A suspect was taken into custody Tuesday evening after a nearly three-hour standoff in the Palm Desert Walmart store parking lot. The domestic violence incident was first reported at 6:24 p.m., according to police. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3 that deputies were called to the 34000 block of Monterey Avenue in
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A 30-year-old Banning woman accused of sexually abusing a child for nearly a year pleaded not guilty today to multiple felony charges. Reyna Virginia Rincon was arrested in July following a Banning Police Department investigation. Rincon posted $100,000 bail that kept her out of custody. She is charged with two counts of lewd acts on
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A 42-year-old man suspected of a commercial burglary in Palm Desert and other burglaries across the Coachella Valley pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Adrian Padilla of Indio was charged with one felony count each of grand theft over $950 and being a felon and narcotic addict in possession of a firearm, according to
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A 34-year-old man who sneaked into an inebriated woman’s room at the Palm Springs hotel where he worked and sexually assaulted the unconscious victim was convicted today of a half-dozen felony charges. A Banning jury deliberated less than a day before finding Alejandro “Alex” Adan of Desert Hot Springs guilty of rape of an
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A Yucca Valley teacher was arrested on Monday on suspicion of possessing child pornography, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced. Joseph Anthony Borges III, 48, of Yucca Valley was arrested on Monday. The arrest came about after authorities received a CyberTip on Nov. 7 from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
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Police arrested a suspect accused of causing a crash that killed three people in Palm Springs this past September. Shawn Michael Kirkpatrick, 52, was arrested on Thursday. He was charged with three felony counts of DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and one felony count each of DUI alcohol causing great bodily injury and DUI alcohol of
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A wanted felon and a woman were detained after hours of work by Riverside County Sheriff deputies to defuse a tense scene where a suspect stabbed himself and made irrational statements. The incident happened at a shopping plaza near Highway 111 and Monterey/Highway 74. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said a man was making irrational
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Four suspects were charged in connection with a burglary at an Indio storage unit that included the theft of a one-year-old child’s ashes. Taylor Spencer, 31, of Thousand Palms, and 36-year-old Juan Carlos Molina of Indio were charged with one felony count of burglary, according to court records. Wally Venecia, 43, of Indio, and 54-year-old
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The Riverside County District Attorney’s office plans to appeal the decision to release a convicted child rapist 29 years into a 170-year prison sentence. The state Board of Parole Hearings agreed to release Cody Woodsen Klemp, 67, against the objections of the victim and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, the DA’s office announced on
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A 42-year-old man suspected of a commercial burglary in Palm Desert, and other burglaries across the Coachella Valley, was behind bars today on a $100,000 bail bond. The Indio resident was arrested Thursday night on suspicion of burglary, according to Sgt. Rovann Cleveland of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. In addition to Palm Desert, he’s
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A 40-year-old man who was convicted again of killing a Palm Springs retiree in a financial enrichment scheme and dumping his body by Interstate 5 while en route to Daly City was sentenced today to life without the possibility of parole. Miguel Bustamante was found guilty of one felony count each of murder, using personal
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The Coachella Valley has seen a rise in smash-and-grab robberies in the past five years. Shop owners and employees are on guard as the threat of violence and theft is very real. In Karen Devine’s I-team report “Smash and Grab Crackdown” she uncovers what desert cities and law enforcement are doing to deter big
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The surviving daughter of a Riverside couple who were killed, alongside their other daughter, by a mentally disturbed Virginia law enforcement officer out to abduct a girl from their home filed suit today against the agency that hired the deceased lawman, alleging negligence and other factors. “Our law enforcement agencies and their process for screening
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A 37-year-old man fatally shot his octogenarian grandparents inside what was supposed to be a safe and comfortable home, a prosecutor told jurors today, but the defendant’s attorney said there are holes in the evidence, raising reasonable doubt about his guilt. Frank Scott Castro III is charged with two counts of murder, along with a
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A man suspected of a DUI crash on Tuesday night is now recovering in the hospital. The sheriff’s office reported getting a call around 10:05 P.M. about the possible collision, which happened near Frank Sinatra Avenue and Monterey Avenue. When they arrived at the scene, they couldn’t locate the driver, but they found his abandoned
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The Riverside County Coroner’s office have identified both the suspect and the victim of a murder-suicide that took place in Rancho Mirage over the weekend. According to a release on Wednesday, the suspect has been named as 61 year-old Carl Ashcroft of Simi Valley. Kathryn Ashcroft, 55, has been identified as the victim. Deputies
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A 61-year-old self-employed pool serviceman accused of killing of a 93-year-old woman in Palm Desert re-entered not guilty pleas today to felony charges. Benjamin Briones of Thousand Palms was charged with one felony count each of murder, burglary and forging a signature, according to court records. He additionally faces a special-circumstance allegation of committing murder
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Felony charges were filed today against two women who allegedly took part in a smash-and-grab robbery with four men at a Palm Desert jewelry store last month. Destiny Unique Baca, 18, of San Bernardino, and 24-year-old Los Angeles resident Analea Paradise Miller were charged in two separate cases with one felony count each of robbery,
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Two more suspects were arrested in connection with a smash-and-grab robbery at a jewelry store in Palm Desert. On Wednesday, police arrested two women, an 18-year-old from Los Angeles and a 24-year-old San Bernardino resident after serving search warrants in both those cities. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has arrested six suspects in total in
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A 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man who tried to kill his father by severely beating him and setting fire to his mobile home as he lay unconscious on the floor was convicted today of attempted murder and other charges. A Banning jury deliberated less than a day before finding Miguel Angel Espino guilty of the
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