Crime

 A 41-year-old man who was involved in a 2019 street racing collision that killed two senior citizens in Coachella pleaded guilty to felony charges today. Angel Ramirez pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to two counts of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence stemming from the May 17, 2019, crash that killed

A 43-year-old man accused of fatally shooting a man in the head several times in Palm Springs re-entered a not guilty plea today to a murder charge. Jeffrey Burgess of Sky Valley is charged with one felony count of murder for the June 22, 2021, killing of 44-year-old Jose Sosa of Coachella and faces a

Two 18-year-old men suspected with two 16-year-old boys in an armed carjacking of a 75-year-old woman in La Quinta pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Daryl Haxiel Urbano of Coachella and David Reyes III of Palm Desert were charged with one felony count each of carjacking and robbery, according to court records. They additionally

Charges were filed today against a 25-year-old woman suspected of driving under the influence and assaulting an officer in Palm Springs. Melinda Leigh Haley of Desert Hot Springs was charged with three misdemeanor counts of assault against an officer and one misdemeanor count each of driving under the influence and battery on an officer, according

A 33-year-old homeless man suspected of starting a small brush fire in Palm Springs earlier this week was charged today with one felony count of arson to a non-dwelling. Anthony Cordero, a homeless man residing in Palm Springs, is set to be arraigned Thursday afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio.    Officers responded

A 45-year-old felon who stole a vehicle from a motorist at gunpoint in Thermal pleaded guilty today to felony charges and was immediately sentenced to five years in state prison. David Luis Baker of La Quinta pleaded guilty Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each of carjacking, robbery and

A 36-year-old man was arrested following a nearly 7-hour standoff at the Woodhaven Country Club in Palm Desert. Woodhaven is at Washington and Hovley in Palm Desert. Authorities said it started just at around 10:45 a.m. A spokesperson for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Dept. said deputies were called for a welfare check on a man. When

A felon who stole a wedding ring from a woman in Palm Desert and allegedly attempted to sell it back to her pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to two years of formal probation.   Yukon Lee Branch, 47, pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony

A Desert Hot Springs woman was arrested early Tuesday morning on suspicion of driving under the influence and then assaulting police officers in downtown Palm Springs. The incident started at around 3:59 a.m. when officers were called to respond to a report of a vehicle partially off the roadway and facing the wrong direction in

Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin, Sheriff Chad Bianco and other law enforcement officials will gather tomorrow to call for changes in state law to bolster public safety, mainly by undoing the effects of a decade-old legislative act that shifted many former state responsibilities onto counties. The officials will specifically address ongoing impacts of Assembly

A man and woman suspected of robbing and assaulting a 69- year-old man in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Indio pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Sonora residents Brooke Cassidy Prentiss, 36, and Morgan Kenneth Styre, 27, were charged with one felony count each of robbery and cruelty to an elder as

Palm Springs Police say that just before 6:00 Monday night they received a report of a fire in the Prescott Preserve located on South El Cielo Road. When officers arrived they were given a description of a man that was in the area and who allegedly started the fire. Palm Springs Fire crews were able

A woman was taken into custody after an hours-long standoff in a Palm Springs neighborhood early Monday morning. KESQ The incident began as Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies attempted to pull over a possible DUI driver on Ramon Road and Landau Boulevard in Cathedral City at 3:40 a.m., according to a department spokesperson. The female driver

A young man suspected in a shootout that authorities say led to an allegedly gang-related retaliatory attack one day later pleaded not guilty today to an attempted murder charge. Malachi “Mala” Hernandez, 19, is charged with one felony count of attempted murder stemming from a Jan. 17 late-night shootout allegedly involving Ethen Adam Sinohuiz, 18,

Two men who shot and injured two other men at a gas station reached a plea agreement and were immediately sentenced to 15 years in state prison, a court official said today. Martin Daydi Chapa, 42, of Indio, and Daniel Ceja Lua, 34, of Mecca, pleaded guilty at the Larson Justice Center in Indio Thursday