Crime

A Banning man is wanted after allegedly stabbing his own pit bull several times. A photo shows the dog before the animal was stabbed. It happened around 2:00 Sunday morning in a neighborhood in Banning. Investigators say the animal’s owner was antagonizing the dog, when the dog attacked the man, and his injuries required medical

A contractor suffered serious injuries after being thrown off an extended bucket truck that was being stolen early Thursday morning in Beaumont. According to the Beaumont Police Department, the contractor was working in a bucket truck at Beaumont Avenue and Oak Valley Parkway. At approximately 3 a.m., a suspect attempted to steal the truck. Example

A 25-year-old man accused of having an inappropriate relationship with a teenage student over a social media app while employed as a substitute teaching assistant for the Coachella Valley Unified School District pleaded not guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges. Edward Noel Alvarado-Valadez of Coachella is charged with sending harmful matter to seduce a

A woman with an outstanding felony drug warrant was in custody this morning on suspicion of stealing a Riverside Fire Department engine and striking at least two vehicles. Firefighters responded to a medical emergency at a home on Hole Avenue in the La Sierra area about 6 p.m. Thursday and while firefighters were inside treating

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has identified a Desert Hot Springs man who was pronounced dead after crashing while leading police on a pursuit in Murrieta early Friday morning. According to the Murrieta Police Department, the pursuit started at 3:05 a.m. in the area of Jefferson Avenue and Murrieta Hot Springs Road. An officer attempted

A convicted felon was sentenced today to 107 years to life in state prison for fatally stabbing a senior citizen after the man kicked the defendant out of his Palm Springs home, then leading police on a high-speed chase in the victim’s car. Jonathan Alan Flora, 33, killed 75-year-old Henry Marshall at his home on

Police recovered two guns but made no arrests after an overnight high-speed chase in Palm Springs that stemmed from a reported shooting, authorities said today. The non-injury shooting was reported Thursday about 10:50 p.m. in the 400 block of Palm Vista Drive, in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood, near where dozens of shootings and

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department has arrested a suspect in the shooting of a 16-year-old boy Tuesday afternoon. According to city spokeswoman Doria Wilms, the police were sent about 2 p.m. to Tedesco Park at 12800 West Arroyo on a report of a gunshot victim. Officers spoke to the victim at his home somewhere

The man killed in a deputy-involved shooting last week in front of La Quinta City Hall was a local doctor, a spokesperson for Borrego Health confirmed on Thursday. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Randy Fedorchuk, 66, of La Quinta was armed with a rifle  in the courtyard of La Quinta City Hall on

Officers are investigating the shooting of a juvenile at a skate park in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday afternoon. The shooting was reported shortly before 1:52 p.m. at Guy J Tedesco Park on 12800 W Arroyo Drive. The victim, only identified as a male juvenile, sustained non-life-threatening wounds, DHSPD Chief Jim Henson told News Channel 3.

Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating an assault that left a woman hospitalized in a residential area of Coachella Tuesday afternoon. The incident was first reported at approximately 12:59 p.m. in the 52000 block of Las Palmas Street, east of Avenue 52 and Cesar Chavez Street. Sgt. Deonna Pecoraro, public information officer for the Sheriff’s

A 45-year-old man accused of spray-painting racist and anti-LGBTQ graffiti and causing other property damage on a community center in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty today to felony and misdemeanor charges. Charinda Godakanda of Palm Springs remains out of custody on $10,000 bail stemming from his arrest on July 7 outside the vandalized James O.

The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identities of the seven Laotian nationals killed in a shootout at an illegal marijuana growing operation in Aguanga earlier this month. The male victims were identified as Khamphour Nanthavongdovane, 53, and Vikham Silimanotham, 64. The female victims were identified as Phone Chankhamany, 54, Khamtoune Silimanotham, 59, Souphanh

A woman who says she was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend Tuesday is sharing new details about the ordeal only with News Channel 3. Police say Manuel Valadez, 33, drove around the valley Wednesday and threatened his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint, eventually ending in a violent crash in Palm Desert. “It could have ended worse,” the woman

Two convicted felons and another man were charged with first-degree murder in the fatal beating of a local inmate accused of child molestation. Aaron Allen Aubrey, 26, Jason Lynn Barton, 43, and Richard Hampton, 37, allegedly killed 29-year-old Rosendo Echevarria earlier this month at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning. Larry D Smith

A Palm Springs man was in custody Friday morning accused of abducting an ex-girlfriend and driving her around the Coachella Valley while threatening her at gunpoint. Palm Springs Police say the suspect, 33-year-old Manuel Valadez, was taken into custody without incident last night at a residence in the Coachella / Thermal area by the Riverside

UPDATE: The man was identified as Randy Fedorchuk, 66, of La Quinta. Fedorchuk was shot and killed by Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies in La Quinta Thursday afternoon after they said he pointed a rifle at them. It happened in the courtyard of the La Quinta City Hall around 1:30 p.m. La Quinta Mayor Linda Evans

Authorities are working to identify a man believed to be in his 80s suspected of stealing an electric scooter from the Stater Bros market in Yucca Valley. The incident happened on August 27 at around 3:24 p.m. According to the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station, the man went into the store to buy a beverage and