A passenger in a ride-share taxi cab was arrested after Border Patrol agents discovered approximately $130,000 worth of fentanyl pills at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint on Wednesday. According to the agency, the incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. That’s when a ride-share taxi driver with four passengers entered the inspection area of the U.S.
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One person was hospitalized after being shot in Indio, leading to a nearby school to be briefly placed on a lockdown. The shooting happened on the 82200 block of Valencia Avenue at around 1:55 p.m., according to Indio police spokesperson Ben Guitron. Details on the shooting were limited, but Guitron confirmed one person suffered non-life-threatening
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A Joshua Tree resident was arrested Tuesday evening following a hit-and-run crash in the city of Palm Springs. The crash happened at around 7:35 p.m. on the 400 block of E. Tahquitz Canyon Way. Police learned that a vehicle traveling southbound on Calle Encilia struck a pedestrian within the crosswalk, while turning eastbound onto E.
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Jury selection is slated to resume tomorrow for the trial of a convicted felon accused of killing his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home. Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont was arrested in 2022 following a nearly two-year Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the disappearance of
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Trial began today for a Desert Hot Springs man suspected of fatally shooting his wife of three years in their home and endangering their children, who were all under 4 years old. James Daniel Fidler III, 34, is charged with one felony count each of murder and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, along with
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Surveillance video captured a break in at the Sabatinos Pizza Pasta and Wings Tuesday morning. It was just one of what appeared to be several similar break ins of business around the area of Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road. The break in at the Sabatinos near Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road at the
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A 41-year-old man who tried to snatch a Moreno Valley girl at gunpoint as she walked home from school was sentenced today to four years in state prison. Arturo Ramirez Cisneros in October pleaded guilty to attempted abduction of a minor. The plea was directly to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kelly, without input
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A man suspected with two women in a retail theft at a La Quinta cosmetic store, from which $2,300 of merchandise was stolen, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge. Derrick Yanders of Fontana, 18, was charged with one felony count of grand theft over $950, as was Khamyra Smith, 19, of Moreno Valley
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A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Correctional Deputy could face five years in prison after pleading guilty to extorting female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee agreed to a five-year prison sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to five counts of extortion, four counts of witness
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A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto must stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Scott Brandon Bales, 48, of Moreno Valley allegedly caused the 2022 collision that claimed
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Cocaine worth an estimated $3 million was discovered hidden in a shipment of limes at the Otay Mesa border crossing, officials said today. According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, at about 11:22 a.m. Thursday, CBP officers encountered a 42-year-old man driving a commercial tractor-trailer with a shipment manifested as Persian limes at the Otay
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A 23-year-old schizophrenic and chronic marijuana user who fatally shot a young man and woman as they watched a movie at a Corona theater was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Joseph Jimenez was declared sane at the conclusion of a bench trial in December, clearing the way for
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Earlier this week, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco joined other lawmakers in Sacramento in support of several new bills dealing with public safety. Bianco told News Channel 3’s Peter Daut that one of the bills would allow judges to issue tougher penalties for criminals who use guns. He believes Californians have had enough and it’s
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A 43-year-old man who allegedly injured someone during a robbery in Palm Desert pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Carlos Quilon of Palm Desert was charged with one felony count each of assault on a person causing great bodily injury, robbery, burglary, assault with a deadly weapon to cause great bodily injury, dissuading
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A 2-year-old girl’s mother and her friend were charged today with abducting the toddler at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant in Garden Grove this week. Ileane Unique Shelton, 21, the girl’s mother, was charged with kidnapping a child and child stealing by a non-custodial person, both felonies, as well as misdemeanor counts of battery and
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Several Palm Desert businesses saw windows damaged in a Thursday night shooting. Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputies were investigating the incident reported shortly before 10:00 p.m. in the area of Highway 111 and Portola. Deputies said the suspect fired several shots and that multiple businesses received damage from the shooting near Fashion Nails, and Golden Smoke Shop
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Felony charges are expected tomorrow against a 43-year-old man who allegedly injured someone during a robbery in Palm Desert. The suspect, a Palm Desert resident, was arrested Wednesday morning on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, home invasion robbery, victim intimidation and committing a felony while out on bail, according to Sgt. Daniel Milbrandt
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A 27-year-old man who was convicted of a fatal shooting in Desert Hot Springs almost three years ago, is set to be sentenced next month. Michael Leslie Goehner was convicted Feb. 6 of one felony count each of murder and discharging a firearm, and two felony counts each of shooting at a vehicle or dwelling
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Jury selection got underway Tuesday for the retrial of a convicted felon involved in a street racing crash in Rancho Mirage that killed an 81-year-old woman. Wade Klinton Wheeler, 41, of Rancho Mirage was driving the car that smashed into Barbara Schmitz’s sedan, fatally injuring her and severely injuring her husband, Gerald Schmitz, over a
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Investigators identified the driver suspected of being involved in a hit-and-run crash that killed a teenager last month. Troy Dean Reynolds, 57, of Yucca Valley is believed to have been behind the wheel in a crash that killed Joshua Alexander Sanchez Barreras, 16, in Yucca Valley on the night of Jan. 26. Deputies found Barreras
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