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75-year-old Eleanor Elster rests in her room at a Palm Springs convalescent home after a recent one month stay at ManorCare in Palm Desert where she says “somehow” about $1,800 cash, a checkbook, a watch and other items were taken from her. She says she made the claim to management at ManorCare when she left
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A Thermal man must stand trial on charges of sexually assaulting a 13-year-old girl, but not on a kidnapping count, a judge ruled today. Riverside County Superior Court Judge Russell Moore found that prosecutors had presented sufficient evidence to hold Elit Barroso Miranda, 36, to answer to three counts of lewd acts with a child
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A man was arrested on Monday for allegedly stealing agricultural equipment near Mecca. At 7:11 p.m. Monday, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies assigned to the Thermal Station Agriculture Liason attempted a traffic stop on a green 1997 Dodge Ram near the intersection of Avenue 64 and Pierce Street in unincorporated Mecca. The vehicle failed to yield
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A Joshua Tree man was arrested over the weekend for allegedly mortally injuring an acquaintance’s kitten, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department. On December 14, SBCSD deputies from the Morongo Basin Station responded to the 62000 block of Twentynine Palms Highway in Joshua Tree for a report of animal cruelty. The investigation revealed
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A Desert Hot Springs man was arrested Monday night in La Quinta for failing to register as a sex offender, as well as two other misdemeanors. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies assigned to the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) arrested 47-year-old Desert Hot Springs resident Julio Hoyas Monday night after conducting
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A 43-year-old Indio man was arrested in La Quinta late Monday night for possession of fentanyl and several other drugs after a traffic stop, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. At 11:20 p.m. Monday, deputies assigned to RSO’s La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) conducted a traffic stop on the 78900 block of Adams
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Three Long Beach residents accused of burglarizing several businesses in Palm Springs Friday morning are now in custody. The first burglary was reported at approximately 2:39 a.m. at a restaurant within the 2500 block of North Palm Canyon Drive. Watch: Victims speak with News Channel 3 about the burglaries Witnesses told officers they saw three
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A teenager was arrested by Border Patrol agents on suspicion of narcotics smuggling and firearm possession on Thursday night, according to a news release issued by the El Centro Sector Border Patrol. At 7:58 p.m. Thursday, an 18-year-old U.S. citizen driving a white Volkswagen was stopped at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint near Salton City.
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A previously-convicted sex offender who is accused of installing hidden cameras in the bathrooms of local businesses entered a not guilty plea in Indio court Friday Desert Hot Springs resident Jason Pomare, 41, was charged with three felony counts of possessing matter depicting a child in a sexual act, as well as 10 misdemeanor counts
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a shots fired call that stemmed from an argument Wednesday evening in a Thousand Palms neighborhood. The shooting was reported at around 6:40 p.m. near the intersection of Thelma Avenue and Datil Way. Deputy Robyn Flores, public information officer for RSO, told News Channel 3 there was an
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An 18-year-old La Quinta man was arrested after being accused of attempting to meet a minor for lewd purposes. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the accusation was reported in the city of Coachella on Tuesday at approximately 2:55 a.m. An RSO news release reveals that deputies discovered that Jonathan Joseph Munoz, 18, allegedly
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A man was arrested last week on suspicion of carjacking and elder abuse, among a string of other charges, following a high-speed chase that ended in Desert Hot Springs, according to the Palm Springs Police Department. On December 27 at 4:55 p.m., PSPD received a report of a carjacking in parking lot on the 400
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department urged the public today to celebrate New Year’s Eve responsibly and warned revelers to avoid firing guns into the air. Celebratory gunfire is considered illegal discharge of a firearm and can be dangerous,” according to a sheriff’s statement.Discharging a firearm for celebratory purposes could result in injury or death to
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Two grand theft suspects were taken into custody over the weekend after allegedly stealing from a La Quinta retail store and then fleeing in a loaner car, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. On December 28 at 10:30 a.m., deputies responded to a retail store on the 78800 block of Highway 111 for a
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An exotic animal farm was burglarized Monday, resulting in about two dozen llamas being stolen and other creatures being turned loose, possibly by animal rights activists. The break-in occurred during the predawn hours at the 14-acre private facility near Orange Avenue and Murrieta Road in Perris, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. “We received
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A U.S. citizen suspected of smuggling narcotics was arrested by Border Patrol agents working at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint Sunday morning. At approximately 7:40 a.m., a 26-year-old man driving a white Jeep Cherokee approached the checkpoint. According to El Centro Sector Border Patrol, agents wanted to further inspect the vehicle, so they sent it
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A judge today ordered a psychological evaluation for a 33-year-old woman accused of torturing an elderly man to death and dumping his body in a La Quinta trash bin. Cristina Noelle Canimo, of Palm Desert, was arrested Nov. 22, the day after the body of Ronald Clarke, 87, was found inside a trash bin outside
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An end-of-year crackdown targeting drunken and drug-impaired drivers in Riverside County will get underway tomorrow tonight. The California Highway Patrol will initiate its New Year’s “maximum enforcement period” at 6 p.m. Tuesday, when all available officers deploy to catch impaired motorists, speeders and other traffic violators. The enforcement campaign will run for 30 hours straight,
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Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies searched for armed robbery suspects Saturday night in Thousand Palms. The search area included El Centro Way and Robert Road near the Thousand Palms Community Center. Police were called there at 9:02 p.m. The Sheriff’s Department had received a call of an armed robbery. KESQ News Channel 3 was told the
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A local man charged with hiding cameras in three local bathrooms. He was at one time a registered sex offender for doing the same thing back in 2013. News Channel 3 reviewed case court documents against Jason Pomare who now faces 13 counts against him including 3 felony charges related to child pornography. Jason Pomare,
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