A heavy police presence was reported in the Ruth Hardy Park area of Palm Springs Thursday night as officers searched for a burglary suspect. Details on the crime remain limited, but viewers told News Channel 3 at around 7:00 p.m. that a police helicopter was circling the area telling residents to stay indoors. Police said
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Two men were shot by an assailant who attempted to rob them in a Banning park, from which he fled, his whereabouts unknown today. Â Â The attack happened about 11:35 p.m. Wednesday at Repplier Park, near the intersection of George Street and North San Gorgonio Avenue, according to the Banning Police Department. The agency said
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A 25-year-old man suspected of carjacking and threatening to shoot someone who gave him a ride while he was out of custody in a separate vehicle theft case is due back in court in late February. Alexis Israel Lizarraga of Mecca pleaded not guilty Feb. 2 to one felony count each of carjacking, taking a
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Investigators are asking for the public’s help identifying men possibly from the Cathedral City area wanted in connection with setting a stolen boat on fire in Corona. The fire was set on Dec. 11 at the Von’s supermarket at 369 Magnolia Ave in the city of Corona. According to the Corona Fire Dept., witnesses reported
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A former teacher at a Christian school in Banning who had inappropriate contact with a female student was sentenced today to three months in jail and three years’ felony probation, as well as ordered to register as a sex offender. Â Â Nicholas Garrett Corl, 26, of Banning pleaded guilty last month to attempted sexual intercourse
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A 28-year-old parolee who hid in a ladies’ restroom at a Riverside hospital, recording visitors as they used the facility, was ordered today to register as a sex offender. Sergio Eduardo Quezada, an undocumented immigrant, earlier this month admitted two counts of unlawfully concealing a camera to capture video in violation of privacy laws under
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Jury selection began today in the trial of a 25-year-old man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend at her Palm Desert apartment. Richard Colin Holbrook of Escondido allegedly killed 33-year-old Nicole Henderson in 2019. Holbrook is charged with murder, child endangerment and a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a deadly weapon — a knife — in
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An officer with the Beaumont Police Department was arrested following allegations of sexual misconduct. Diego Francisco Sanchez, 35, was arrested on Monday on Orange Avenue, according to county jail records. The Beaumont Police Department confirmed Sanchez was arrested by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. BPD spokesperson Marcedes Cashmer added that he was relieved of his
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Palm Springs Police responded to reports of people having public sex along the Bud Furer Trail Area. The Bud Furer Equestrian trail area is located on the 900 block of South El Cielo Road. The department announced Monday night that they have received multiple instances of inappropriate behavior in public spaces. “Community members got a
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A former sheriff’s correctional deputy who was allegedly caught carrying more than 100 pounds of fentanyl on Interstate 10 waived his preliminary hearing today, advancing his case on the docket without the prosecution having to present any evidence.  Jorge Alberto Oceguera Rocha, 25, of Banning, is charged with transportation of controlled substances, possession of controlled
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A 26-year-old San Jacinto man who supplied a fatal dose of fentanyl to an acquaintance was sentenced today to 12 years in state prison. Samuel Leo Mussaw last month admitted charges of voluntary manslaughter and possession of controlled substances for sale under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for
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A Mexican citizen was arrested Monday morning after Border Patrol agents reported finding 154 pounds of meth in a vehicle during a traffic stop in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened at around 5:00 a.m. on Interstate 10 near Dillon Road. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency, Border Patrol agents were observing
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Jose Larin Garcia, the man convicted of killing four people in Palm Springs, was sentenced to death Friday morning in Indio. Nearly a year ago to the day, Larin Garcia, 24, was found guilty of four counts of first-degree murder. A jury recommended a death sentence. He was originally set to be sentenced in May
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A 38-year-old convicted felon who fatally shot his helper at an illegal marijuana grow in Anza after the man accidentally caused a vehicle to roll over and kill a puppy was found guilty today of murder. After two days of deliberations, a Murrieta jury convicted Benjamin Franklin Winkle of killing 37-year-old Michael M. Mendoza in
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The Desert Hot Springs Police Department has made significant progress in a recent crime spree involving the theft of a large community mailbox in the Hacienda Heights neighborhood on January 28th. Thanks to a vigilant community member who captured the whole event on video, detectives were able to identify the suspect and place him under
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A Coachella man was sentenced to up to 900 years in prison for sexually abusing children. Daniel Ochoa Perez, 68, was arrested in May 2019 in the area of Vermouth Drive on reports of possible sexual abuse. The extent of Perez’s crimes has not been disclosed by authorities. In December, Perez was found guilty of
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The Palm Springs Police Department’s IMPACT unit, aimed at community-oriented policing and problem-solving, has been working tirelessly to spread a clear message that retail theft WILL NOT be tolerated in this community! Over the past two weeks, the PSPD’s IMPACT team has conducted three retail theft operations at large corporations such as Walmart, Home Depot,
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A Cathedral City man and three juveniles were arrested Tuesday after several gang-related search warrants were served throughout Riverside County. The 28-year-old man was arrested for two outstanding felony warrants, and one girl and two boys were arrested on suspicion of possessing ammunition and firearms, according to Sgt. Mark Robles of the Cathedral City Police
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Border Patrol agents arrested two people in two separate events over the weekend on Interstate 10. The first incident happened on Friday when agents stopped a white sedan traveling east on Interstate 10. The driver pulled over on the side of the road, the driver was questioned and admitted to being in the country illegally,
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A woman and her boyfriend accused in the 2012 death of her 22-year-old developmentally disabled twin brother re-entered not guilty pleas today to murder. Ines Patrisia Mendez, 33, and her boyfriend, Shanen Ryan Riley, 34, also re-entered not guilty pleas to one felony count of cruelty to an adult Tuesday morning at the Larson Justice
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