Crime

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

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A 43-year-old Banning man was sentenced to 30 years in prison after being convicted of raping a woman, as well as molesting a 12-year-old girl.   A Banning jury in early July convicted Steven Roy McElroy of forcible rape, lewd acts on a minor, assault with intent to commit rape and a

COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ)  – The search continues for the suspect who killed a 17-year-old boy and wounded two other adolescent males in a shooting early August. Riverside County Sheriff’s identified the 17-year-old boy as Alberto Castillo Jr. The shooting unfolded August 2nd, when deputies said they were dispatched around 4 a.m. to the 49000 block

RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A felony parolee who is a former employee of a Beaumont group home for boys is back behind bars, accused of lewd acts with a child. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office reports that 33 year old David Sanabria was arrested Thursday and charged with lewd acts with a child and oral copulation