A mother accused of driving drunk with three children in her vehicle, leading to a Temecula crash that killed her 8-year-old daughter, was arrested on suspicion of vehicular manslaughter and other counts, California Highway Patrol officials said today. The collision happened at 6:20 p.m. Sunday at the intersection of state Route 79 and Anza Road,
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News Channel 3 continues to report break-ins throughout the Palm Springs area. The owner of AIM Mail Center off East Palm Canyon Drive also experienced a theft similar to the ones we recently reported. You can see surveillance video of the other break ins throughout the area here. When AIM Mail Center owner Matt Sater,
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Police arrested a man accused of throwing a rock through the window of the Starbucks in downtown Palm Springs Monday morning. The vandalism was reported at approximately 7:05 AM, at the Starbucks Reserve at 111 N Palm Canyon Drive. Police said a caller reported that a man threw a rock through the front window of
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News Channel 3 has learned the two people killed in a shooting on Wednesday night in Coachella were teenagers. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reports that a 16-year-old male and 17-year-old female have died. Both were found at the scene with apparent gun shot wounds. Balloons, candles, and flowers now mark the site of a
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A suspect accused of stealing a vehicle was struck by less lethal munitions following a pursuit near the Desert Hot Springs area Friday afternoon. The incident was first reported to authorities at 12:24 p.m. Sgt. Edward Soto of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said a private company reported they were tracking one of their stolen
Continue Reading Update: 7/21/22 4:45 PM The person injured in this shooting has died, authorities confirmed on Thursday. Two people have now been killed in this shooting. No arrests has been made at this time. Law enforcement continues to search for the two suspects seen fleeing the scene. If you have any information, contact the Thermal Sheriff’s
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As of today, five of seven Riverside County men federally charged with offenses stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, breach of the U.S. Capitol Building are awaiting disposition of their cases, with one defendant vowing to take his to trial to contest the government’s allegations. Andrew Alan Hernandez, 45, of Jurupa Valley; Derek Kinnison,
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A man and a woman were killed in a murder-suicide Thursday morning in Desert Hot Springs, police confirmed. A man and a woman were found dead with gunshot wounds inside an apartment building on the 66200 block of Sixth Street at around 4:30 a.m. Deputy Chief Steven Shaw said the female victim was approximately 62
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Six of the 13 Turpin family children have filed a lawsuit against Riverside County. They escaped their abusive parent’s Perris home in western Riverside County in 2018. “Our clients are telling us that what happened in this foster family, in many instances was worse,” said Elan Zektser, attorney with Oakwood Legal Group, representing the Turpin siblings.
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Two former clerks of the Riverside County Superior Court were indicted by a criminal grand jury for conspiring to commit the crime of violation of a court order. Angela Franz, 46, and Michelle Valdez, both of Thousand Palms, were indicted on April 14, 2022. Franz and Valdez were arrested and booked into jail after the indictment.
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More than 70 animals were removed from a home in Yucca Valley after they were found suffering from neglect and malnutrition. Authorities said they first become aware of home on Thursday. A detective from the Morongo Basin contacted the homeowner, a 66-year-old woman, and offered to assist her in placing the animals into an animal
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A man accused of killing his wife and another man outside a Palm Desert hotel Friday morning has been charged. Kenny Wu, 34, is accused of stabbing his wife and another man during a domestic violence dispute. His charges include two counts of murder along with a sentence enhancement due to arming himself with a
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The death of a missing elderly couple has been ruled a murder-suicide, authorities announced on Wednesday. Michael Herbst, 87, and Lisa Herbst, 87, were reported missing from the La Quinta Senior Living facility on July 14, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators were told that the couple had not returned to the facility
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Two teens were behind bars today for allegedly trying to rob a cannabis delivery driver at gunpoint in Desert Hot Springs. The suspects, aged 15 and 16, were arrested Tuesday and booked into Riverside County Juvenile Hall on suspicion of robbery and conspiracy to commit robbery. One of them was also booked on suspicion of
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Authorities are looking for suspects after a fight led to a man getting tased at the parking lot of the Palm Desert mall. The incident was reported to authorities at 6:42 p.m. at the Shops at Palm Desert on Highway 111. The call originally came in as a shots fired call but deputies confirmed there
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A woman accused of torturing an elderly man to death and dumping his body in a La Quinta trash bin in 2019 was back in court after a psychological evaluation. Cristina Noelle Canimo, 33, of Palm Desert, was charged with murder and torture. She appeared in court on Tuesday pleading not guilty to all counts.
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Felony charges were filed on Tuesday against a 48-year-old man suspected of starting 10 brush fires in rapid succession in Cathedral City. Jose Hernandez was arrested Friday morning and booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of arson, according to the Cathedral City Police Department. Hernandez was charged with
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A man suspected of fatally stabbing his wife and another man in what authorities called a domestic violence confrontation at a Palm Desert hotel parking lot is behind bars. The 34-year-old Palm Desert man was formally arrested Sunday afternoon after being treated at a hospital for what authorities described as critical injuries. He was booked
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Update 10:15 p.m. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced Friday night that the dispute that led to the stabbings was domestic violence. “Through the course of the investigation, and video surveillance review, this incident was determined to be a case of domestic violence,” reads a news release by the Sheriff’s Dept. The two people killed
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A drug lord captured today in Mexico following his release from prison nearly a decade ago after serving 28 years of a 40-year sentence for the 1985 kidnap and murder of an American narcotics agent will face extradition to Los Angeles for trial, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. Rafael Caro Quintero and co-defendants
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