Crime

A man was arrested after an officer-involved shooting that authorities said started when the man armed himself with a rifle during a traffic stop at a Burger King drive-thru and later pointed the gun at a deputy. The incident happened on Monday, just after 6:45 p.m. in Twentynine Palms. According to the San Bernardino County

An Indio police officer who was injured after being struck by a vehicle during a foot pursuit Sunday morning has been released from the hospital. The incident happened at around 9:30 a.m. near Downtown Indio. Police originally responded to a suspicious activity call on the 82-100 block of Highway 111. Callers said there were people

A convicted sex offender accused of killing a previously convicted murderer in a downtown Riverside jail cell was charged today with murder. Rodney Ronald Sanchez, 61, was arrested inside the Robert Presley Detention Center Tuesday following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department investigation into the death of his cellmate, 41-year-old Kaushal Niroula.   Sanchez made his initial

A 51-year-old woman suspected in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Desert Hot Springs was charged with murder today.    Sheila Johnson of Desert Hot Springs was also charged with a felony count of vehicular manslaughter with gross negligence, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations for fleeing the scene, being armed, causing great bodily harm and engaging

The Riverside County Coroner’s office has released the identity of the 18-year-old killed in a shooting at a party over the weekend in Coachella. The shooting happened on Friday just before midnight on the 53000 block of Calle Sanborn in Coachella. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, deputies were originally called to respond to

Police have arrested a woman in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed a grandfather of seven last week in Desert Hot Springs. On Wednesday, Aug. 24, Desert Hot Springs resident Paul Nava, 58, was struck and killed by a vehicle while crossing the street on Palm Drive near Cahuilla Avenue. Paul Nava A week-long

An unregistered sex offender wanted in two states was arrested in the High Desert on Wednesday. The incident that led to the arrest started at around 2:00 p.m. Deputies conducted a traffic stop in downtown Joshua Tree. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept. revealed that from that traffic stop, deputies developed leads that revealed a

A gang member who shot and seriously wounded a Cathedral City bar patron without provocation, as well as wounded another man accidentally, was sentenced today to 52 years to life in state prison. A Murrieta jury in May convicted 40-year-old Tomas Lucio Zaragoza of Desert Hot Springs of attempted murder, firearm assault and multiple sentence-enhancing

A convicted felon today is facing six years in state prison after pleading guilty to placing a bomb inside a cement trash can on Halloween 2020, causing an explosion that flung debris onto Highway 111 in Rancho Mirage.   Michael Henry Hardisty, 58, of Cathedral City, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to one felony count of possession

A 36-year-old man suspected of carrying out multiple residential burglaries in Palm Desert since June was charged today with two counts of burglary and other offenses. In addition to the burglary counts, Adan Abel Holguin was charged with receiving stolen property, possessing ammunition and having contraband in jail, according to court records. He’s scheduled to