RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif (KESQ)- A 25-year-old Indio man was arrested on suspicion of a burglary in Rancho Mirage. Authorities said the burglary was reported on December 5, 2025, on the 72000 block of Beverly Way, Rancho Mirage. The suspect was arrested Tuesday morning on the 47000 block of Jefferson Street in the city of Indio. Deputies served
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MENIFEE, Calif. (KESQ) – A Menifee Union School District teacher allegedly arrived for work under the influence today and was arrested on suspicion of public intoxication. The teacher, a 47-year-old woman from Menifee, was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta Tuesday morning on the misdemeanor allegation. However, she posted bail in an unspecified
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DESERT HOT SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 35-year-old felon was behind bars today after police allegedly found and seized loaded firearms and numerous narcotics during a traffic stop in Desert Hot Springs. The suspect was booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio on Friday on suspicion of drugs and weapon charges, according to the Desert
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – The Riverside County District Attorney’s office is renewing calls for the public to help identify a woman whose body was found in the Desert Center area in 1994. Investigators released a new facial approximation on Tuesday and are asking anyone who recognizes her to come forward with information. The woman’s body was
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William “Billy” Rodriguez, the founder and CEO of Silvercrest Advertising, is expected to appear in court Tuesday morning in connection with a deadly hit-and-run crash that killed 60-year-old Christina Barrington, with prosecutors alleging he fled the scene in a black Porsche.
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 23-year-old Indio man was arrested after allegedly advertising and selling counterfeit luxury merchandise through social media platforms, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office announced. Authorities said in April 2026, the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team (SCVCSD) began its investigation regarding the sale of counterfeit luxury merchandise in the Coachella
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 28-year-old man who fatally shot a Desert Hot Springs resident nearly a decade ago was sentenced today to 30 years to life in state prison. Richard Alex Bernal of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty earlier this month to first-degree murder and attempted murder under a pretrial agreement with the Riverside
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Daniel Garcia, one of the men convicted in the 2008 murder of Palm Springs art dealer Clifford Lambert, has been denied a hearing on a request to reduce his life sentence. Check Out: Karen Devine goes in-depth on the Lambert Case in an exclusive report Garcia appeared by video in court
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s residence just east of Desert Hot Springs and seriously beating her and her new boyfriend in their bed before stealing items and fleeing the location must stand trial for assault resulting in great bodily injury and other charges, a judge ruled today.
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IMPERIAL COUNTY, Calif. (KESQ) – The man accused of murdering a teen in Salton City was back in court on Thursday. Abraham Feinbloom, 51, was back in court on Thursday, pleading not guilty to murder and resisting a peace officer. His attorney, Melanie Rowe, said she will file a 9-9-5 motion to dismiss after reviewing
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BERMUDA DUNES, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities said evidence suggests the deaths of two Bermuda Dunes residents last week could be a murder-suicide; however, the investigation isn’t finalized. Donald Whitaker, 80, and his wife Karen, 79, were found with traumatic injuries inside their home on Montego Bay Drive just before noon on Friday. Details were limited
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A transient suspected of igniting small fires outside the Banning Police Department, as well as attempting to break into the building’s secure parking lot and drop a combustible device in the driveway, was behind bars Wednesday. The suspect, a 40-year-old man, was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility Tuesday
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THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 41-year-old man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly threatening a person with a gun in Thousand Palms a week ago. The suspect, a Thousand Palms resident, was booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, criminal threats and evading, according to
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A motorist accused of killing a 57-year-old woman in a DUI collision at a Rancho Mirage intersection pleaded not guilty today to second-degree murder and other charges. Tyler Jordan Conant, 23, of Long Beach was arrested Saturday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of Teresa Bowlin of
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Palm Springs police sought the public’s help today in identifying a suspect involved in an alleged burglary earlier this month. The burglary was reported at about 1 a.m. May 4 in the 1600 block of Mel Avenue, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. Police said a man entered
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MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A 42-year-old probationer who attacked his Murrieta neighbor with a sword, then barricaded himself in his residence until a SWAT unit forcibly took him into custody, was sentenced today to five years, four months in state prison. Michael John Keen pleaded guilty last month to assault with a deadly weapon and
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A July 17 sentencing date was confirmed today for a parolee who shot a teenage girl in the head as she rode in a passing vehicle near downtown Indio. Earlier this week, an Indio jury convicted Vicente Manuel Reyes, 30, of Thousand Palms of two counts of attempted murder, as well
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A 54-year-old Lake Elsinore man who repeatedly sexually assaulted three girls, then fled to Guatemala after learning he was under investigation, was sentenced today to life in prison without the possibility of parole. A Riverside jury in March convicted Santos Erasmo Garcia of 22 felony counts, most of which stemmed from
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MURRIETA (CNS) – A 35-year-old Arizona woman who fatally shot another woman without provocation at an Indio motel was sentenced to 10 years in prison. A Murrieta jury in March deliberated one day before finding Carla Sharese Flores guilty in the death of 27-year-old Ashley Brito of Thousand Palms in 2021. Flores was originally
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – An 18-year-old man has been arrested following a shooting that left a woman injured early Saturday morning on the I-10 westbound, east of Highland Springs Avenue. James Charles Pitchford II was arrested Saturday afternoon on E Ramsey Street, according to jail records. Pitchford was charged on Wednesday with premeditated attempted murder,
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