A 23-year-old man accused of shooting another man with an assault rifle in Desert Hot Springs was ordered today to stand trial on an attempted murder charge. Manual Rivera-Villa of Desert Hot Springs is also facing a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury. The charge and allegation stem from the April
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A 34-year-old man already in custody for murder has now also been charged in a July 2020 killing of a man whose body was found inside a burned vehicle in Thermal. Ruben Corria Esquivel Jr. of Coachella was charged with one felony count each of murder, arson on a property, having a fire explosive, and
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Three Coachella residents suspected in the death of a man found inside a burning vehicle in Thermal re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Hector Ramiro Yamanaka Ruiz, 44, was charged with one felony count each of murder, arson on property, and having a fire explosive, according to court records. He also faces a
Continue Reading A man already in custody for murder was named as the suspect in a different homicide in the east valley in July 2020. Ruben Esquivel, 34, of Coachella was named as the suspect in the killing of Luis Pinedo, 23, of Mecca. Pinedo’s body was found inside a burning vehicle in Thermal on July 18,
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An investigation is ongoing after a graduation party in Indio ended in a shooting that left one person dead and three others hurt. We were able to hear the latest developments on the investigation from Indio Police and were able to speak to homeowners where the shooting happened. As the investigation goes into its third
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A 40-year-old man accused of killing a Palm Springs retiree in 2008 was afflicted with “a feverish need for money,” so he devised a plan to murder and defraud, a prosecutor said today during opening statements in the man’s retrial — while the defendant’s attorney said his client is not guilty because law enforcement failed
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An Oct. 2 trial date was confirmed today for three convicted felons accused of killing a 64-year-old man who interrupted a break-in at his Anza home, where he was cultivating cannabis for sale. Jody Lynn Came Miller, 48, of Rancho Cucamonga, James Max Robinson, 42, of San Bernardino, and Jesse Robert Thurbush, 32, of Victorville
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy was involved in a crash during the pursuit of a suspect Monday morning in Rancho Mirage. The incident started at around 9:05 a.m. when deputies responded to an armed robbery call in the area of Ramon Road and Vista Del Oro in Thousand Palms. Authorities said deputies arrived and learned
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One person is dead and 3 others are wounded from an early Saturday morning shooting in Indio. According to Indio Police they got a call just after Midnight of a shooting incident on the 41-900 block of Napoli Street. Indio Police Spokesman Ben Guitron confirmed to News Channel 3 that once officers arrived on scene
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A 21-year-old man is the first person in the state of California to be convicted of murder in a fentanyl death. The Placer County District Attorney says that Nathaniel Cabacungan was found guilty of second-degree murder for supplying a Roseville teen with the deadly drug. Cabacungan is set to be sentenced in august. This conviction
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Gov. Gavin Newsom’s office announced today it will not challenge a state appellate court panel’s ruling that clears the way for the release of former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten on parole. Van Houten, now 73, is serving a potential life prison sentence for taking part in the killings of Leno and Rosemary LaBianca
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Police arrested a suspect accused of setting a Yucca Valley man and woman on fire last month in Johnson Valley. The suspect, a 32-year-old man from Johnson Valley, was arrested Wednesday during a vehicle check on Old Woman Springs Road, near Mira Street. He is being held at the Morongo Basin Jail with attempted murder
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A Congressional candidate and city councilmember accused of abusing two children in San Jacinto was charged today with two misdemeanor counts of child endangerment. Brian Eugene Hawkins, 44, of San Jacinto, was arrested Sunday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Office investigation. Hawkins, who is being held in lieu of $200,000 bail at the Robert
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A 15-year-old boy was arrested on suspicion of stabbing another boy last month in Twentynine Palms, police announced. The boy was arrested at around 4:45 p.m. Tuesday at his residence in Twentynine Palms, the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. announced. He was transported to the Central Juvenile Hall where he was booked for attempted murder
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A felon suspected in a Desert Hot Springs residential break-in in which his accomplice was fatally shot by an occupant of the home re-entered not guilty pleas to felony charges today. Nathan Michael Alger, 22, of Desert Hot Springs was charged with one felony count each of murder, attempted murder, burglary, assault with a gun
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A Beaumont babysitter accused of killing a 15-month-old tot by inflicting severe head trauma, as well as abusing another child, pleaded not guilty today to murder and other charges. Heather Lyn Greenman, 37, of Beaumont was arrested last week following a two-month investigation by the Beaumont Police Department. Â Â Along with murder, Greenman is charged
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A babysitter was arrested and charged with murder after the death of a one-year-old toddler in Beaumont. Heather Greenman, 37, of Riverside was arrested by Beaumont police on Thursday. Police said Greenman was babysitting a toddler that died as a result of a head injury on April 26, 2023. Police said Greenman reported the child
Continue Reading San Jacinto Councilmember, and local Congressional candidate, Brian Hawkins was arrested on suspicion of assaulting a child over the weekend in Lake Elsinore. The city of San Jacinto confirmed Hawkins’ arrest in a news release on Monday. “The Riverside County Sherriff’s Department and Riverside County District Attorney’s Office notified the City of San Jacinto of
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A Desert Hot Springs man pleaded guilty today to possessing sexual images of a minor and is set to be sentenced next month. Â Â Pedro Alfredo Elizalde pleaded guilty Monday to one felony count of possessing matter depicting a minor in a sexual act, according to court records. He additionally admitted to sentence-enhancements of images
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A 54-year-old man who led law enforcement officers on a two-city pursuit that culminated in the defendant ramming two Riverside County sheriff’s patrol units was sentenced today to nine months in jail and two years’ felony probation. Ryan Kendall of Beaumont pleaded guilty last week to assault on a peace officer and evading arrest as
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