Federal and local law enforcement agencies carried out a series of raids today targeting a San Gabriel Valley gang as part of an investigation that began when a member of the gang killed a pair of El Monte police officers in 2022. Â Â Officers Joseph Santana and Michael Paredes responded to a report of a
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UFC star Cub Swanson reacted to the news of an arrest made in the 2018 murder of beloved local jiu-jitsu instructor Ramon Diaz. “I want to thank the local police for not giving up on this case. So many people have been needing closure on Professor Diaz’s murder,” Swanson wrote on Instagram Wednesday. Diaz, 47,
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An Inland Empire lawmaker announced today he’s proposing restrictions on state legislators’ use of taxpayer-funded vehicles if they’re charged or convicted of driving under the influence. Assemblyman Bill Essayli, R-Norco, introduced Resolution 51, which would mandate that any member of the Assembly who is arrested and charged with DUI lose — until his or her
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Update 7-26-23 10:45 a.m. Four suspects are in custody after they robbed a jewelry store inside the Shops at Palm Desert Tuesday evening. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department apprehended a 21-year-old man from Hemet and a 25-year-old woman from Los Angeles, along with two minors. According to the Sheriff’s Department, the suspects shattered display cases with
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A felon who sexually assaulted a developmentally disabled 18-year-old female and inappropriately touched her younger sister was sentenced today to 14 years in state prison. On April 10, following a roughly weeklong trial, a Banning jury found Carlos Alberto Lopez, 51, of Desert Hot Springs, guilty of four counts each of rape, two counts of
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Police have arrested two suspects in connection with the 2018 murder of Ramon Diaz, a popular jiu-jitsu instructor from Cathedral City. Diaz was killed in a shooting on March 28, 2018 on the 31000 block of Whispering Palms Trail. Surveillance video of the shooting released by police in Sept. 2018 Diaz was well-known in the
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A probationer accused of providing a fatal dose of fentanyl to a 15-year-old girl pleaded not guilty today to second-degree murder and other charges. James Leon Dailey, 51, of Banning was arrested last month following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of the teen girl, also of Banning. Along with murder, Dailey
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An Inland Empire lawmaker said today that crime victims will soon find it easier to access information on resources they need to navigate the criminal justice system and apply for compensation, thanks to his bill establishing a website destined to serve as a one-stop portal for victims and their families. Sen. Kelly Seyarto, R-Murrieta, authored
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17 people have been indicted in a massive multi-state drug trafficking and money laundering scheme dating back six years. Â So far, the Drug Enforcement Agency has seized more than 250 pounds of drugs (mostly methamphetamine and fentanyl), according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office. Check Out the Full News Conference Below: According to court records, over
Continue Reading A 37-year-old man who shot at an off-duty police officer during an act of road rage on the Ortega (74) Highway near Lake Elsinore pleaded guilty today to felony charges. Keith Frederick Prante of Mission Viejo admitted shooting at an occupied vehicle and unlawfully carrying a firearm under a plea agreement with the Riverside County
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Felony charges were filed today against a 24-year-old man suspected of leading police on a pursuit that ended in a fiery collision at a gas station in Indio. Zeus Rico of Desert Hot Springs was charged with two felony counts of resisting an officer and one count each of eluding a pursuing officer, evading arrest
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A 33-year-old man who assaulted his ex-girlfriend and threw beer bottles at deputies in Coachella was sentenced to three years in state prison today.  Estevan Ivan Chavez Jaimes pleaded guilty to one felony count each of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, and resisting or deterring
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On July 14th, deputies from the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team arrested a 31-year-old resident from Coachella in connection to a series of mail thefts in the La Quinta community. Prior to the arrest, deputies served a theft search warrant at the 53000 block of Avenida Villa. While conducting the search warrant, they found several
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A 34-year-old man suspected in a July 2020 killing of a man whose body was found inside a burned vehicle in Thermal pleaded not guilty to felony charges today.  Ruben Corria Esquivel Jr. of Coachella was charged with one felony count each of murder, arson on a property, having a fire explosive and possessing ammunition
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A 36-year-old man was sentenced to six years in state prison today for harassing his ex-girlfriend while he had a no-contact order against him and ramming his car into a Riverside County Sheriff’s Office patrol vehicle.  Jose Lopez Jr. pleaded guilty June 29 at the Larson Justice Center in Indio to one felony count each
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A 30-year-old man was sentenced to 77 years and eight months in state prison today for fatally shooting a man in the living room of a Desert Hot Springs home after finding out the victim was in the same home as his girlfriend. Daniel Ray Martinez of Desert Hot Springs was found guilty June 29
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A 20-year-old man accused in a Cathedral City park shooting that injured a woman and a juvenile in 2021 re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Ivan Raya-Reynoso of Cathedral City was charged with one felony count each of attempted murder and criminal street gang activity along with two felony counts of assault with
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A man who sold a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 26-year-old Lake Elsinore resident was bound for state prison today to serve an 11-year sentence. Everardo Martinez Rodriguez, 31, of Lake Elsinore pleaded guilty in May to voluntary manslaughter and sentence-enhancing allegations of targeting a vulnerable victim and taking advantage of a position of
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Update 7/14/23 Authorities said a gunfire struck a third vehicle in the area. The occupant was not injured. The suspect’s vehicle was described as a newer red sedan, which fled northbound on Bob HopeDrive. Anyone with information on this crime is asked to call Investigator Hickok at 760-836-1600. Original Report 7/13/23 Deputies are investigating a
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BY JULIE WATSONPublished 4:39 PM PDT, July 13, 2023 SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge on Thursday sentenced a man to 15 years in prison for coordinating a smuggling trip in which two dozen migrants were stacked into a Ford Expedition that crashed into a tractor-trailer, killing 13 people outside a California desert town. Jose
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