A 27-year-old man who was convicted of a fatal shooting in Desert Hot Springs almost three years ago was sentenced today to 48 years and eight months to life in prison. Michael Leslie Goehner was convicted Feb. 6 of one felony count each of murder and discharging a firearm, and two felony counts each of
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One person was rushed to the hospital after being injured in a drive-by shooting in Palm Springs Tuesday evening. The shooting was reported at around 7:50 p.m. on the 1500 block of E San Rafael Drive, near N Sunrise Way. Police said the victim sustained non-life-threatening injuries while walking in a nearby mobile home park.
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A woman suspected in a break-in at an Indio storage unit, where items were stolen including the ashes of the victim’s deceased son, pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Taylor Spencer, 31, of Thousand Palms pleaded not guilty at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of burglary and receiving
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A 49-year-old Banning man is out on bail after being accused of sexually abusing a child. The Banning Police Department said the investigation started on Feb. 23, when a report came in alleging the man was sexually abusing a teenager. Police interviewed the child, who told investigators the sexual abuse began when they were 7
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A 53-year-old man who sold a lethal dose of fentanyl to a Temecula resident was bound for state prison today to serve an 11-year sentence after pleading guilty to voluntary manslaughter. Kevin Michael Bryant of Carlsbad pleaded guilty to the felony count Friday under a negotiated agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In
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The defense will begin its case next week in the retrial of a convicted felon involved in a street racing crash in Rancho Mirage that killed an 81-year-old woman. Wade Klinton Wheeler, 41, of Rancho Mirage was driving the car that smashed into Barbara Schmitz’s sedan, fatally injuring her and severely injuring her husband, Gerald
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The Palm Springs Police Department shared video of a thief stealing pool equipment at a home in an effort to help identify the suspect. The short video shows a man approaching a door at 12:30 a.m. on February 22. The man immediately goes to cover the camera, but the few seconds he is visible, he
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The chief accountant for an Inland Empire property management firm was sentenced today to four years, nine months in federal prison for embezzling close to $1 million from clients. Jenev Boyd, 60, of Corona pleaded guilty in December to wire fraud and aggravated identity theft under an agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office. During
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A Texas mother pleaded guilty today to charges of taking her daughter from a Thousand Palms elementary school. Sara Lee Almodovar, 38, pleaded guilty Friday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of child stealing and one misdemeanor count of assault on a school employee, according to court records. She’s
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A Desert Hot Springs man pleaded guilty today to fatally shooting his brother’s ex-girlfriend in 2015 and was immediately sentenced to 15 Years to life in prison. Jesus Garza Jr., 31, of Desert Hot Springs pleaded guilty Thursday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count of murder and was immediately sentenced.
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A passenger in a ride-share taxi cab was arrested after Border Patrol agents discovered approximately $130,000 worth of fentanyl pills at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint on Wednesday. According to the agency, the incident occurred at approximately 6:30 p.m. That’s when a ride-share taxi driver with four passengers entered the inspection area of the U.S.
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One person was hospitalized after being shot in Indio, leading to a nearby school to be briefly placed on a lockdown. The shooting happened on the 82200 block of Valencia Avenue at around 1:55 p.m., according to Indio police spokesperson Ben Guitron. Details on the shooting were limited, but Guitron confirmed one person suffered non-life-threatening
Continue Reading A Joshua Tree resident was arrested Tuesday evening following a hit-and-run crash in the city of Palm Springs. The crash happened at around 7:35 p.m. on the 400 block of E. Tahquitz Canyon Way. Police learned that a vehicle traveling southbound on Calle Encilia struck a pedestrian within the crosswalk, while turning eastbound onto E.
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Jury selection is slated to resume tomorrow for the trial of a convicted felon accused of killing his 27-year-old girlfriend and her unborn child during an argument at their San Jacinto home. Angel Martine McIntire, 29, of Beaumont was arrested in 2022 following a nearly two-year Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the disappearance of
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Trial began today for a Desert Hot Springs man suspected of fatally shooting his wife of three years in their home and endangering their children, who were all under 4 years old. James Daniel Fidler III, 34, is charged with one felony count each of murder and inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, along with
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Surveillance video captured a break in at the Sabatinos Pizza Pasta and Wings Tuesday morning. It was just one of what appeared to be several similar break ins of business around the area of Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road. The break in at the Sabatinos near Highway 111 and Dune Palms Road at the
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A 41-year-old man who tried to snatch a Moreno Valley girl at gunpoint as she walked home from school was sentenced today to four years in state prison. Arturo Ramirez Cisneros in October pleaded guilty to attempted abduction of a minor. The plea was directly to Riverside County Superior Court Judge Thomas Kelly, without input
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A man suspected with two women in a retail theft at a La Quinta cosmetic store, from which $2,300 of merchandise was stolen, pleaded not guilty today to a felony charge. Derrick Yanders of Fontana, 18, was charged with one felony count of grand theft over $950, as was Khamyra Smith, 19, of Moreno Valley
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A former Riverside County Sheriff’s Correctional Deputy could face five years in prison after pleading guilty to extorting female inmates on home detention as part of an extortion scheme. Christian Phillip Heidecker, 32, of Menifee agreed to a five-year prison sentence on Friday after pleading guilty to five counts of extortion, four counts of witness
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A multi-convicted DUI offender accused of killing an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy and his 19-year-old daughter in a driving-under-the-influence wreck north of San Jacinto must stand trial on two counts of second-degree murder and other charges, a judge ruled today. Scott Brandon Bales, 48, of Moreno Valley allegedly caused the 2022 collision that claimed
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