Crime

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Two young men accused of killing a 13-year-old Cathedral City boy in a gang-related drive-by shooting pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and other charges in court on Wednesday. James Ian Carter, 19, and Christian Arturo Milward Ildefonso, 18, were arrested last month following a Cathedral City Police Department investigation into

YUCCA VALLEY, Calif. (KESQ) – A 52-year-old Yucca Valley man was arrested following multiple reports of sexual assault involving children between the ages of five and 14 over several years. Julio Cesar Vega Medina was identified as the suspect in the sexual assaults after the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station received multiple reports. “During the course

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man and woman convicted in a shooting at the Cathedral City Dollar Tree store in 2023 were sentenced, prosecutors announced. David Garcia, 23, and Leah Lopez, 21, were each sentenced on Sept. 9, according to court records. Garcia was convicted of attempted murder and was sentenced to 32 years in

DESERT HOT SPRINGS (CNS) – A 33-year-old man suspected of stabbing another person in Desert Hot Springs was in custody today.    Daniel Anthony Diaz of Desert Hot Springs was arrested Thursday and booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio, according to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department. DHSPD shared video of his arrest last

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Authorities are investigating a homicide in Coachella after a man was shot dead Sunday. Riverside County Sheriff’s responded to the 85000 block of Calle Limon in Coachella shortly after 11:30 a.m. when they found an adult man suffering from a gunshot wound. Family members of the victim on scene told News

UPDATE: 9/19/2025 THOUSAND PALMS (CNS, KESQ News Team) – Two men suspected of illegally cultivating marijuana in Thousand Palms are out on bail Friday. Riverside County Sheriff’s officials say the two suspects were arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning on Thursday on suspicion of illegal marijuana cultivation and sale or transportation

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect accused of gunning down a 64-year-old man at a Palm Springs intersection last week has been charged with murder and other offenses. Titus Gaumald Holland, 48, is slated to make his initial court appearance this afternoon at the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Holland was arrested in connection

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A three-decade-old murder case in the Coachella Valley is moving forward in court after investigators used DNA technology to identify a long-haul truck driver as the suspect. On March 30, 1993, the body of 30-year-old Sherri Herrera, a mother of four from Tulare, was discovered off the eastbound Hayfield Road on-ramp

Update 9/15/25 Four suspects have been charged in connection with the assault. Isiah Manning, 24, and Camaron Dearman, 21, were arrested on Sept. 11. The next day, police also arrested Dikie Reagins, 21, and Cordell Wash, 18. Manning and Dearman are scheduled to be arraigned on Monday. Reagins and Wash are set to appear in

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Update 9/13/2025 Palm Springs Police arrested a man in connection with a fatal shooting on Friday in the 500 block of Avenida Cerca. Officers identified a 48-year-old Palm Springs man, as being involved in the homicide. He was arrested and booked into the John Benoit Detention Center. That suspect is

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – Nearly three years after a deadly shooting in Indio, Indio Police announce the arrests of two men connected to the 2022 homicide. On December 23, 2022, around 2:00 a.m., Indio Police detectives responded to a homicide investigation at 45955 Grace Street, near Jackson Street and Highway 111. They found Steven Matthew

MURRIETA, Calif. (KESQ) – A young man who gunned down a 17-year-old Cathedral City boy during a street confrontation that possibly stemmed from prior workplace ill-will was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison.    A Murrieta jury in June deliberated one day before convicting Juan Alfredo Landeros Garcia, 26, of Cathedral

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A 50-year-old man pleaded guilty on Friday to killing five kittens and leaving them in a trash bag at a Cathedral City residence. Jorge Edwin Ramirez pleaded guilty to five counts of animal cruelty and was immediately sentenced to two years of probation and 180 days in custody, according to court records.

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A hit-and-run investigation is ongoing after a pedestrian was killed in a crash Thursday morning in Banning, police announced. The crash was reported at around 5:35 a.m. on E. Ramsey Street, near the intersection with Val Monte Street. Police originally responded to reports of a man lying on the roadway. Injuries to