Crime

Every December, families enjoy twinkling lights and holiday spirit on Candy Cane Lane in Cathedral City. For hundreds of thousands each year, it’s a merry and bright beloved holiday tradition. But for Roxanne Cerda, it’s a haunting time of year. “To this day I can close my eyes and I can still feel the sting

Two men were each sentenced to 180 days in county jail and three years probation today for operating an illegal cannabis dispensary in Banning. Arturo Rosas Gonzalez, 41, and Jose Alfredo Vazquez, 26, both of Banning, pleaded guilty to one count each of felony conspiracy to possess cannabis for sale, and one count of unlawfully

Police were investigating a bank robbery in Palm Springs on Thursday afternoon. According to Palm Springs Police Department Sergeant Mike Casavan, the robbery was reported at the Chase bank located at the intersection of South Palm Canyon Drive and Ramon Road at 1:30 p.m. Police weren’t releasing the amount of money the suspect took. He

Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man who walked in and out of a Riverside grocery store several times, stealing hundreds of dollars worth of shrimp that he stuffed down his pants. The alleged shrimp bandit targeted the Vons at 3520 Riverside Plaza Drive on Dec. 4, according to RPD Officer

Police are looking for a man accused of stealing from a caricature artist during Riverside’s Festival of Lights Parade. According to Riverside PD, at around 11:50 p.m. on Dec. 5, the suspect approached a caricature artist and asked for a portrait of himself. The artist agreed, however, once they finished, the suspect grabbed the artist’s

A Desert Hot Springs man wanted for their alleged role in an attempted robbery at a high desert liquor store has been arrested, jail records show. According to San Bernardino County jail records, Odell Shidie, 21, was arrested Friday evening on the 13200 block of Palm Drive in Desert Hot Springs. Authorities arrested Shidie during

A former elementary school PTA president who was scheduled to begin serving a 364-day jail sentence today for stealing more than $22,000 from the association was a no-show at his sentencing hearing today, spurring a judge to issue a warrant for his arrest. Danny Cervantes, 36, of Indio, pleaded guilty in June to a felony

Authorities are asking for the public’s help in finding a Desert Hot Springs wanted in connection with an attempted robbery at a Yucca Valley store earlier this week. Odell Shidie, 20, of Desert Hot Springs is wanted for his alleged role in an armed attempted robbery at Yucca Valley Liquor on Tuesday at approximately 7:08

Authorities arrested 9 people during an undercover sex trafficking demand reduction operation at a Palm Desert hotel on Thursday. According to a news release by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, undercover officers operating at a resort hotel in the 74-800 block of Country Club Drive placed decoy advertisements for prostitution on “classified advertisement websites.” Members

Following a botched La Quinta drug deal, a then-17-year-old boy shot a man in the neck — rupturing his carotid arteries — and left him to bleed to death, a prosecutor said today, but a defense attorney said the case against his client is based on the testimony of drug dealers and convicted criminals. Jesse

A Baldwin Park man was arrested in connection with a robbery at a Thousand Palms gas station early Thursday morning. The robbery occurred at around 1:30 a.m. at the Chevron gas station in the 72-200 block of Ramon Road, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff’s officials said a man wielding a knife confronted