska, was sentenced today to 10 years in state prison. Gary Lane Franklin II remained on the lam for nearly two months after the Aug. 14, 2018, attack. He was arrested in Anchorage on Oct. 6 of

On Friday at around 2:34 a.m., deputies from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department – Morongo Basin Station responded to reports of a burglary in progress at La Casita Restaurant in Yucca Valley. According to deputies, restaurant staff were cleaning up after closing. At some point, Erick Ramirez-Ortega, 18, of La Quinta broke into the

The mother of a San Jacinto teen is speaking out after she says her son was attacked by a stranger at the Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival in Indio. “It’s pretty tragic. You feel helpless. you want to find out how this happened, why this happened,” said Lora Wood, the mother of the

Police conducted a high-speed pursuit Friday night that went through several Coachella Valley cities. Viewers reported seeing multiple police units chase a vehicle in Desert Hot Springs, along Interstate 10, Cathedral City and Palm Springs. Some viewers called into the newsroom to report seeing between 8 and 20 police units chase the vehicle at a

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal shooting along the Coachella-Indio border on Friday. The investigation began early Friday morning. The incident was originally an assault with a deadly weapon investigation, but the victim, a man, later succumbed to his injuries. No arrests have been made and the investigation has been taken over by

A twice-deported 33-year-old Mexican national is suspected of killing three men execution-style at a Perris cemetery, and Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco today asked the public’s assistance in finding him. “At this time, we believe this person acted alone in the homicide. He should be considered armed and extremely dangerous,” Bianco said.”Do not make contact

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested a Coachella man suspected of driving under the influence Tuesday afternoon. Froilan David Ramirez, 40, was arrested after a short pursuit that started in Coachella and ended on Avenue 50 and Jackson Street in Indio. Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Ramirez in Coachella after suspecting he