Crime

A man and woman pleaded guilty today to felony charges of stealing checks from mailboxes in Rancho Mirage over a nearly five-month period, and were immediately sentenced to two years of probation each. John Fisher, 38, and Thea Lorraine Rich, 32, pleaded guilty at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to two felony counts of

A felon was acquitted today of causing the death of his infant daughter in a high-speed crash on the south end of Palm Desert. A Riverside jury deliberated nearly three days in the trial of 58-year-old Marcus Novell Green of Thermal before returning with not guilty verdicts on charges of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter

Palm Springs Police arrested a 28-year-old Redding man accused of window smash vandalisms at several locations in the downtown area. Several businesses were targeted by the man, who police said was destroying windows using rocks. The businesses targeted include Johannes (196 S Indian Canyon), Division Menswear (210 E Arenas), Fudge and Chocolates (211 S Palm

Update 6/7/23: One of the suspects, Marie Ahsee Verest, is no longer wanted, police said. She is considered a person of interest. Police continue to search for two suspects wanted in connection with the shooting of a man outside of the Dollar Tree store in Cathedral City Sunday afternoon. The shooting happened outside the Dollar

Authorities today asked for public help in their investigation of the death of a 32-year-old man near Desert Hot Springs.    Solwyn Nelson of Desert Hot Springs was fatally injured Feb. 4. “The investigation is ongoing, and no additional details are currently available,” Palm Desert sheriff’s officials said Thursday.    Deputies from the Palm Desert

An 18-year-old man who participated in a vehicle-to-vehicle shooting in Thermal pleaded guilty to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to three years of formal probation. Landon Harvey Torres of Thermal pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center to four felony counts of attempted murder and one felony count each of shooting at a

Police arrest a suspect in a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred over a year ago in Palm Springs. On Friday, May 27, San Jacinto resident Jesse Fleury, 39, was struck and killed on E Palm Canyon Drive near S Broadmoor Drive. Police said the driver fled the scene in a red Porsche 911, which investigators

A 37-year-old man pleaded guilty today to perpetrating an armed carjacking of a motorist in Desert Hot Springs with two others and was immediately sentenced to 16 years in state prison. Johnny Artis, 37, of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty Thursday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of kidnapping,

 A 37-year-old woman suspected of fatally shooting her husband in their Coachella home re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Cindy Gicela Parra of Coachella was charged with one felony count each of murder, assault with a deadly weapon to cause great bodily harm and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, according to court

A man who was involved in an armed robbery that included use of multiple AK-47s inside the gated community that houses the Arnold Palmer PGA West Golf Course in La Quinta was sentenced to four years in prison, officials said today. Noe Millan Mora, 31, along with Luis Jose Leyva Jr., 34, of Desert Hot

Two men who were involved in an armed robbery that included use of multiple AK-47s inside the gated community that houses the Arnold Palmer PGA West Golf Course in La Quinta pleaded guilty today to multiple felony charges and were immediately sentenced today.   Fernando Leal Jr., 42, of Indio and Desert Hot Springs resident Luis

Update: 5/26/23 The California Highway Patrol partially identified the person who died as a 43-year-old man who was driving a 2001 Ford Ranger. His name was withheld pending notification of his relatives. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 27-year-old man, was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center with “major injuries.”

A man and a woman who robbed and assaulted a 69-year-old man in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Indio pleaded guilty to felony charges and were immediately sentenced to state prison today.    Brooke Cassidy Prentiss, 36, and Morgan Kenneth Styre, 27 — residents of Sonora, in Tuolumne County — were charged with