Crime

Update 10/23/25 Police arrested the suspect, Ramon Alexis Salazar, 34, of Coachella on Wednesday, police said. According to county jail records, Salazar was arrested in Riverside. He is scheduled to appear in court on Friday. Original Report 10/20/25 INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are continuing to search for a suspect in a robbery at an

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A former girls soccer coach from the Coachella Valley was a habitual predator, kissing, fondling and propositioning multiple players, the prosecution said today, while the defense argued the witnesses’ testimony was unreliable and possibly driven by a hostile co-worker who encouraged the victims to tell stories. Juan Manuel Pantoja Troncoso, 29,

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs police are asking for the community’s help identifying suspects in a dog theft. Police said the theft happened on Friday, Oct. 17 at around 10:30 a.m. A man and a woman are believed to have stolen two small Yorkshire Terriers—Maggie and Winnie—that had wandered from their home after

COACHELLA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspected DUI driver was arrested after a pursuit that went from Beaumont to the Coachella Valley, causing a brief closure of eastbound Interstate 10 on Wednesday morning. The pursuit started at around 10:55 a.m. in Beaumont. CHP said officers spotted a driver traveling erratically and attempted a traffic stop.

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 47-year-old probationer accused of vandalizing the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office’s Coachella Valley branch, then attempting to hide on the roof of a nearby building, where he was forcibly taken into custody, was charged today with nearly a dozen felony and misdemeanor offenses. Sean Allen Camba of Temecula was arrested

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities sought the public’s help in locating a driver involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Coachella earlier this month. The crash occurred about 6:30 p.m. Oct. 10 on Grapefruit Boulevard south of 54th Avenue, according to California Highway Patrol Officer Rafael Espinosa. A man was found laying on the dirt

RANCHO MIRAGE (KESQ) – A pursuit on a driver suspected of being under the influence ended in a multi-vehicle crash Monday afternoon in Rancho Mirage. The driver was traveling at a high rate of speed and ran a red light where the crash occured, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3’s Shay Lawson.

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A person was detained after a rooftop standoff in Indio that started with at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, police said. The standoff was at the 83000 block of Highway 111. Police said Highway 111 is back open after an hours long closure near the scene. Viewer video from the

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Court documents revealed new information about the deadly hit-and-run crash that led to the arrest of Silvercrest CEO William Rodriguez. The crash happened on Oct. 11, 2024, in Cathedral City. Rodriguez is accused of hitting a woman riding a scooter late that night, dragging the vehicle for several blocks, before

CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – The CEO/Founder of Silvercrest Advertising was arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash nearly one year ago in Cathedral City. William Frank Rodriguez, 43, of Palm Springs, was arrested Monday afternoon, according to jail records. He was charged with homicide, along with other charges. The crash happened on Oct.

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 27-year-old man was arrested in connection with a shooting that left a person in critical condition nearly two weeks ago in Rancho Mirage. The suspect, a Palm Springs resident, was arrested by the Riverside County Gang Impact Team at around 1 a.m. Friday in the 28000 block of Landau