INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Police arrested a second person in connection with a recent spree of burglaries and vandalism in Indio. The suspect, a 34-year-old man, was arrested Wednesday just before 2 p.m., on the 82000 block of Avenue 48, Indio police announced. He was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of an ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy accused of harassing and abducting a woman, as well as possessing child pornography. Â Â Alexander Ravy Vanny, 34, of Hemet was arrested last year following an investigation by the sheriff’s department’s Special Victims
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Riverside County woman who was convicted of second-degree murder for injecting silicone oil into a woman’s buttocks just over a year after being found guilty of a lesser charge stemming from another woman’s death under similar circumstances was sentenced in Los Angeles today to 15 years to life in prison.
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A registered sex offender accused of pimping out a teenager for call girl services in the Riverside metropolitan area and elsewhere posted her pictures and other information via internet classified advertisements, arranging for her to meet men near a mall and other places, according to court documents obtained Tuesday. Â Â Deirdrick
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YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 68-year-old man was charged with murder in a deadly DUI crash on Halloween in Yucca Valley. Forrest Stibbens, 68, of Yucca Valley pleaded not guilty to all charges Wednesday in court. Stibbens is charged with murder, vehicular manslaughter, and DUI – causing injury to another person. Stibbens’ arrest stems from
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CABAZON, Calif. (KESQ) Â – An emotional plea from Mary Beushausen, Emmanuel Haro’s maternal grandmother in the courtroom on Monday. “He never gave me a chance to see my grandchildren. He kept my daughter away,” Beushausen said. Jake Haro, 32, is heading to prison after pleading guilty in the murder of his 7-month old son –
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Update 11/5/25 The suspect, Angelo Jose Saldivar, appeared in court on Wednesday, pleading not guilty to all charges. He is scheduled to return to court on Nov. 10 and Nov. 12. Original Report 11/3/25 SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecutors filed charges against a man accused of killing a San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputy responding
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Update 11/3/25 Jake Haro was sentenced to 25 years to life for the murder of his 7-month-old son, Emmanuel. Haro, 32, admitted to assaulting his son, Emmanuel Haro, to the point that it caused his death, according to court documents. Haro pleaded guilty last month to second-degree murder and filing a false police report. His guilty
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – A 45-year-old Yucca Valley man is facing charges of vehicle theft, along with multiple firearm-related offenses after an investigation of the theft of a mobile detailing trailer in Rancho Mirage. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Palm Desert Station received a report on October 17th of the trailer, valued
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Coachella Mayor Steven Hernandez was arraigned Thursday morning on perjury and conflict of interest charges for alleged illicit acts connected to his decisions on projects in the city, along with other matters. A grand jury indicted Hernandez, 42, on nine criminal counts. He pleaded not guilty to all charges and is
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RIVERSIDE (KESQ) – Pretrial motions are slated to begin Monday ahead of jury selection for the trial of three convicted felons accused of gunning down a 24-year-old man after carjacking him and his girlfriend in Riverside. Â Â Trezell Lamone Heckard, 30, of Vallejo, Qevon Xavier Harvey, 27, of Desert Hot Springs and Anthony Antoine Wright,
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HESPERIA, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella Valley man was one of 26 people arrested as part of an investigation into an illegal cock fighting operation by the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. The arrests happened Sunday morning in Hesperia. Authorities said deputies responded to the area for an unknown problem involving multiple people. Upon arrival
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A jury was seated Wednesday for the trial of two documented Beaumont gang members accused of gunning down a man during a robbery at the home of a known marijuana dealer, whose mother was also wounded in the attack. Roberto Armando Gutierrez, 33, and Adam Anthony Garcia, 21, allegedly killed Leo
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 47-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly stealing items from a train in Indio. Â Â Officers responded to a call at about 7:30 a.m. Wednesday in the area of Indio Boulevard and Avenue 48 regarding a witness who observed items being stolen from a train, according to Sgt. Abraham Plata
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An arrest has been made in an investigation into a series of burglaries and vandalism incidents in Indio. The suspect, a 38-year-old man, was arrested on Wednesday just before Noon on the 82000 block of Highway 111. Over the weekend, News Channel 3 reported that nearly 10 small businesses in Indio
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Two people were taken into custody for allegedly transporting more than 50 pounds of marijuana for sale in Palm Desert, authorities said today. Deputies conducted a traffic stop for unspecified reasons shortly before 9:50 p.m. Monday at Frank Sinatra and College drives, according to Lt. Deirdre Vickers of the Riverside
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MORONGO VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are searching for a suspect in an intentional hit-and-run crash that killed a pedestrian Monday night in Morongo Valley. The crash was reported just before 7:40 p.m. at the intersection of Hess Boulevard and Senilis Avenue. Police were called to the scene of a crash between a vehicle and
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BEAUMONT, Calif. (KESQ) – A 19-year-old man from Indio was arrested Tuesday after leading police on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle before crashing in Beaumont Tuesday morning. The pursuit started on Interstate 10, west of Date Palm, according to the California Highway Patrol. Police attempted an enforcement stop on the suspect vehicle, but the
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A former Coachella Valley girls soccer coach who molested and propositioned multiple students was convicted today of nearly a dozen felony and misdemeanor charges. A Banning jury on Tuesday found 29-year-old Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso of Salton City guilty of three counts each of forcible lewd acts on a child and
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TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – California Highway Patrol investigators have arrested a Twentynine Palms man in connection with what they claim is one of the largest known collections of child sexual abuse material linked to a single suspect in California. Police say the investigation began back in June of 2024, when investigators identified a computer
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