Crime

San Bernandino County Sheriff’s Department are investigating a possible father-son murder. According to SBCSD, Monday at approximately 8:23 a.m., dispatch received a 911 call from Keith Putz, Sr., 72, reporting he had just killed his son, Keith Putz, Jr., 43. Medics and deputies were dispatched to the 5900 block of Kickapoo Trail in Johnson Valley.

A man wanted on various warrants in Southern California drove across a cemetery while escaping from police over the weekend. Prior to this incident, Gilbert Gonzalez, 31, of Twentynine Palms was already wanted on separate vehicle theft warrants out of Orange and San Bernardino Counties. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin

A Desert Hot Springs mother, Estela Rojas, warns her neighbors about the home burglary that occurred on Sunday night. “It was just all torn upside down, I went into the other rooms they had ransacked everything,” said Rojas. Rojas replays the break-in of her home over and over again in her mind. “So many scenarios

An Indio man has been charged with defrauding dozens of people in a $15 million phony energy company scheme, the United States Department of Justice announced. Joey Dodson, 55, was arrested Friday morning and charged with four counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud and three counts of money laundering, according to an

UPDATE: PSPD: Vandalism in Palm Springs has indications of gang graffiti Residents of a normally quiet Palm Springs neighborhood woke up Friday morning to find that one of the homes on their neighborhood was hit with graffiti. The home, located near Via Escuela and Avenida Caballeros, has the word “Crip” spray-painted on the side of

A Cathedral City man is in custody after allegedly robbing a convenience store at gunpoint for a beer. According to the Cathedral City Police Department, the robbery occurred at the AM/PM on 68500 Ramon Road on Monday at around 2:30 a.m. Police say Bayron Mata, 28, went into the store armed with a pistol. Mata

Every December, families enjoy twinkling lights and holiday spirit on Candy Cane Lane in Cathedral City. For hundreds of thousands each year, it’s a merry and bright beloved holiday tradition. But for Roxanne Cerda, it’s a haunting time of year. “To this day I can close my eyes and I can still feel the sting

Two men were each sentenced to 180 days in county jail and three years probation today for operating an illegal cannabis dispensary in Banning. Arturo Rosas Gonzalez, 41, and Jose Alfredo Vazquez, 26, both of Banning, pleaded guilty to one count each of felony conspiracy to possess cannabis for sale, and one count of unlawfully

Police were investigating a bank robbery in Palm Springs on Thursday afternoon. According to Palm Springs Police Department Sergeant Mike Casavan, the robbery was reported at the Chase bank located at the intersection of South Palm Canyon Drive and Ramon Road at 1:30 p.m. Police weren’t releasing the amount of money the suspect took. He

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who walked in and out of a Riverside grocery store several times, stealing hundreds of dollars worth of shrimp that he stuffed down his pants. The alleged shrimp bandit targeted the Vons at 3520 Riverside Plaza Drive on Dec. 4, according to RPD Officer

Police are looking for a man accused of stealing from a caricature artist during Riverside’s Festival of Lights Parade. According to Riverside PD, at around 11:50 p.m. on Dec. 5, the suspect approached a caricature artist and asked for a portrait of himself. The artist agreed, however, once they finished, the suspect grabbed the artist’s