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Body camera video of a fatal shooting by a sheriff’s deputy that is being litigated in Riverside County Superior Court was released publicly today, showing the deputy firing multiple rounds from his pistol while pursuing a 26-year-old suspect, including four rounds after the man had collapsed. “Edward Paul Manning was unarmed, nonviolent and was running
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A teenager has been rushed to the hospital after being shot Thursday night in Bermuda Dunes. The shooting happened near the area of Avenue 42 and Jamaica Sands Drive in Bermuda Dunes. It was reported at approximately 9:01 p.m. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Friday that the victim, identified as a 17-year-old male,
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The Palm Springs Police Department is investigating a shooting in the northern part of the city. Police confirmed that one person has been shot. The extent of their injuries remains unknown at this time. The shooting happened on the 400 block of W Palm Vista Drive at around 9:15 p.m. According to Lt. William Hutchinson
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The Riverside County District Attorney is objecting to a local judge’s decision to lower the bail of an Indio murder suspect. John Paul Cortina, 36, was arrested in Oct 2021 in connection with the murder of Isela Duran, 45, in Indio on July 11, 2012. Duran was killed in a shooting that left another person injured. The case
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Police are searching for a suspect in an armed bank robbery in Palm Springs. The robbery happened at the Citibank on the 1600 block of E Palm Canyon at around 4 p.m. The suspect is described as a Hispanic male, who was wearing a black hat, multi-gray gator mask, grey long shirt, blue jeans. Police
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A defense expert testifying Thursday in the trial for quadruple murder suspect Jose Larin Garcia said there were “some inaccuracies” in a prosecution blood spatter report. Randolph Beasley, a forensic consultant and crime scene re-constructionist testifying for the defense, gave testimony that disputes analysis by the prosecution’s blood stain pattern interpreter, Craig Ogino. Ogino looked
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The former head of a nonprofit that serves as the advocacy arm for all school districts in Riverside County — from which he stole thousands of dollars, as well as filched an even larger sum from a school booster club — was sentenced today to six months in jail and three years felony probation. William
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A woman was arrested in connection with a hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Indio that left a man on life support. The suspect, identified as a 34-year-old woman from Indio, was arrested Tuesday evening. County jail records show that she was released the following day on $65,000 bail. She faces charges of Hit and
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A 16-year-old boy was behind bars today on suspicion of killing a Mecca man who was found dead Monday. The unidentified juvenile is accused of killing Gabriel Cervantes, 28, who was found dead by Riverside County Sheriff’s Department deputies in the 91800 block of Avenue 66. According to Sgt. Ed Baeza, Cervantes showed signs of
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Authorities detained a stabbing suspect in Palm Springs today. The Palm Springs Police Department alerted the public at 10:48 a.m. Wednesday that they were on the scene of a stabbing in the 1300 block of Vista Chino. According to police, one person was stabbed and left with non-life-threatening injuries. The suspect fled the scene but
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The jury was dismissed Wednesday in the trial for a man accused of murdering four people in Palm Springs in 2019 as the judge was feeling sick. Judge Anthony R. Villalobos said he was feeling too nauseous to proceed with testimony, but noted he did not have a fever or Covid 19 symptoms. The trial
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Article By Veronica Stracqualursi of CNN was used in this report A new government report released on Tuesday details how opioid trafficking in the United States has changed in recent years, highlighting how Mexico is now a “dominant source” of the U.S.’s fentanyl supply and synthetic opioids rapidly saturating drug markets. In its report, the federal Commission on
Continue Reading Testimony is expected soon in the murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia from a defense expert with a conflicting opinion from the prosecution’s equivalent. Larin Garcia is accused of killing four people in Palm Springs in February 2019. Randolph Beasley, a forensic consultant and crime scene re-constructionist who testified for the defense Tuesday, is expected
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The Riverside County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of the man killed in a deputy-involved shooting a few weeks ago in Coachella. Daniel Alfonso Perez-Comunidad, 19, of Indio was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, which occurred on the night of Jan. 28 on the 85000 block of Cairo Street. According to
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At the start of the seventh week in the Palm Springs quadruple murder trial, prosecutors rested their case against suspect Jose Larin Garica. Monday, the jury heard from the final prosecution witness, a DNA expert who spoke about stains on key pieces of evidence. California Department of Justice senior criminalist Chad Eyerly told the jury
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating the murder of a 28-year-old man found dead in Mecca early Monday morning. Authorities said that at approximately 3:09 a.m., Gabriel Cervantes, 28, of Mecca was found unresponsive on the ground within the 91800 block of 66th Avenue. Deputies arrived to the scene and found Cervantes with “trauma
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A teenager has been arrested in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred over the weekend in Desert Hot Springs. The crash happened Saturday at around 6:30 p.m. in the area of Palm Drive and Ironwood Drive. Police were called to respond to reports of a man seen lying in the middle of the
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Two young entrepreneurs continue to struggle to get ahead with their local coffee business as they deal with multiple cases of break-ins/vandalism. According to the owners of Everbloom Coffee, this has happened four times in the past eight months. The most recent incident was Monday morning. Surveillance video captured the moment when an individual picks
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A man accused of assaulting an officer during a 2019 domestic violence call, prompting police to shoot him, was ordered today to stand trial. Rigoberto Ramirez, 47, of Indio, is charged with assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, resisting or deterring an officer using a deadly weapon and willful child cruelty. Ramirez
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A gang member accused of joining four associates — all of whom have been convicted and sentenced — in the slaying of a 22-year-old Indio man during a gang-related dispute more than five years ago was ordered today to stand trial. Miguel Cavazos, 41, of Indio, was identified as an alleged participant in the killing
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