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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
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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
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Four men accused of conspiring in an operation that involved using an ultralight aircraft to smuggle nearly 200 pounds of methamphetamine into Riverside County from Mexico are facing federal drug trafficking charges, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced today. Victor Bugarin Perez, 28, of Mecca, Mexican nationals Juan Favela Paredez, 25, and Juan Carlos Iturriaga Centeno,
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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
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Law enforcement released a photo Monday of a suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery and kidnapping in the High Desert. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Merisa Robinson, 19, of Desert Hot Springs. According to the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, Robinson, along with 19-year-old Anthony Kamakeeaina of Desert Hot
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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
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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
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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
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A 43-year-old Palm Springs man was behind bars on Thursday morning after being arrested in possession of 17 grams of methamphetamine on Wednesday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. At 7:10 p.m. on Wednesday, members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department La Quinta Special Enforcement Team conducted a pedestrian check on the 79200 block
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A wanted parolee sought by authorities in connection with numerous thefts at local businesses was in custody today after being caught by sheriff’s deputies while attempting to steal again, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department reported. Valentin Tienda, 27, of Indio, was located by the sheriff’s La Quinta Special Enforcement Team inside a local business while
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On Wednesday, Sheriff’s investigators circulated an image of a suspect sought for a Calimesa bank robbery. The holdup occurred at 2:10 p.m. on Dec. 6 in the 1100 block of Calimesa Boulevard, according to sheriff’s Sgt. Richard Carroll. The suspect walked into the bank, demanded money and left with an undisclosed amount of cash. No
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A Riverside County Sheriff’s Sergeant who was injured in a crash in Thousand Palms last week has been discharged from the hospital, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s Media Information Bureau. The vehicle crashed while en route to a call of a reported bank robbery in at around 10:50 a.m. on December 5. The
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A 38-year-old Utah man who was found guilty of first-degree murder for fatally burning his mother has received his sentence recommendation. On Tuesday morning, jurors deliberated for less than an hour before recommending a death sentence for Israel Ramirez Guardado, who acted as his own attorney during the proceedings. On January 26, 2018, he doused
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A man previously convicted of sexual assault and deported was arrested near the Calexico border over the weekend. At approximately 12:30 a.m., border patrol agents found Efren Prado-Rodriguez, a 38-year-old Mexican national, approximately three miles east of the Calexico Downtown Port of Entry not long after he illegally entered the United States, El Centro Sector
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A youth soccer coach admitted to sexually assaulting a young boy on several occasions over the course of a two-month period in 2017 and was immediately sentenced by an Indio judge to eight years in state prison, prosecutors announced Monday. Stephen William Morgan, 33, a resident of the United Kingdom who came to the U.S.
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Border Patrol arrested a man and two girls at the Highway 86 immigration checkpoint Monday morning after allegedly finding drugs strapped to the teens’ bodies. According to El Centro Sector Border Patrol, Friday at approximately 10:15 a.m., a 63-year-old man driving a 2019 red Toyota Corolla with two 17-year-old female passengers approached the checkpoint. A
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A Banning man was killed in a hit-and-run accident over the weekend and police are still seeking answers as on Monday. At 5:33 p.m. Sunday night, officers responded to the are of Ramsey Street and Apex Street for a report of a pedestrian suffering from injuries consistent with being struck by a vehicle. Upon arrival,
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A 32-year-old worker at a La Quinta residential-care facility pleaded not guilty today to murder and torture charges stemming from the death of a patient whose body was found in a trash bin outside the facility. The murder charge against Cristina Noelle Canimo, of Palm Desert, includes a special circumstance allegation of inflicting torture during
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Last week, Palm Springs Police Department detectives busted an illegal marijuana cultivation after a water leak tipped off law enforcement. On December 5, Palm Springs Code Enforcement officers received a report of water flowing out of a garage of a residence on the 2900 block of Chuperosa Road. Responding officers noticed an intense smell of
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The Department of Justice announced the arrest of a Twentynine Palms man on Friday for allegedly making death threats against a congressional staffer and an intern. Robert Stahlnecker, 48, of Twentynine Palms, was arrested at his residence on charges of threatening federal officers and employees, interstate communications with threat to injure a person, and anonymous
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