Jury deliberations got underway today in the trial of a Desert Hot Springs man accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend in the leg through a window as she slept in her Palm Springs apartment. Sergio Juan Marques, 41, allegedly shot Jovanna Tapia at the Palos Verdes Villas apartment complex at 392 E. Stevens Road in June
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San Jacinto City Councilman Joel Lopez and another man are under indictment for allegedly operating an illegal cannabis shop in the city, it was announced today. Lopez, 35, and Edward Padilla Jr., 32, of San Jacinto were indicted on felony counts of conspiracy and maintaining an unlawful marijuana facility, as well as misdemeanor counts of
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Jury selection is scheduled to begin Monday for the trial of a felon accused of fatally stabbing a senior citizen in Desert Hot Springs. Albert Marchain, 29, of Desert Hot Springs, allegedly killed 69-year- old Stanislaw Tokarski, whose body was found on Nov. 12, 2018, in the 66900 block of Hacienda Avenue. Marchain is charged
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Two brothers beat a man with a wooden paddle over two days in Cathedral City as a form of “street justice” because the victim supposedly burglarized the residence of one of the siblings, a prosecutor alleged today. Carlos Jose Espinoza, 30, and Eduardo Luis Espinoza, 32, both of Cathedral City, were arrested June 1. They
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An ex-con was sentenced today to 47 years to life in state prison for repeatedly kicking his pregnant wife in the stomach and head until she lost consciousness in Palm Desert. Andrew Phillip Allen, 30, was convicted in March 2020 of seven felony counts, including inflicting corporal injury, assault with a gun, criminal threats and
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A homicide investigation was underway today after body was found in Palm Desert. Deputies responded about 5 p.m. Sunday to a call about a man discovered dead in the 44700 block of San Luis Rey Avenue, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sgt. Richard Carroll said the man had suffered “traumatic injuries,” and investigators
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A 58-year-old was killed in a deputy-involved shooting last week in Yucca Valley, the Sheriff’s Department confirmed on Tuesday. The shooting happened on the evening of Wednesday, June 9 at the parking lot of the Grocery Outlet at 57200 29 Palms Highway. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed that the incident started at 7:40
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It’s been about three months since 18-year-old Debra Nelson was killed in a single-vehicle crash in which the driver fled the scene, and still no answers as to who was behind the crash. The crash happened at around 8 a.m. on March 9, 2021 in front of the Winchell’s at 45995 Monroe Street in Indio.
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The second of two unlicensed bail agents accused in the fatal shooting of a knife-wielding fugitive who was gunned down in front of Palm Springs police officers in April pleaded not guilty today to murder and other felony charges. Lisa Roberta Vargas, 53, was arrested May 20 in connection with the shooting death of 33-year-old
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Former Shadow Hills High School basketball coach Ryan Towner was arrested Thursday morning following accusations that he raped a juvenile former player. Ryan Towner County jail records show that Towner was arrested in the area of Jefferson Boulevard and Fred Waring Drive in Indio on Thursday at 9 a.m. by the Rancho Mirage Police Department.
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An arrest has been made in a shooting that happened in front of a taqueria in Coachella back in February. The shooting happened overnight on February 15, 2021 at the parking lot in front of Taquería Monte Alban. The taqueria is located on the 49-300 block of Grapefruit Boulevard. The shooting was reported at 12:49
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A half-dozen Southern California men, including four Riverside County residents and a former Orange County police chief, were indicted in connection with the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, federal prosecutors announced today. Derek Kinnison, 39, Felipe Antonio Martinez, 47, both of Lake Elsinore, along with Ronald Mele, 51, of Temecula and Erik
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Felony charges were filed today against a third defendant accused of holding a man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle and other instruments over several days in Cathedral City. Genaro Jaime Lozoya, 30, of Indio was arrested Tuesday. He remains behind bars on $1 million bail awaiting his initial court appearance,
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Police are investigating the theft of a statue from Freedom Park in Palm Desert. Thieves stole a life-size bronze statue of a young boy from the park on May 6, city officials tell News Channel 3. Statue as it normally stands in the park The statue is called “For Our Freedom,” a tribute to the
Continue ReadingGov. Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta held a news conference in San Francisco to announce the next legal steps following a San Diego federal judge’s ruling overturning the state’s three-decade-old ban on assault weapons. The news conference will be live-streamed below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Upzbq45ssnw On June 4, a federal judge overturned California’s three-decade-old ban on
Continue Reading San Bernardino County Sheriff’s deputies are investigating a shooting in Yucca Valley Wednesday night. The shooting happened in the parking lot outside the Grocery Outlet on Twentynine Palms Highway, Cindy Bachman, public information officer for the Sheriff’s Department confirmed. There was no other information available at this time. The invesitgation remains active at this time.
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A former NCAA wrestler convicted of beating up one woman and sexually assaulting another at his Coachella Valley ranch will not be allowed to post bond pending the results of his appeal, a judge ruled today. Wayne Eric Boyd, 74, of Sky Valley was sentenced on April 8 to two years in state prison stemming
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A 42-year-old man accused of holding up banks in Banning bank and Hemet by pretending to have a gun concealed in his shirt will stand trial on a pair of robbery counts, a judge ruled today. Aaron Sterling Gefrerer of Cathedral City was arrested last month after a Banning Police Department investigation, with assistance from
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Three people were being treated for non-life-threatening gunshot wounds Wednesday morning after a shooting in a Coachella neighborhood. The Riverside County Sheriffs Department said Thermal Station deputies were called to a shooting along the 50400 block of Saltillo Circle at 11:09 p.m. Tuesday night. Deputies found evidence of a shooting there along with a home
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A third man accused of holding a man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle over several days in Cathedral City was arrested today, police said. The man, identified as a 30-year-old from Indio, was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of kidnapping, torture, false imprisonment and
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