A 20-year-old U.S. citizen was arrested after Border Patrol reported finding nearly $400,000 worth of meth hidden in gym bags and a plastic container during a traffic stop in Indio. The arrest happened Friday afternoon on Interstate 10 near the Golf Center Parkway exit. Border Patrol agents conducting anti-smuggling operations on Interstate 10 performed a
Continue Reading
A 20-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder for allegedly opening fire at a Coachella home. Caillou Marcus Renteria and a 16-year-old juvenile were arrested Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a shooting on the evening of May 31 in which multiple vehicles were struck. Renteria was charged with felony counts of attempted
Continue Reading
A Palm Desert accountant who enabled the owner of a Long Beach hospital to pay more than $40 million in illegal kickbacks to doctors in exchange for them referring thousands of spinal surgery patients was sentenced today to 15 months in federal prison for a tax offense related to the scheme. George Hammer, 69, was
Continue Reading
Twin 19-year-old brothers accused with an 18-year-old in a robbery that culminated in the shooting death of a 66-year-old shopper at the Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon pled not guilty to murder and robbery charges Friday morning. Emanuel Rick Burt and Elijah Ray Burt, of Victorville, were extradited to Riverside County last month from
Continue Reading
Two men were arrested in connection with the murder of a man in Beaumont in March 2020. Leo Miguel Delara, 45, was shot and killed at a home along the 100 block of Myrl Drive in the City of Beaumont on March 18, 2020. Officers found Delara and a woman both suffering from gunshot wounds. He
Continue Reading
A 19-year-old man pleaded guilty today to a felony after being arrested for allegedly illegally possessing a firearm and shooting it in a negligent manner. Eddie Amezquita was charged with felony counts for discharging a firearm in a negligent manner, possessing an undetectable firearm and illegally carrying a loaded firearm. He pleaded guilty to the
Continue Reading
A 28-year-old man was arrested today for allegedly assaulting another motorist with a deadly weapon in a road rage incident. The man, a Salton City resident, was arrested Thursday morning on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and brandishing a firearm, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. The Coachella Community Action Team
Continue Reading
Two Desert Hot Springs residents have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at the Rancho Mirage RV Park last week. The shooting happened at approximately 10 p.m. on June 16, at the RV park located on the 70200 block of Highway 111. Alejandro Suarez, 43, was found with multiple gunshot wounds. He was
Continue Reading
A 15-year-old boy is behind bars after authorities found multiple handguns during a search warrant in Indio. The weapons-related search warrant took place Tuesday evening on Beverly Court in Indio. It was led by the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with assistance from the Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team, the Palm Desert Business
Continue Reading
A 43-year-old man is behind bars after authorities found hundreds of fentanyl pills along with additional narcotics at a home in Coachella Wednesday morning. At 7:00 AM, members of the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the assistance of the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team (SCVCSDT), the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET),
Continue Reading
Deputies arrested a 16-year-old and two men wanted in connection with a shooting last month in Coachella. The shooting happened just before 7 p.m. on May 31 in the 52700 block of Genoa Drive, in the city of Coachella. Deputies responded to a call of a shooting between three subjects. No injuries were reported by
Continue Reading
A man was arrested and 11 firearms were seized after a search warrant was served at a home in La Quinta Tuesday morning. SWAT and the Thermal Station Investigations Bureau served a weapons-related search warrant at a home on the 79600 block of Vista Coralina at around 11 a.m., according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s
Continue Reading
A 22-year-old man pleaded not guilty today to attempted murder following his arrest for allegedly shooting a 25-year-old man multiple times in a Coachella parking lot. Issac Vargas was arrested Thursday evening and booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center in Indio, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. He was charged with one
Continue Reading
Two 15-year-old boys were arrested today on suspicion of possessing guns and stolen property from an armed robbery incident a week prior. The names of the juveniles were withheld due to their age. They were both documented criminal street gang members, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities searched a residence in the 53-500
Continue Reading
The Riverside County Gang Impact team seized thousands of pills containing fentanyl as well as several kilograms of the drug in powder form, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced on Monday. The seizures happened during three separate investigations across Riverside County over the past two weeks, the DA’s office added. During the investigations, GIT
Continue Reading
Update: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department identified the man killed in the shooting as Alejandro Suarez, 43, of Rancho Mirage. Investigators said they are continuing to work to identify a suspect or suspect(s). Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to call Investigator Anderson of the Central Homicide Unit at 951-955-2777 or Investigator Grasso of the
Continue Reading A suspect in a shooting at a shopping center in Coachella has been arrested, authorities announced. The shooting took place on May 30 at around 2:10 a.m. on the 49200 block of Cesar Chavez Street, in the shopping center where Food 4 Less, Big 5, and Fallas Paredes are located. A spokesperson with the Riverside
Continue Reading
A memorial honoring the victims, survivors, and first responders of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino was unveiled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfSRNafB1PU The ‘Curtain of Courage Memorial’ was unveiled in a ceremony on Friday. The memorial The art studio behind the memorial, Oakland-based Hood Design Studio, describes the memorial as a place that keeps the victims at
Continue Reading
A 19-year-old male is accused of shooting at workers at an okra ranch near Coachella Friday morning. Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a ranch on the 46-300 block of Dillon Road. “While deputies were responding, they received information the suspect shot at workers in a field,” reads a news release from the
Continue Reading
A 20-year-old man accused of shooting multiple times at a man standing in a Coachella front yard pleaded not guilty today to two felony charges. Ramiro Reyes of Coachella was charged with attempted murder and being in possession of a short-barreled shotgun. He pleaded not guilty to both Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies responded around 3:30 p.m.
Continue Reading