Crime

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that dead infant was found at a trash processing facility in the city of Perris Friday afternoon. Deputies were called to a dead body found at the facility on Friday at around 1 p.m. Deputies were able to identify the body as an infant. There were no other details

A convicted felon accused of fatally shooting a Banning man during a confrontation at the victim’s home was charged today with murder and other offenses. Jason Anthony Rhine, 43, of Riverside was arrested Wednesday following a Banning Police Department investigation into the Jan. 12 attack. Along with murder, Rhine is charged with burglary, being a

A hearing to set a date for the mental competency trial of a man accused of severely injuring a 7-year-old Desert Hot Springs boy in a random attack was rescheduled today to March 24 at the request of the defense. Daniel Birch Poulsen, 33, was arrested last July after allegedly attacking Gavin Ludwick in the

A 38-year-old man accused of shooting a motorist found inside a crashed vehicle in Indio pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge. Miguel Mejia Cazarez of Indio was arrested Jan. 12 on suspicion of gunning down 39-year-old Jose Luis Villegas III of Mecca that evening. Cazarez was arraigned at the Banning Justice Center before

Update May 24, 2021: The search was related to an investigation into domestic extremism by an FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force. Alfredo Luna Jr., 41, was arrested on Inauguration Day, Jan. 20, stemming from a prior search of his home that turned up an unregistered assault rifle, according to court papers. Luna was a former

A murder charge was filed today against a 38-year-old man accused of shooting a motorist found inside a crashed vehicle in Indio. Miguel Mejia Cazarez of Indio was arrested Wednesday, a day after allegedly gunning down 39-year-old Jose Luis Villegas III of Mecca. Along with the murder count, Cazarez is charged with misdemeanor hit- and-run

A 19-year-old from Palm Springs has been arrested in connection with the murder of a 78-year-old woman following a home invasion last week in Riverside. Sixto Jesus Garcia Pena, 19, of Palm Springs was officially charged with the murder of Denise Irene Wong, 78. Sixto Pena The Riverside County District Attorney’s office filed one count

A Coachella Valley gang member who shot his cousin in the back of the head in Indio was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison. An Indio jury in October found Fernando Carlos Lopez, 47, of Coachella guilty of one count each of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon for

UPDATE 1/8/21 The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that two suspects were arrested, including one that had a $2,000,000 warrant out for their arrest. Documented gang member and fugitive, Ricardo Rivera Jr. 31, of Cathedral City had a warrant out for his arrest for charges of Violation of Probation, Burglary and Vehicle Theft. Rivera is

A murder charge was filed today against a parolee accused of bludgeoning a woman to death with a hammer in Desert Hot Springs. Joseph Cantu Montanez, 41, was arrested Monday on suspicion of killing 39-year-old Andrea Reyes, who was found dead at her home two days after Christmas, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police

A driver is being airlifted in Thousand Palms after crashing following a police pursuit in a vehicle police said was reported stolen. According to Sgt. Deanna Pecoraro of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the incident started at around 2:02 p.m. when deputies spotted the stolen vehicle near the area of Ramon Road and Desert Moon

A felon accused of orchestrating an armed home invasion robbery at the Palm Springs residence of a victim he met through a dating app was behind bars today without bail. The suspect, a Cathedral City man, was arrested late Monday and booked at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of robbery, vehicle

Update 01/04/21 The court date was pushed back today to March 4. The woman charged as an accessory to the murder is also set to return to the Larson Justice Center in Indio on March 4 for a trial-readiness conference. Original Article 01/01/21 An attorney for a former Riverside County sheriff’s deputy accused of killing

UPDATE 1/20/21:After further review with our local police agencies, we’ve discovered there were two homicides missing. The actual number of homicides in 2020 was 36. Additional Homicides: One homicide on April 8th with limited details in which a man was found dead near I-10 and Frontage Road. No arrests have been madeOn August 7th there

The Desert Hot Springs Police Department confirmed they are investigating the death of a woman over the weekend as a homicide. A 39-year-old woman was found dead inside her home along the 15600 Block of Palm Drive on Sunday at approximately 1:30 p.m. Officers were originally called to the home for a check the welfare

A father and son were arrested today in connection with the discovery of a cache of high-powered weaponry, drugs and explosives earlier this year at a home in Bermuda Dunes, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office reported. Original Report: Homemade explosives, military ordnance items found in valley home John Terrill Hackett, 69, and Collin Daniel