Crime

A judge ruled today there was insufficient evidence for an attempted murder charge in the trial of a 20-year-old man involved in an alleged gang-related shooting in Indio. Dominic McNeal was 18 when the alleged crime occurred, and was one of five people arrested for shooting a gang rival Feb. 23, 2018 in a parking

The United States Department of Justice announced six men have been federally indicted for their alleged roles in a series of armed robberies at cell phone stores across Southern California, including one store in Riverside County. According to the DOJ, the suspects are accused of “holding store employees at gunpoint, sometimes zip-tying them, then stealing

Authorities found over half-a-million dollars of marijuana, along with stolen vehicles, at an active grow site in Mountain Center Tuesday morning. Christopher Gerats, 31, and Kevin Valenzuela, 24, both Mountain Center residents, were arrested following the service of three residential search warrants in the community Tuesday at approximately 7:00 a.m., according to Sergeant Frank Schiavone

Police are investigating an armed robbery at the Little Caesars in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday night. According to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department, the robbery was reported just after 8:40 p.m. at the Little Caesars on Palm Drive, near Ironwood Drive. Police said gunshots were fired during the incident. The store’s manager told News

UPDATE 10/22/19: The Palm Springs Police Department issued a statement in regard to an error made in an interview with News Channel 3 on Monday. On Saturday, 10/19/2019, the Palm Springs Police Department started an investigation into a hate crime allegation that occurred at 1021 S. Palm Canyon Drive in Palm Springs. Investigators learned that

A teenager was arrested over the weekend at the In-N-Out in La Quinta for alleged public intoxication and resisting arrest. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, on Friday at around 10:11 p.m., La Quinta deputies responded to reports of a disturbance between a “large number of subjects” at the In-N-Out on 78611 Highway 111.

The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department conducted an investigation at a Panda Express in Yucca Valley after something shattered a window Monday evening. The incident happened at the Panda Express on 58493 Highway 62 just before 7:45 p.m. News Channel 3’s Jake Ingrassia was inside the restaurant when it happened. Glass was shattered all over

Members of a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department task force took two suspected gang members into custody on Interstate 10 in Palm Desert over the weekend. According to county jail records, Indio residents David Bustos, 20, and Christopher Mendez, 21 were taken into custody early Saturday morning on eastbound I-10 near Bob Hope Drive. At 12:00

A suspected gang member remained behind bars Friday after being arrested in connection with an armed robbery earlier this week in Coachella. 21-year-old Coachella resident Daniel Magana is believed to have robbed a business on the 48000 block of Grapefruit Boulevard in Coachella, using a handgun to while taking cash from the establishment’s register. The

Desert Hot Springs Police were investigating an armed robbery in Desert Hot Springs, according the city’s Police Chief Jim Henson. The crime was reported at around 2:25 p.m. Thursday in a shopping center located on the 14200 block of Palm Drive. Two suspects reportedly entered a business and fired two shots as they ran off.

A teenager faces felony charges after being accused of causing thousands of dollars in damages to a Beaumont golf course. The Beaumont Police Department says they received reports of vandalism to the Morongo Golf Club at Tukwet Canyon on Saturday. Employees told police that an off-road vehicle was driven across the turf on the course,

A suspected gang member remained behind bars Thursday afternoon after being arrested by RSO task force members in Indio on Wednesday. At 5 p.m. on Wednesday, members of the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force conducted a compliance check at a residence on the 47000 block of Lagoon Court in Indio. Officers found and

Authorities say they seized illegal marijuana with a street value of $1 million after stopping a van on a Southern California street because a passenger wasn’t wearing a seatbelt. The California Highway Patrol says an officer smelled an odor of pot after stopping the van Monday in Anza, an unincorporated community in Riverside County. The

Police announced they are searching for two persons of interest in the murder of a 25-year-old man in Banning last week. The Banning Police Department are searching for Ashley Marie Phillips, 26, of Banning, and Abel Edward Martinez Jr., 23, of Beaumont in connection with the shooting death of Mark Anthony Fisher, 25, on the

Three teens from Compton were arrested Wednesday afternoon in Palm Desert after allegedly stealing from the Louis Vuitton store on El Paseo. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the burglary at Louis Vuitton on 73515 El Paseo in Palm Desert was initially reported at 4:57 p.m. Deputies determined four suspects stole an undisclosed amount

Police confirmed two people took themselves to a hospital Tuesday morning with serious injuries after a honey oil lab explosion. A blast was reported along the 600 block East Vista Chino Drive at approximately 4:00 a.m. near Via Miraleste. Investigators determined the explosion was caused by a cigarette being lit during the manufacturing of the

Indio police detectives filed murder charges against a man they say was involved in a deadly shooting back in Aug. 2016. Miguel Cavazos, 39, of Indio has been charged in the murder of 23-year-old Adrian Valdez. The drive-by shooting happened on Aug. 7, 2016 in front of a home on the 82600 block of Mountain