The Board of Supervisors today authorized Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin to accept a $430,000 state grant aimed at strengthening the DA’s anti-drugged driving program. In a 5-0 vote without comment, the board cleared Hestrin to add the California Office of Traffic Safety grant to his existing fiscal year budget, specifically for the “Drug-Impaired
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UPDATE: The Palm Springs Police Department has made an arrest Tuesday morning for the shooting that injured a child. At about 5:30 p.m. Monday, police officers say they located an 18-year-old suspect in a vehicle in the 3700 block of North Indian Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Officers tried to stop the car but say
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A 39-year-old drunken driver who fatally struck a California Highway Patrol officer writing a ticket on the shoulder of Interstate 15 in Lake Elsinore was sentenced today to 15 years to life in state prison. Michael Joseph Callahan of Winchester was convicted in August of second-degree murder and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for
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31-year-old Luis Flores Cantor appeared briefly in court on Thursday morning. He was set to be arraigned again at the Larson Justice Center in Indio after being charged in the murders of two Palm Springs residents. The arraignment was delayed once again due to the high “volume of discovery” in the case, per a public
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Jury deliberations began today in the trial of a man accused of stabbing his father’s girlfriend more than 100 times, with a prosecutor contending the killing was a son’s act of hatred toward the woman, while a defense attorney said the defendant had a history of mental illness and shouldn’t be convicted of murder. Raul
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A use of force investigation is underway following the violent arrest of an intoxicated man at a bowling alley in Yucca Valley over the weekend. The incident started Friday night when deputies were called to the bowling alley for a suspect who was believed to be intoxicated that had been involved in a crash in
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A United States citizen was arrested over the weekend after a Border Patrol K9 helped agents find more than $600,000 worth of cocaine that was hidden in an SUV at the Highway 86 checkpoint. The incident happened Saturday morning. According to Border Patrol, at approximately 10:36 a.m., a white 2011 Chevrolet Traverse driven by a
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A Desert Hot Springs man was sentenced today to 32 years to life in prison for shooting his ex-girlfriend through a window of her Palm Springs apartment while she slept. Sergio Juan Marques, 41, was convicted June 24 of one count each of attempted murder, spousal abuse, shooting at a dwelling, and assault on a
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BANNING (CNS)- A Palm Springs woman pleaded not guilty today tokidnapping and child cruelty charges for the alleged kidnapping of her 4-month-old-niece in Cathedral City. Julia Anne Schoolcraft, 31, was arrested Sept. 18, a day afterallegedly stealing her brother’s vehicle with his child still inside, accordingto Officer Andrew Diaz of the Cathedral City Police Department. Schoolcraft is
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It’s a call to action that Sunline Transit Agency hopes will help disrupt human trafficking operations throughout Coachella Valley. “Some human traffickers use the bus to transport their victims. You can play a critical role in fighting this crime, and you could be just the lifeline a human trafficking victim is hoping will recognize the
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Newly released police body camera footage shows the tense moments before a deadly shooting involving an unlicensed bail agent in Palm Springs. Fabian Hector Herrera, 36, was arrested for the shooting death of David Spann, 33 at about 2:30 a.m. in the 100 block of East Via Escuela on April 23. Herrera is a bounty
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Police in Desert Hot Springs are investigating the possibility of additional threats on the campus of Desert Hot Springs High School, just a day after they were called there for reports of a student with a knife. That incident did not result in any reported injuries, but News Channel 3 has been contacted by many
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A prostitution sting in La Quinta nabbed 13 men, authorities announced today. On Wednesday, members of the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team and Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force placed decoy advertisements on several popular classified advertisement websites often used for the solicitation of online prostitution, said Sgt. George Acevedo of the Riverside County Sheriffs
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A convict serving a life sentence for the murder of a Cathedral City man was re-captured after he attempted to escape from a hospital in San Diego. Gabriel Gaytan Cardenas, 36, attempted to escape from Alvarado Hospital Medical Center in San Diego Tuesday night, authorities told CBS 8. There was no word as to what
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A Yucca Valley man who triggered a collision in Palm Springs while high on drugs was convicted of the murder of one of his passengers today. The Indio jury also convicted Robert Garcia Jr., 55, of DUI causing injury and sentence-enhancing allegations of causing bodily injury to multiple victims in connection with the crash near
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Palm Springs Police are now clearing the scene near a business in the 600 block of South Palm Canyon Drive. Police are using a loudspeaker to talk to the suspect, urging the person to call 911 so they can speak with them and make sure they are okay. “We know you are armed with a
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The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department is now confirming that investigators with the Specialized Investigations Division are now joining the search to locate Lauren Cho. The Morongo Basin Station detectives and Search and Rescue members have been trying to locate the missing High Desert woman since July. Lauren Cho, also known as “El,” mysteriously disappeared
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31-year-old Luis Flores Cantor is set to be arraigned at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on September 30 in the killings of two Palm Springs residents. Cantor was set to be arraigned today, but his attorney asked the judge overseeing the case to postpone the arraignment as they are still reviewing evidence. Cantor is
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An 18-year-old probationer accused of shooting a family member and trying to kill another during a domestic squabble in Banning was charged today with attempted murder and other offenses. Alex Signavong was arrested Saturday following the attack at a residence in the 1300 block of North Almond Way, near East Theodore Street. Along with attempted
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A 41-year-old man arrested over the weekend on suspicion of killing a 23-year-old former high school football player in a hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs was due in court today on DUI gross vehicular manslaughter charges. A GoFundMe page to support Ortega-Dage’s family. Click here to visit that page Jose Roberto Tafoya-Flores was arrested
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