On the second day of witness testimony in the penalty phase of the trial for convicted quadruple murderer Jose Larin Garcia, one of his ex-partners took the stand at the Larson Justice Center in Indio, California. The woman, referred to as Jane Doe H.M., testified about intense abuse she suffered from Larin Garcia when she
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A barricaded suspect situation led to part of the Margaritaville Resort in Palm Springs being temporarily evacuated Tuesday afternoon, police confirmed. The suspect and a woman had barricaded themselves inside one of the rooms, according to Lt. Gustavo Araiza of the Palm Springs Police Dept. The incident was handled by the Riverside County Gang Impact
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A 24-year-old man was found guilty of his role in the killings of two men in Banning, as well as the attempted murders of seven other people in three separate shooting incidents in 2017. Samuel Vasquez was found guilty on all counts and allegations by a Riverside County jury on Jan. 25. Vasquez was involved
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A man accused of shooting his wife’s friend in Joshua Tree was arrested in Minnesota, authorities announced on Tuesday. The suspect, a 28-year-old Minnesota resident, was wanted in a shooting that occurred on Saturday, Feb. 11 on the 7000 block of Sierra Avenue. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept., at around midnight, a
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A woman was arrested after authorities said she attempted to scale the fence of Oasis Elementary School in Twentynine Palms Tuesday morning. Officials with the Morongo Unified School District said the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was quickly notified and responded immediately. The school was also placed on lockdown. Deputies arrested the woman. She remains
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A local woman still faces a new trial in the death of her husband’s son over 20 years after the child died. This Sunday in a special edition of News Channel 3 after the SuperBowl, John White goes in-depth on the case of Patricia Brown in a special report, “Back in Court.” Brown was freed
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Editor’s note: We have corrected the term lockdown to lockout. Police said the school was on lockdown, however, school officials said the correct term is lockout as the incident happened outside of campus A 12-year-old and an adult were arrested after the child made a video of himself armed with guns to students at a
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An 18-year-old man alleged to have fired the gun that killed a 17-year-old boy in Sky Valley pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. In addition to the murder charge, Aexis Yahir Duran of Cathedral City faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury, according to court records. He pleaded
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A man who allegedly killed a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy in an ambush outside a Lakeland Village home, chasing the lawman in a pickup until he shot him dead, is charged with capital murder and other offenses. Jesse Ceazar Navarro, 42, is accused of fatally shooting 30-year-old Deputy Darnell Calhoun on the afternoon of
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The suspect charged in the shooting death of an Indio man last week pleaded not guilty to all charges. Hilario Larry Muela Jr, 36, was arrested by Indio police Friday afternoon, just a few hours after a man was found dead with gunshot wounds outside of his home. The man’s identity has not been released
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Update 2/7/23 The man killed has been identified as Antonio Guzman, 44, of Yucca Valley Original Report 2/6/23 The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department released details on a deadly deputy-involved shooting Sunday on the Interstate 10 freeway near Whitewater. On Monday, authorities said the incident started with reports of a box trailer on fire at
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A La Quinta man will be arraigned next week on a murder charge stemming from the shooting death of a 20-year-old man whose body was found in the open desert of Desert Hot Springs. At the end of a preliminary hearing Monday, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Edward Forstenzer ruled there was sufficient evidence to
Continue Reading It’s a guilty verdict for the man accused of killing four people in Palm Springs four years ago. A jury found Jose Larin Garcia guilty on all counts against him. The same jury will now decide whether to sentence him to death. The decision, which jurors reached after less than an hour of deliberations, comes
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A 33-year-old man was killed in a deputy-involved shooting following a mental health crisis call Monday afternoon in Moreno Valley. The incident started at around 12:31 p.m. when the man’s family called the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in reference to a mentally disturbed subject. MORENO VALLEY: Deputy Involved Shooting in the 25400 block of Filaree
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A 15-year-old and a 24-year-old were arrested in connection to an armed robbery at a gas station in Palm Springs early Monday morning. The robbery was reported just before 1:00 a.m. on the 3600 block of E. Ramon Road. Witness told police that two Hispanic male suspects entered the store and stole a case of
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A 25-year-old woman accused of driving under the influence in a Desert Hot Springs crash that killed a motorcyclist pleaded not guilty to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter today, according to court records. Mia Janae Perry of Rialto was arrested Oct. 21, 2021, after the late-night collision, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department.
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Update 2/5/23 The gunshot victim was identified as a 17-year-old male resident of Desert Hot Springs. Investigators identified and arrested an 18-year-old male from Cathedral City for murder. If anyone has information regarding this investigation, they are encouraged to call Investigator B. Cline of the Central Homicide Unit at 951-955-2777 or Investigator Torres of the
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Update 2/3/23 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. confirmed the shooting was gang-related. “Based on the investigation, it is believed the incident was a car-to-car, gang-related shooting, with over 40 rounds fired,” the agency wrote in a news release on Friday. Two people of interest were taken into custody in Desert Hot Springs and several search
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A convicted felon suspected of fatally shooting a woman in Indio in 2016 must stand trial for murder, a judge ruled Friday.  Marcos Cruz Gaeta, 42, additionally faces one felony count of being a convicted felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm and a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily
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To pare down the backlog of unresolved cases set for trial and prevent the ongoing cascade of dismissals that critics say pose a risk to public safety, the Riverside County Superior Court has expanded courtrooms available for the disposition of cases, including tasking civil court judges with handling criminal matters, according to officials.  “The court
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