A 35-year-old man was behind bars today on suspicion of attempted murder for allegedly shooting at an occupied vehicle in Mecca earlier this month. The Mecca resident was arrested Tuesday evening, also on suspicion being a felon in possession of a loaded firearm, according to Sgt. David Aldrich of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
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A 64-year-old woman who was fatally struck, allegedly by a Palm Desert High School teacher and football coach, was identified today. The Riverside County coroner’s office identified her as Nancy Valdes of Palm Desert. The crash was reported at 6:09 p.m. March 4 at Calliandra Street and Alamo Drive, according to the Riverside County Fire
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A Coachella man accused of threatening to bomb the 2021 Desert X art exhibition had his case dismissed today after completing his misdemeanor diversion program. Phillip Matthew Carrillo, 33, was charged with one misdemeanor count of falsely reporting a bomb, according to court records. “The court granted misdemeanor diversion back in September, over the
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Editor’s Note: A story that ran on the CNS wire Monday stated that Riverside County prosecutors had requested that a judge dismiss all counts against the defendant for unspecified reasons. The story stemmed from basic notations in the court minutes and emails from the D.A.’s communications director, who was going by the same minutes. The
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Jury selection began today for the trial of a 28-year-old Coachella Valley man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend during a frenzied attack possibly stemming from drug use, dumping her remains in a Thermal cemetery, then setting her residence ablaze. Christian Alejandro Pacheco is charged with murder, arson, assault with a deadly weapon, animal cruelty
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A stolen vehicle suspect led deputies on a pursuit from Cathedral City to the Bermuda Dunes area Monday afternoon. The pursuit started at around 3:30 p.m. when deputies spotted a vehicle reported stolen on Ramon Road and Date Palm Drive, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. confirmed. Authorities said the suspect led deputies in circles for
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College of the Desert trustee Rubén Pérez was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence last month, authorities confirmed. Pérez, 29, was arrested at around 12:50 a.m. near the intersection of Avenue 52 and Silverrock in La Quinta on February 10, jail records show. He was released on a citation the same day, the Riverside
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A 65-year-old man accused in the fatal stabbing of a woman in Palm Springs must stand trial on the murder charge, a judge ruled today. In addition to the murder charge Miguel Hernandez Toscano was facing two felony counts of willful child cruelty and one misdemeanor court of willful cruelty to a child, according to
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A 28-year-old man arrested in Cathedral City for allegedly shooting two Jewish men after they left synagogues in the Pico-Robertson district less than 24 hours apart pleaded not guilty today in Los Angeles to federal hate crime and firearms charges. Jaime Tran, previously of Riverside, will remain in federal custody with an April 11 trial
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Three young men accused in a 2020 attack on a man in a Palm Springs mobile home park will be arraigned again later this month on a felony charge. Angel Valtierra, 24, Anthony Jose Lopez, 23, and Nathan Roldan Ramirez, 23, were originally charged with one felony count each of gang activity and of assault
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One of the victims in the Thursday night shooting in the Carver Tract community between Indio and Coachella in the East Valley is 17-year-old Jayden Lopez, confirmed by his mother, Juanita Brady. Lopez is survived by His mother, father, four sisters, and two brothers. “It’s sad that we had losing so young,” says Brady. “I
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Police are searching for a woman who witnesses said fired her gun during an attempted robbery of a marijuana dispensary in Palm Springs Wednesday morning. The incident was reported at just before 9:30 a.m. at One Plant Dispensary at 2739 N Palm Canyon Drive. Police were called to respond to reports of shots fired inside
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Three Los Angeles Police Department officers were hospitalized in unknown condition tonight after being shot and wounded in Lincoln Heights, and a suspect is dead after being barricaded in a residential garage, according to multiple reports. According to reports from the scene near Mission Avenue and North Broadway, police arrived around 4:30 p.m. regarding a
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Police arrested a man and a woman believed to be behind a series of residential burglaries in the Cathedral City cove area. The arrests came about after a recent increase burglaries in that area, police said. Cathedral City detectives executed a search warrant Wednesday at around 9:30 a.m. on the 68500 block of C Street,
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A Palm Desert High School teacher and football coach was charged with murder today after he allegedly struck and killed a pedestrian while intoxicated over the weekend. Cameron Francis Curtis, 31, of Palm Desert additionally faces a sentence enhancing allegation of great bodily injury, according to court records. He’s set to be arraigned Wednesday afternoon
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A lockdown that led to several tense hours at Coachella Valley High School has been lifted following unfounded reports of a student with a knife, officials confirmed. Parents and guardians were outside the gates of the school Tuesday morning, waiting for information on the lockdown. Eventually, they were directed to the main gym to pick
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Desert Springs Middle School was placed on a brief lock out Tuesday afternoon due to police activity nearby. Parents/guardians were notified by the Palm Springs Unified School District at around 3:40 p.m., a text to parents showed. The lock out was lifted by 3:53 p.m. School officials said there was no threat to any students
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A 24-year-old man has been charged for his alleged role in a high-speed crash that killed three people in Palm Desert during the holidays. Ricardo Adrian Meza was officially charged with three counts of murder on Tuesday, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office confirmed. He was scheduled to be arraigned on those charges Tuesday afternoon,
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Update 3/8/23: Police confirmed the person killed was a male juvenile. Their age was not disclosed. As of Wednesday evening, there have been no arrest made. There was no word on a possible description of a suspect or suspects. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Jason Kupka at 760-329-2904 x354 or Detective Celia
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A 33-year-old Orange County man who hit an Indio police officer with his pickup and led law enforcement on a brief chase near the Coachella Music & Arts Festival was bound for state prison today to serve a four-year sentence. Michael Anthony Berber of Fountain Valley pleaded guilty in January to assault with a deadly
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