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Parole board grants release of child rapist decades early, RivCo DA plans to appeal decision

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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Federal lawsuit filed against Virginia Sheriff’s Office that hired deputy who murdered Riverside family

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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Pool serviceman accused of killing Palm Desert woman, 93, re-enters not guilty pleas

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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Charges filed against two women suspected in Palm Desert smash-and-grab robbery with four men

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 arrested in connection to smash-and-grab at Palm Desert jewelry store

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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