Originally Published: 30 MAY 23 17:03 ET By KCAL/KCBS Staff Click here for updates on this story LOS ANGELES (KCAL, KCBS) — In a split ruling Tuesday, a state appeals court panel reinstated a grant of parole for former Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, overturning an earlier decision by Gov. Gavin Newsom to block
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Two men who were involved in an armed robbery that included use of multiple AK-47s inside the gated community that houses the Arnold Palmer PGA West Golf Course in La Quinta pleaded guilty today to multiple felony charges and were immediately sentenced today.  Fernando Leal Jr., 42, of Indio and Desert Hot Springs resident Luis
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Update: 5/26/23 The California Highway Patrol partially identified the person who died as a 43-year-old man who was driving a 2001 Ford Ranger. His name was withheld pending notification of his relatives. The driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 27-year-old man, was taken to Desert Regional Medical Center with “major injuries.”
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A man and a woman who robbed and assaulted a 69-year-old man in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Indio pleaded guilty to felony charges and were immediately sentenced to state prison today. Â Â Brooke Cassidy Prentiss, 36, and Morgan Kenneth Styre, 27 — residents of Sonora, in Tuolumne County — were charged with
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A 36-year-old man was sentenced to four years in state prison after pleading guilty to stealing more than $14,800 from a retail business in Palm Desert within a six-month period. Phillipe Gonzalez of Indio was arrested Jan. 4, 2022 along with Desert Hot Springs resident Sarah Alexandria Cantu, 34, and Indio residents Jose Angel Perez,
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Defense testimony is slated to begin tomorrow in the trial of a felon accused of killing his infant daughter in a high-speed crash on the south end of Palm Desert. Marcus Novell Green, 58, of Thermal, is charged with second-degree murder, child cruelty and a sentence-enhancing great bodily injury allegation for the June 2016 death
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A mother and her son are recovering in the hospital after being shot while confronting a teen robbery suspect near Bagdouma Park in Coachella Monday afternoon. “We was inside when we heard some shootings, you know shootings, and then, loud and we went outside,” said Zila Duran, a Coachella resident. Duran recounts the terrifying moments
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More than 200 arrests were made and over 4,700 pounds of fentanyl were seized over the past two months, in what law enforcement officials described today as an “unprecedented” increase in enforcement actions against alleged drug smugglers, traffickers and dealers in the Southern and Central Districts of California. The law enforcement campaign dubbed Operation Blue
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A 32-year-old Oregon man who traveled to Riverside County for a dalliance with a Banning girl pleaded guilty today to contacting a minor for illicit purposes. Devon Richard Decerto of Gresham, Oregon, admitted the felony count under a plea agreement with the District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admission, prosecutors agreed to drop a
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A 34-year-old man who shot at multiple victims, including a 7-year-old child, in an unincorporated area of Riverside County near Sky Valley pleaded guilty to felony charges today and was immediately sentenced to more than six-and-a-half years in state prison. Â Â Ryan David Sargent of Cathedral City pleaded guilty Tuesday at the Larson Justice Center
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The high-profile murder of a luxury jewelry executive who was killed at the outlets in Cabazon is set to proceed to trial. Police said 66-year-old Michael Moser was shot and killed last March at the Desert Hills Premium Outlet stores in Cabazon. Moser had a prominent role in the luxury industry and retired as the
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 A 25-year-old Corona man suspected of leaving a La Quinta Middle School with a 12-year-old girl he had allegedly been communicating with via social media pleaded not guilty to felony charges today. Joshua Meza was charged with six felony counts of committing a lewd act with a child under 14 and one felony count each
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A Palm Desert man accused with a father and son in the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old man in North Palm Springs last week pleaded not guilty to murder today. Aisa Kirk Bailey, 19, was arrested at around 5 a.m. Friday in Palm Desert, according to inmate records. North Palm Springs residents Mark Brian Barneck,
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A teenager was arrested in connection with a shooting that injured a woman and her teenage son in a park in Coachella Monday evening. Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of attempted murder around 6:00 p.m. on the 51200 block of Douma Street near Bagdouma Park. The investigation revealed a 16-year-old teenage boy from
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Two people were hospitalized Monday after being shot in the city of Indio. The shooting was reported at around 5:30 p.m. on the 44700 block of Palm Street, according to Ben Guitron of the Indio Police Department. A witness near the scene told News Channel 3 she heard multiple shots fired. “I heard the shots.
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A former Los Angeles Police Department officer who was charged with committing lewd acts on four young boys at his Covina-area home has died while in custody, officials said today. Sheriff’s department officials said only that Paul Razo, 46, died of medical complications, but no further information was released. Â Â Razo was arrested May 10,
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WOODLAND, Calif. (AP) — A judge on Monday ordered a psychiatric review of the former University of California, Davis student charged with two fatal stabbings and an attempted murder that shook the normally serene community outside Sacramento. An attorney for Carlos Dominguez said in Yolo County Superior Court that his client is not mentally competent to stand trial. Dominguez,
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Five people were arrested following a driving under the influence checkpoint in La Quinta over the weekend, authorities said today. Â Â The La Quinta Riverside County Sheriff’s Office conducted the checkpoint from 6 p.m. Friday to 2 a.m. Saturday on Washington Street and Highland Palms Drive, according to Sgt. Kyle LaFond of the Riverside County
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A father and son accused with a 19-year-old man in the fatal shooting of a 48-year-old man in North Palm Springs earlier this week pleaded not guilty to murder today. North Palm Springs residents Mark Brian Barneck, 66, and his son Cody Barneck, 33, were arrested around 4 a.m. Wednesday in Desert Hot Springs, according
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After deliberating for almost two days, jurors ended the week without reaching a verdict in the retrial of a 40-year-old man accused of killing a Palm Springs retiree in a financial-enrichment scheme and dumping his body by Interstate 5 while en route to Daly City. Â Â Jurors began deliberating Thursday morning and will continue deliberating
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