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CATHEDRAL CITY, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are searching for a suspect after a 36-year-old man was killed in a shooting Tuesday morning in the Dream Homes neighborhood of Cathedral City. The shooting was reported at around 11:15 a.m. on the 30800 block of San Gabriel Circle. Police said officers arrived at the scene and found
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A man partly responsible for supplying a deadly dose of fentanyl to a 35-year-old Riverside resident was sentenced today to six years in state prison. David Ray Mullins, 48, of Jurupa Valley pleaded guilty on Feb. 6 to involuntary manslaughter and two counts of possession of controlled substances for sale under
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SALTON CITY, Calif. (KESQ)- New information found on the suspect in connection with the disappearance and death of T’Neya Tovar. News Channel 3’s Garrett Hottle was first to report last week that partial human remains recovered by the Imperial County Sheriff were identified as Tovar’s. Check Out: New timeline, digital evidence raise questions after arrest
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An 18-year-old suspected of crashing a vehicle into an Indio police patrol unit and fleeing on foot was arrested today following a brief pursuit. Officers responded about 9:40 a.m. Tuesday to a report of a disturbance in the 81000 block of Dalea Avenue, according to Indio Police Department Sgt. Abraham Plata.
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SALTON CITY, CALIF. (KESQ) – New digital evidence and new timeline details in the murder investigation of 17-year-old T’Neya Tovar. Tovar was reported missing on December 1 in the Salton City area. Abraham Feinbloom, 51, was arrested Friday on suspicion of murdering a missing Hemet teenager after investigators say he attempted to flee when a
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon accused of slashing a Palm Springs man with a box cutter, then fleeing the scene and almost making it out of the city until he was apprehended, was charged today with attempted murder and other offenses. James Jeremiah Fuller, 41, of Palmdale was arrested Tuesday following an investigation
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Update 2/20/26 The suspect was exonerated and released from jail, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office. Original Report 2/12/26 THERMAL, Calif. (KESQ) – A 43-year-old man accused in a shooting that killed two people Wednesday night in Thermal was arrested, authorities announced. The shooting was first reported at a little after 11:30 p.m. on
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VISTA DELMAR, Calif. (KESQ) The Imperial County Sheriff’s Office confirmed Thursday that human remains found in Salton City in December have been identified as 17 year old T’Neya “TT” Tovar, who was reported missing out of Riverside County. News Channel 3 first reported Wednesday that T’Neya’s mother, Charro Tovar, said the Imperial County Coroner informed
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – Prosecutors confirmed today that they intend to retry an alleged conspirator in the carjacking and killing of a 24-year-old Riverside man, with retrial proceedings tentatively set for April. A Riverside jury was unable to overcome an impasse in deliberations last week during the trial of Qevon Xavier Harvey, 27, of Desert
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BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) — A Banning High School student is under arrest after police say they brought a weapon to campus and threatened another student Tuesday morning. According to the Banning Police Department, officers responded just after 9 a.m. to reports of a student in possession of metal knuckles. When officers attempted to make contact,
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – A 41-year-old man from Palmdale was arrested after allegedly stabbing a person early Tuesday morning in Palm Springs. The incident was first reported just before 4 a.m. on the 600 block of S. Palm Canyon Drive. According to the Palm Springs Police Department, the first responding officers found a man
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A suspect wanted for a homicide in Alabama was arrested in Indio on Monday. Arick Duwayne Christian, 51, of Troy, Alabama, was arrested on Avenue 42 on Monday at around 3 p.m., the Indio Police Department confirmed to News Channel 3. Christian was wanted in connection with a deadly shooting in
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) – A man involved in carjacking and killing a 24-year-old was convicted of murder and other charges, while the jury for his alleged conspirator, a Desert Hot Springs resident, was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, resulting in a mistrial, court records confirmed Monday. Trezell Lamone Heckard, 30, of Vallejo was convicted
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COACHELLA, Calif. (KESQ) – Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies detained two suspects after a vehicle pursuit and search near Bagdouma Park in Coachella Monday afternoon. The incident started just before 4 p.m. in the area of Cesar Chavez Street and Avenue 54. Authorities said deputies saw a wanted subject in a vehicle. They attempted to stop
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INDIO, Calif. (City News Service) -An Indio police K-9 officer was recovering after suffering significant injuries when a suspected impaired driver struck a parked patrol vehicle, causing it to hit the officer, authorities said. The crash was reported shortly after 10 p.m. Sunday at Monroe Street and Avenue 40, according to the Indio Police Department. A
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who perpetrated felony and misdemeanor crimes involving his former fiancée and a female volunteer was sentenced today to six years in state prison. Alexander Ravy Vanny, 35, of Hemet, was convicted in December of stalking, possession of child pornography, unauthorized use of protected electronic data,
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PALM DESERT, Calif. (KESQ) – Two men have been arrested for allegedly committing a pair of residential burglaries in Palm Desert, authorities said today. The suspects, a 44-year-old Indio man and a 38-year-old Bermuda Dunes man, were arrested Friday and booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of residential burglary, committing a felony
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man was convicted of killing his wife and another man during a domestic violence dispute outside a Palm Desert hotel in 2022. A jury found Kenny Wu, 37, guilty of two counts of first-degree murder, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announced on Tuesday. He is scheduled to be sentenced
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon accused of trying to sexually assault a woman at a Whitewater canine training facility pleaded guilty today to attempted rape. Bryan Vines Burge, 55, admitted the felony count Tuesday under a pretrial agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange for his admission, prosecutors agreed to
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INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A man was cleared of all charges in the 2019 shooting death of a Halloween partygoer in La Quinta after an Indio jury acquitted him, court records confirmed today. After deliberating less than five hours Monday, jurors weighing the fate of Jorge Andres Huerta Arias, 24, of Whitewater returned with not
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