Crime

A suspect in the death of a Las Vegas casino manager who was trying to stop a purse snatching was arrested earlier this week in Desert Hot Springs The man, identified as a 28-year-old from Las Vegas, was arrested last Monday in Desert Hot Springs by a Los Angeles police fugitive apprehension team, Las Vegas

A woman is undergoing a mental health check after authorities said she barricaded herself inside a Joshua Tree government building and threatened deputies. On Monday, San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the building, located in the 63600 block of Twentynine Palms Highway, after a woman found inside the building refusing to leave. Authorities

A Palm Desert woman who tried to beat her sister to death and attempted to run over her mother during an altercation was sane at the time of the crimes, but an Indio jury could not reach a unanimous decision as to her mental state when she perpetrated other offenses, and prosecutors will announce Friday

Three suspects in an armed robbery in Desert Hot Springs were taken into custody Monday evening. The robbery occurred at around 2:10 p.m. on the 11000 block of Mesquite Avenue. Police said officers located later found the suspects in a house along the 6600 block of Granada Avenue. There was a large police presence in

A felon who fatally shot a 28-year-old Banning man standing in his kitchen because the defendant was angry over how his sister was treated by the victim was sentenced today to 80 years to life in state prison. Following a two-week trial, Jason Anthony Rhine, 44, of Riverside, was convicted last month of first-degree murder,

A man was sentenced today to nearly a year in prison for stabbing a Chihuahua to death in Thousand Palms. Alfredo Leon Ruiz, 38, pled guilty to one felony count of cruelty to an animal and was sentenced Monday to 364 days behind bars, plus two years of formal probation. He was taken into custody