A Banning man is facing 5 felony charges accused of possessing several illegal weapons following a hit-and-run collision. Banning Police took the suspect into custody late Sunday, April 9. A statement from the department said he was hiding in a car that was seen in the area of a collision along the 500 block of N.
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A local musician and high school football coach, who played at Stagecoach in 2010, has been convicted on multiple charges of sexual abuse of a minor. Jonathan Andrew Linn, 56, of the John Linn Band, reached a plea deal on five felony charges, including sexually abusing a minor. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department confirmed
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A 19-year-old felon who shot a man during a confrontation in Cathedral City was bound for state prison today to begin serving a 25-year sentence. Anthony Colon of Thousand Palms pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder, firearm assault, being a felon in possession of a gun and sentence-enhancing gun, and great bodily injury allegations for
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An investigation is underway after a mother and her disabled son were found dead inside their home in Yucca Valley over the weekend. Deputies were called to a medical aid on the 7600 block of Lucerne Vista Avenue Sunday just before 10 a.m. Deputies arrived and found Leandra Tronolone, 62, and her son, Jonathan Tronolone,
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Palm Springs Police Department’s Chief Andy Mills is continuing a series of community meetings to hear about chronic problems, this time focusing on businesses in the city. The goal is to listen to the business community and find solutions to ongoing issues. The meeting covered a range of issues from traffic to violent crimes and property
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An Indio man who gunned down his cousin in an ambush outside an apartment complex because he felt that the victim had been disrespectful was convicted today of first-degree murder and other charges. After three days of deliberations, a Riverside jury found 26-year-old Raymond Hernandez guilty of the 2014 fatal attack on 36-year-old Manuel “Lito”
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A felon from Desert Hot Springs accused of repeatedly sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl and using her for child pornography was charged today with 30 felony counts. Cody Michael Hansen, 31, was arrested and booked into the Benoit Detention Center in Indio Thursday following an investigation by the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force. Hansen
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Two men and two women who assaulted a pair of hotel employees in Palm Desert pleaded guilty today to misdemeanor and felony charges and were immediately sentenced to terms of probation. Danei Deborah Davis, 28, Dalon Emil Decoud Jr., 29, Gregory Lamar Pate Jr., 29, and Diane Portillo, 31, admitted to the attack at the
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A Desert Hot Springs accused of human trafficking and giving fentanyl to a minor, among other crimes, was arrested and remained jailed today on $1 million bail. The man, identified as a 31-year-old, was taken into custody at about 6 p.m. Thursday in the 11700 block of Upland Way, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s
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A jury was seated today for the trial of a Palm Desert woman accused of hitting her sister over the head with a mallet and trying to run over her mother during an altercation at their home. Erin Leah Richey, 43, is charged with two counts each of attempted murder, assault and animal cruelty, as
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Over the weekend, a pick up truck and trailer were stolen from Coachella Valley High School’s Agricultural Department. The theft resulted in a damaged fence off of 55th Ave and Van Buren Street. Agricultural department head, Kevin Sleeper, shares what this weekend’s theft at CVHS means to him. “It’s hurtful. And it takes all that
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A 28-year-old registered sex offender was arrested following accusations that he sexually abused a minor in Twentynine Palms. Zhataviyus Lord was arrested early Tuesday morning in Twentynine Palms. According to the Morongo Basin Sheriff’s Station, deputies were first notified of the sexual abuse on Sunday. “Deputies learned the suspect engaged in sexual intercourse and oral
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A 31-year-old convicted felon acquitted of trying to kill two men at a Coachella convenience store but found guilty of illegally possessing a firearm while on bail was sentenced today, but the term of imprisonment was summarily rescinded because he had already satisfied the sentence during his time waiting in jail to be tried. Alonso
Continue Reading Prosecution testimony is expected to conclude before the end of the week in the trial of an Indio man accused of gunning down his cousin in an ambush outside an apartment complex because he felt that the victim had been disrespectful. Raymond Hernandez, 26, is charged with first-degree murder, two counts of attempted murder, shooting
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A Perris foster care couple and their adult daughter with suspected links to some of the Turpin children pleaded not guilty to multiple abuse charges. Marcelino Camacho Olguin, 63, Rosa Armida Olguin, 58, and Lennys Giovanna Olguin, 37, were arrested and charged in November with nearly a dozen offenses, including child cruelty, false imprisonment and
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A 30-year-old man accused of forcing a motorist at gunpoint to lead sheriff’s deputies on a high-speed chase in Mecca in 2020 was ordered to stand trial today. Gutberto Antonio Rodriguez was arrested Sept. 3, 2020 in North Shore after being on the run for several weeks. Along with the kidnapping count, Rodriguez is charged
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A new billboard along Interstate 10 is renewing a call for tips from the public into an unsolved murder that happened in Palm Desert last year. 47-year-old Edward Snyder was shot around 10:30 p.m. on Nov. 11 in the area of Palm Desert Country Club – at Tennessee and Oklahoma avenues. The signage is the
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Jury selection is now underway in the retrial of David Replogle, one of four men previously convicted for the murder of a retired Palm Springs art dealer 10 years ago. In 2012, Replogle, Kaushal Niroula, Daniel Garcia, and Miguel Bustamante were each sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Clifford Lambert, 74. Clifford Lambert
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A nurse who killed a 20-year-old skateboarder in a hit-and-run while she was driving drunk in Banning pleaded guilty today to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter and was immediately sentenced to 15 years in state prison. Lilliana Ruvalcaba Diaz, 30, of Banning admitted the felony charge, as well as a sentence-enhancing allegation of fleeing the scene
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Officials have confirmed a man killed in a crash during a police pursuit last week in Twentynine Palms was a Marine. The coroner’s office identified the man as Stephen Bradley Rainoff, 25, of Twentynine Palms. On Wednesday, Marine officials confirmed that Rainoff was part of the 1st Marine Division stationed at the Twentynine Palms base.
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