We now know the identity of the person who was killed in an unprovoked shooting at a Twentynine Palms park earlier this week. Officials with Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station have identified the victim as 35-year-old, Robert James McDonald, a Marine Gunnery Sergeant and beloved flag football coach. “I can’t shake his hand. I can’t say
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A 30-year-old man was accused of driving his vehicle through multiple Palm Springs businesses Friday night – including Sunny Days and Destination PSP. In a press release, PSPD says the incident first happened around 10:17 p.m. on Friday. Officers say they responded to calls of a maroon SUV trying to ram into the ‘Forever Marilyn’
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Border Patrol agents arrested three people allegedly found with 51 pounds of methamphetamine at a gas station in the Coachella Valley. The incident happened on Thursday at around 10:30 PM at a gas station on Dillon Road, just off of Interstate 10. Authorities said Border Patrol agents saw two suspicious vehicles driving eastbound on Interstate
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The two suspects arrested for the murder of 17-year-old Jaden Ramos on Sunday night were formally charged with murder, which they pleaded not guilty to on Wednesday. Ramos was killed in a shooting at a prom afterparty in La Quinta Sunday night. He was killed a day before his 18th birthday and only a few
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29 pounds of fentanyl were discovered during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in Indio, Border Patrol announced on Tuesday. The discovery happened last Wednesday at around 9:30 AM near Golf Center Parkway. Border Patrol agents in agency-marked vehicles were operating in conjunction with Operation Apollo on Interstate 10 near Golf Center Parkway. According to
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Eduardo Vicente Pelayo Rodriguez, a 31-year-old resident of Riverside, has been arrested on an 18-count indictment alleging he placed “swatting calls” threatening to commit mass shootings at several schools in the Inland Empire and Sandy Hook, Connecticut, as well as threatening to bomb Nashville International Airport on behalf of the Islamic State of Iraq and
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Update 5/23/24 The man killed in the shooting was identified as USMC Gunnery Sgt. Robert McDonald, 35, who was stationed at the Twentynine Palms base. He was a beloved member of the community, coaching a flag football team to a championship a month ago. The suspect, Rudy Garcia Jr., 18, was charged with murder, attempted
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A convicted felon who gunned down a 39-year-old San Jacinto man after the victim slapped him during an argument was convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. A Riverside jury deliberated barely a day before finding Melvin Mario James Landry, 42, of San Jacinto guilty of killing Gilbert Wah in 2020. Along with murder,
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A pair of convicted felons who killed a 64-year-old Anza man while stealing marijuana and money tied to his illegal cannabis grow were both convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. Jodi Lynn Miller, 48, of Rancho Cucamonga and Jesse Robert Thurbush, 43, of Victorville murdered James Cidney Brown in 2019. After three
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Update 5/21 2:00 p.m. School officials confirmed the identity of La Quinta High School senior Jaden Ramos, 17, who was killed in the shooting. Ramos was set to graduate Thursday night from La Quinta High School. The two suspects in the shooting, both 18-year-old men, are scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges on Wednesday.
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Police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured Monday night in Cabazon. The shooting was reported at around 8:15 PM in the area of Adele Avenue and Lemon Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, the reporting party told dispatch that his friend was walking and had been shot. There was no
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The Palm Springs Police Department released video footage today of a man appearing to steal over $2,500 of landscaping tools from a truck and trailer. The theft occurred at 7:54 a.m. Thursday in the 200 block of Camino Sur, police said. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Palm Springs PD (@palmspringspd) The
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A man suspected of firing at a sheriff’s deputy while fleeing from a traffic stop in Jurupa Valley, ultimately escaping into the Santa Ana River bottom, was identified today, with a warning that he should be considered “armed and dangerous.” The whereabouts of Martin Perez Jr., 30, of San Bernardino were unknown Monday, as the
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Pretrial motions got underway today ahead of jury selection for the trial of a 39-year-old woman accused of fatally shooting her husband during a dispute at their Coachella home. Cindy Gicela Parra is charged with murder, assault with a deadly weapon, spousal abuse and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations for the 2022 death
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A felon who killed his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home was sentenced today to 11 years in state prison. A Banning jury in March found Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont guilty of voluntary manslaughter, rather than two counts of first-degree murder. Jurors also found untrue
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One of two men accused of assaulting two people last year in Palm Desert with a semi-automatic firearm was sentenced today to 24 months probation. Jaden Xavier Garcia, 20, previously pleaded guilty to the felony assault charge and admitted to an armed with a firearm enhancement. Judge Otis Sterling sentenced Garcia at the Larson
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Update May 17, 2024: The Palm Springs police department located the suspect vehicle and potential victim on Thursday just before 11:30 p.m. Police are saying it was not an abduction but a domestic violence incident. Detectives are now conducting follow-up investigations to identify any criminal violations. The Palm Springs police department says they encourage anyone
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A 34-year-old man was sentenced to 48 months in prison after pleading guilty to burglary, as well as for resisting or deterring an officer in separate cases today. Palm Springs resident Justin Val Miller did so as part of a plea arrangement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office Thursday at the Larson Justice Center
Continue Reading A 36-year-old Indio man must stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing an underage girl over several months, a judge ruled today. Miguel Pedrero Tzompantzi was held to answer on Thursday by Riverside County Judge Kristi E. Hester at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. He faces 11 counts, including multiple alleged rapes of a minor
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An investigation continues after a 98-year-old man was killed in his home last month in Banning. Earnest Collins was found dead in his home on the 500 block of N. Allen Street on April 19. Police were called to the scene at around 2:40 PM. “He was found to have been assaulted inside his residence
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