A suspect in the death of a Las Vegas casino manager who was trying to stop a purse snatching was arrested earlier this week in Desert Hot Springs The man, identified as a 28-year-old from Las Vegas, was arrested last Monday in Desert Hot Springs by a Los Angeles police fugitive apprehension team, Las Vegas
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Twin brothers charged in connection with the murder of a Palm Springs resident during a hold-up outside an outlet mall in Cabazon have been extradited to Riverside County. Elijah Ray Burt, 19, and Emanuel Rick Burt, 19, were arrested in Las Vegas in late April. Elijah has been charged with murder while Emanuel is charged with conspiracy
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A 17-year-old was arrested after an armed carjacking at the parking structure at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs Monday morning. The theft happened at around 7:45 a.m. Police said the victim told officers that a male approached her after she had just parked her vehicle in the parking structure. The male pointed a
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A woman is undergoing a mental health check after authorities said she barricaded herself inside a Joshua Tree government building and threatened deputies. On Monday, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the building, located in the 63600 block of Twentynine Palms Highway, after a woman found inside the building refusing to leave. Authorities
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A 21-year-old man pleaded guilty to charges stemming from a drive-by shooting a Desert Hot Springs skate park that left a teenager wounded and was immediately sentenced to 27 years and four months in prison, the District Attorney’s Office confirmed today. Jelani Arman Wooten of Desert Hot Springs plead guilty to two felony counts on
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By AMY TAXIN, KEN RITTER and DEEPA BHARATH LAGUNA WOODS, Calif. (AP) — A gunman in a deadly attack at a Southern California church was a Chinese immigrant motivated by hate for Taiwanese people, authorities said. The shooter killed Dr. John Cheng, 52, and wounded five others during a lunch held by Irvine Taiwanese Presbyterian
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BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — The white gunman accused of a racist rampage at a Buffalo supermarket planned to keep killing if he had escaped the scene, the police commissioner said Monday, as authorities investigated the massacre of 10 Black people as a potential hate crime or act of domestic terrorism. The gunman, who had crossed the state to target
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A personal trainer was arrested and charged with sexually assaulting and blackmailing a teenager, Beaumont Police announced on Wednesday. Ryan Thomas Taylor, 26, was arrested by Beaumont detectives in San Bernardino on Friday, May 6. Ryan Thomas Taylor Police said the accusations date back to 2019 but were reported on April 14, 2022. The victim
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A Palm Desert woman who tried to beat her sister to death and attempted to run over her mother during an altercation was sane at the time of the crimes, but an Indio jury could not reach a unanimous decision as to her mental state when she perpetrated other offenses, and prosecutors will announce Friday
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A juvenile has been rushed to the hospital after being shot at an apartment complex Tuesday evening in La Quinta. The shooting was reported at the Coral Mountain Apartments at Vista Coralina Lane which is located near Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road. The victim was treated at the scene for non-life-threatening injuries. They are
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A man previously convicted of a murder that happened more than a decade ago is now back in an Indio courtroom for a re-trial. Opening statements got underway Tuesday for 73-year-old ex-attorney David Replogle, one of six men who were convicted in the 2008 murder of Clifford Lambert, a wealthy 74-year-old Palm Springs art dealer.
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A Palm Desert woman says she is not guilty of the murder charge against her. At an arraignment Tuesday morning in an Indio courtroom in the Larson Justice Center, Tiffany Wright, 39, answered for the first time to accusations that she is responsible for the death of Cameron Bridges, 32. Tiffany Ellen Wright Bridges was
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Three suspects in an armed robbery in Desert Hot Springs were taken into custody Monday evening. The robbery occurred at around 2:10 p.m. on the 11000 block of Mesquite Avenue. Police said officers located later found the suspects in a house along the 6600 block of Granada Avenue. There was a large police presence in
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A teenager accused of gunning down a Palm Springs man in an attempted robbery at the outlets in Cabazon was in front of a judge in court Monday. Reginald Trice, 18, pleaded not guilty to all counts, denying all allegations of his involvement in the killing. Trice’s relatives and attorney declined to comment. 66-year-old Michael
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A Riverside man was sentenced today to six years and eight months in prison for robbing a La Quinta business and leading sheriff’s deputies on a pursuit in a stolen vehicle. Raul Tamayo Jr., 38, was convicted of four felony counts — robbery, evading arrest, vehicle theft and receiving a stolen vehicle with a prior
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A felon who fatally shot a 28-year-old Banning man standing in his kitchen because the defendant was angry over how his sister was treated by the victim was sentenced today to 80 years to life in state prison. Following a two-week trial, Jason Anthony Rhine, 44, of Riverside, was convicted last month of first-degree murder,
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A man was sentenced today to nearly a year in prison for stabbing a Chihuahua to death in Thousand Palms. Alfredo Leon Ruiz, 38, pled guilty to one felony count of cruelty to an animal and was sentenced Monday to 364 days behind bars, plus two years of formal probation. He was taken into custody
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A Palm Desert woman accused of selling fentanyl that led to a man’s death was charged with one count of murder. Tiffany Ellen Wright, 39, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the death of Cameron Bridges, 32. Bridges was found unresponsive in the 46000 block of Ryway Place. District Attorney Mike Hestrin told News
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A 48-year-old man who allegedly tried to steal merchandise from a Palm Springs business, then threatened an employee who confronted him and later a police officer, pleaded not guilty today to three felonies. Michael Potter of Palm Springs allegedly took some merchandise without paying from the business in the 500 block of North Palm Canyon
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Deputies arrested two Palm Desert residents accused in a series of burglaries that led to the recovery of more than $9,000 in stolen merchandise. The suspects, a 49-year-old woman and a 37-year-old man, were arrested on Thursday after the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a property related search warrant at the 73000 block
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