A judge in Riverside has determined that there is enough evidence to move forward with a trial for defendants in the cases of the murders of Audrey Moran and Jonathan Reynoso. Four of the suspects charged in the case, Aaron Fernando Bernal, Manuel Rios, Abraham Fregoso, and Adilene Ines Castaneda, will now continue to trial. Count 4, Accessory
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A 32-year-old man accused of allowing his infant daughter to ingest fentanyl, killing the baby, pleaded not guilty today to child abuse and other charges. Donald Charles Wallace of Lake Mathews was arrested last week following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation that began almost three months earlier. Along with the abuse count, Wallace is
Continue Reading The preliminary hearing continued into its 3rd day for six suspects involved in the murder of a Coachella Valley. Three witness testified on Wednesday, including Jesus Ruiz Jr., who has pleaded guilty in the case and two Riverside County Sheriff’s Investigators. This brings the number of witnesses to testify to 10. The judge is set
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Update 4:50 p.m. Police confirmed that a suspect has been arrested in connection with this murder. The suspect has not been charged, so we will not publish their identity until charges are filed. According to jail records, the suspect is a 64-year-old man who was arrested at 11 p.m. The suspect is scheduled to appear
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A 12-year-old boy from Cathedral City was arrested Wednesday morning after police said he brought an unloaded handgun to his school in Twentynine Palms. The Morongo Sheriff’s Station received reports of a student on campus with a firearm at Oasis Elementary School in Twentynine Palms Wednesday at approximately 10:07 a.m., the department announced on Wednesday.
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested an Indio man in connection with a fentanyl poisoning death nearly a year ago. The death dates back to April 22, 2021. According to the Sheriff’s Dept., deputies found an unresponsive male adult in the 53000 block of Troon Trail in La Quinta. The man, identified as Gregory Glenn,
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The father of a 2-month-old baby is accused in her death, which Riverside County Sheriffs say was caused by Fentanyl poisoning. The investigation into the 32-year-old Riverside man took several months, deputies say. The infant died on December 2, 2021. Deputies say they found her dead after a call to Crown Creek Circle in Riverside
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The preliminary hearing for four of the six suspects involved in the murder of a Coachella Valley moved into its second day on Tuesday. Five witnesses took the stand on Tuesday including 3 Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies, 1 person from Cal Fire, and Jesus Ruiz Jr., a person who has already pled guilty in this
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The Riverside County Coroner’s office has released the identity of a man murdered in Palm Springs last week. Jermaine Hamilton, 45, was found dead inside a vehicle that crashed into a power pole at around 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 25 near the intersection of Granada and Rosa Parks in the Desert Highland Gateway Estates neighborhood.
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A second man was behind bars today on accusations of assisting in the kidnapping and robbing of a group of people in Desert Hot Springs. The suspect, a 29-year-old man, was arrested Monday on suspicion of assisting 20- year-old Taquan Charles Ray Doss in robbing a group of people that Doss had kidnapped, according to
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The preliminary hearing for four of the six suspects involved in the murder of a Coachella Valley is now underway at the Riverside County Superior Court. Jonathan Reynoso and Audrey Moran disappeared in 2017. Three years later, their skeletal remains were identified as them. Jonathan Reynoso and Audrey Moran The preliminary hearing was originally scheduled
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John Paul Cortina, 36, was arrested in Oct 2021 in connection with the murder of Isela Duran, 45, in Indio on July 11, 2012. Duran was killed in a shooting that left another person injured. The case remained unsolved for nearly a decade. Cortina appeared in court for a hearing on Feb.10. A DA’s office spokesperson
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A Desert Hot Springs man says he was wrongfully jailed for a murder he didn’t commit, and has filed a lawsuit against Riverside County claiming prosecutors knowingly locked up an innocent man. Roger Parker was accused in a March 2010 murder in Desert Hot Springs. He said he was manipulated into a false confession by
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A Joshua Tree homeowner shot a man who attempted to break into his home late Monday night, according to San Bernardino County Sheriffs Department. The attempted burglary happened off of the 6000 block of Del Oro Road. Authorities reported that the break in led to a shooting between the suspect and the homeowner. Moments later
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Eric Rios, one of the suspects charged in the high-profile criminal cases surrounding the disappearance and deaths of a Coachella Valley couple, has pled guilty. Eric Rios Jonathan Darling Reynoso, 28, and Audrey Moran, 26, were last heard on May 10, 2017. In the summer of 2020, Rios was among a group of six total
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Police were investigating a deadly stabbing attack in La Quinta at a PGA West home overnight. The Riverside County Sheriffs Department confirmed to KESQ News Channel 3 that a man who was airlifted to a hospital died from his injuries. Authorities identified the man as Branston William Bauder, 68, of La Quinta. The case was being
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Closing arguments wrapped Wednesday in the murder trial for Jose Vladimir Larin Garcia, accused in four deadly shootings the night of Feb. 3, 2019 in Palm Springs. After a rebuttal from the prosecution, closing arguments have wrapped and the case is now officially in the hands of the jury. Jury members are determining their schedule
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A 39-year-old man accused of firing a BB gun at motorists traveling the Moreno Valley (60) Freeway and Interstate 10 in the Banning Pass, causing damage and endangering the occupants, was charged today with multiple counts of assault. Ernesto Zevero Gonzalez of Armona was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning
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Closing arguments are now underway in the murder trial for Jose Vladimir Larin Garcia, accused in four deadly shootings the night of Feb. 3, 2019 in Palm Springs. Deputy District Attorney Samantha Paixao delivered the first portion of her closing argument before the jury Tuesday. Paixao hoped to sway the jurors one final time that
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Closing arguments are expected Tuesday in the murder trial for Jose Larin Garcia, accused in the deadly shootings of four people in Palm Springs in February 2019. That means the future of Larin Garcia, who’s facing four counts of murder, will soon be in the hands of the jury. Prosecutors say three of the victims
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