Crime

Palm Springs arrested a suspect in connection to a deadly hit-and-run crash in July 2022. The suspect, identified as Cody Jay Hamilton, 28 of Cathedral City, was arrested on Thursday at around 2:00 p.m. in Cathedral City. He is expected to be arraigned on Monday on charges of hit-and-run resulting in death. The crash happened

A 33-year-old man suspected of prowling, stealing two vehicles and burglarizing a home in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Justin Eric Dalton of Moreno Valley pleaded not guilty Thursday to one felony count each of burglary and taking a vehicle without the owner’s consent, according to court records. On Wednesday, he

A man accused in the hit-and-run death of a 39-year-old man in Palm Springs more than a year ago entered not guilty pleas today.    Chad Steinmetz, 42, had a warrant issued for his arrest May 24, when he was also charged with one felony count of a hit-and-run causing death, according to court records.

 A Cathedral City man suspected in a fight that led to a fatal shooting at an Applebee’s Grill & Bar had his bail reduced today by $900,000. Willie R. Bustamante, 33, is charged with one felony count of murder and faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury, according to court

A 41-year-old man was sentenced to three years and four months in state prison today for a 2019 street racing collision that killed two senior citizens in Coachella. Angel Ramirez pleaded guilty in April to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the May 17, 2019, crash that killed Sofia Prieto, 74,

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. is investigating a robbery at a Cabazon outlets store where an employee was pepper sprayed. The robbery was reported Monday around 8:00 p.m. on the 48000 block of Seminole Drive. “The reporting party advised three subjects entered the business, stole items, and pepper sprayed an employee,” Authorities said the employee

A Hemet Police Department officer who allegedly caused serious injuries to a female suspect he was attempting to arrest in late July was charged with a trio of felonies, authorities said today. Officer Jacob Hobson was charged Thursday with assault with force likely to cause great bodily injury and two counts of assault by a

 A 19-year-old man suspected in the non-deadly shooting of a 32-year-old man in Coachella in late July pleaded not guilty to attempted murder today. Jeraldo Mederos of Indio pleaded not guilty to the charge Friday afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.    Patrol units from the Thermal sheriff’s station responded at 9:36 p.m.

 A man who fatally shot another man in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Indio was convicted today of murder. Ruben Corria Esquivel Jr., 34, of Coachella was also convicted of being a felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, and jurors additionally found true a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm

A 65-year-old Palm Desert man was arrested after being accused of sexually assaulting a minor. The man was arrested Wednesday at around 11 a.m. on the 39000 block of Bob Hope Drive in Rancho Mirage. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept., the report of the sexual assault first came in on April 3, 2023.