A 22-year-old man suspected in a late-night shooting that injured two people in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder and assault with a gun. Joel Ramirez Benitez of Palm Springs was additionally charged with one felony count of assault with a gun, according to court records. He also faces a sentence-enhancing allegation
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A shocking assault caught on camera outside a downtown Palm Springs bar has left the victim, Skyy Perez, shaken and bruised. Perez, who is a transgender woman, says the attack was targeted due to her identity. The incident occurred late Saturday night behind The Village, and police are now investigating it as a possible hate
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A Navy sailor from Monterey Park pleaded not guilty today to federal charges of allegedly receiving bribes in exchange for sending sensitive military information — including plans for a large-scale U.S. military exercise in the Indo-Pacific Region and diagrams and blueprints for a radar system — to a Chinese intelligence officer. Petty Officer Wenheng Zhao,
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A 31-year-old man was behind bars today for his alleged involvement in a robbery with two women that started in Rancho Mirage, where a person was lured into a vehicle and driven away before being robbed. The Palm Springs resident was arrested Wednesday in Cathedral City on suspicion of violating his parole, robbery and conspiracy,
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A felon accused of beating a Cabazon man with a chunk of wood and stabbing him multiple times was charged today with assault with a deadly weapon and other offenses. Sergio Martinez Gutierrez, 44, was arrested Tuesday following a five-day Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation. Along with the assault count, Gutierrez is charged with a
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A man has been airlifted to the hospital after being shot in Mecca Wednesday night. The shooting was reported at around 7:39 p.m. on the 91000 block of 66th Avenue. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies arrived to the scene and found a man shot at least once at the location. The suspect
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A fentanyl-related homicide trial is now underway in Riverside County. This is the first case of its kind to go to trial here where the defendant has been charged with murder in a fentanyl poisoning death. We have provided extensive coverage on the fentanyl crisis here at home — and around the state In this case, Vicente Romero, 34,
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A 22-year-old man suspected in a late-night shooting that injured two people was arrested today in Palm Springs. The suspect, a Palm Springs resident, was arrested early Wednesday morning near North Indian Canyon Drive, according to inmate records. He was subsequently booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio, where he remains
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Two men suspected in the 2018 fatal shooting of a jiu-jitsu instructor in Cathedral City pleaded not guilty to murder today. Ramon Diaz In addition to the murder charge, Troy Walter Edmund, 44, and Kipko Griffin, 48, additionally denied a special-circumstance allegation of lying in wait, according to court records. Edmund also pleaded not
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A 24-year-old man who led police on a pursuit that ended in a fiery collision at a gas station in Indio pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to 180 days in county jail and nearly three years of formal probation. Zeus Rico of Desert Hot Springs was charged with two felony
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A man suspected of starting a fire that burned over 100 acres in Banning has been officially charged with arson, among other counts. Ande Delgado Cox Jr., 45, was charged with one count of arson, one count of possession of drug paraphernalia, and a sentence-enhancing allegation of perpetrating arson in an area wherea state of
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A 19-year-old man who robbed and attempted a carjacking in Palm Desert last year pleaded guilty to felony charges today. Linnell Letice Wilson of Palm Desert pleaded guilty to one felony count each of attempted carjacking, robbery, and making criminal threats to cause death or great bodily injury. He also admitted aggravating factors of causing
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Members of the California Senate recently passed a bill to limit police from pulling over drivers for certain minor safety infractions. SB 50 would prohibit police from pulling over someone for something like lighting, registration or license plates alone. The bill’s supporters say it would help to reduce racial profiling and free up law enforcement
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Six people were arrested after a police officer reported hearing gunshots in a Palm Springs neighborhood overnight on Tuesday. Police were originally called to the area of Granada Ave and Tramview Rd. just after midnight to respond to multiple disturbance calls about a block party in the neighborhood. Officials with the Palm Springs Police Department
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The retrial of a local woman accused in the death of her husband’s son death 20 years ago will continue later this year. Patricia Brown will return for her new trial in October for a trial readiness conference. The jury trial is set to begin in November. Check Out our Patricia Brown section for more
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A Cathedral City man brutally murdered another man in 2017 out of jealousy over a woman, a prosecutor told jurors today as the alleged shooter’s trial unfolded. Ronald Dean Ricks, 37, is charged with one felony count of murder along with a special-circumstance allegation of discharging a firearm from a vehicle and a sentence-enhancing allegation
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An ex-con whom authorities allege is associated with a racially motivated violent extremist group was charged today with federal drug and ammunition charges stemming from a search warrant that was served at his Reseda home. Ryan Scott Bradford, 34, is accused of conspiring to distribute methamphetamine and being a felon in possession of ammunition,
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A Salton City man has been charged with multiple counts of violent sexual assaults, the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office announced on Friday. Philip Warren Carter, 32, was arrested by the Imperial County Sheriff’s Office on July 19. Investigators from the Imperial County Sherriff’s Office and the Imperial County District Attorney’s Office are seeking any
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A person suspected of starting a wildland fire that burned over 100 acres Thursday night in Banning has been arrested. The suspect, a 45-year-old man was arrested a little after midnight in Highlands Springs in Banning, Cal Fire announced. Cal Fire said the arrest came after investigators determined the fire was a case of arson.
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Two people are in the hospital to after a pursuit in Indio ends with a crash near Interstate Ten on Friday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, a deputy spotted a reported stolen car in the area of Fred Waring Drive and Adams Street just before 11:30 a.m. Deputies attempted a traffic stop,
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