Crime

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – The sentencing was once again rescheduled for a former attorney convicted for his role in the murder of a Palm Springs art dealer. In 2022, David Replogle, 76, was convicted of murder and multiple other charges following a retrial for the 2008 death and disappearance of 74-year-old Clifford Lambert. Clifford Lambert

UPDATE 6/30/25 A suspect has been arrested in connection with the murder of Orlando Lara. The suspect, a 43-year-old man from Beaumont, was arrested Friday in Banning. The suspect is scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday. UPDATE 6/27/2025: Sheriff’s investigators identified the man in this case as 50-year-old Banning resident Orlando Lara. The investigation

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – A convicted felon accused of killing a 30-year-old Cabazon man whose disappearance remained a mystery until his remains were located more than two years later must stand trial for first-degree murder, a judge ruled today. Shannon McCloud Collins, 48, of Cabazon was arrested last year following a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – An ex-Riverside County sheriff’s deputy who behaved like a “cowboy” during a deadly arrest targeting a man with whom he was at odds over a woman was convicted today of voluntary manslaughter and other offenses. An Indio jury deliberated less than two days before finding Oscar Rodriguez, 44, guilty of the

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Palm Desert man known as the former drummer of the indie power-pop group the New Pornographers pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography and recording a minor in a public restroom at a local restaurant. Joseph Seiders, 44, of Palm Desert, pleaded guilty to multiple charges on Wednesday, according to court

BANNING, Calif. (KESQ) – Testimony is slated to wrap up before the end of the week in the trial of a 43-year-old Banning man accused of raping two women on separate occasions while they were intoxicated, as well as molesting a 12-year-old girl.   Steven Roy McElroy was arrested in 2022 following an extensive Banning Police

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ) – A Coachella man with outstanding warrants who led deputies on a vehicle pursuit was bound for state prison today to serve one year and four months. Trevor Alexander Berry, 46, was arrested June 11 after fleeing from Riverside County sheriff’s deputies, authorities said.    Berry pleaded not guilty for evading arrest

JOSHUA TREE, Calif. (KESQ) – An Apple Valley man who’s a registered sex offender was accused on Tuesday of attempting to contact a minor for lewd acts. Detectives from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department Morongo Basin Station arrested Douglas Bergschneider, accusing him of communicating with and sending explicit photographs to a 13-year-old girl from

INDIO, Calif. (KESQ)– Charges have been filed against the Palm Desert man accused of the Cathedral City overdose death this past January.  William Joesph Leonard, 55, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter and distribution of controlled substances. He was arraigned earlier today in court at the Larson Justice Center in Indio where he pleaded not

MECCA, Calif. (KESQ) — The woman who says she notified authorities about multiple illegal growing farms, leading to a raid and the arrest of 70 undocumented workers, is now speaking out. Perla Verduzco says the three farms targeted in Thermal and Mecca earlier this week were hotbeds for human trafficking and illegal growing. “It’s owned

Update 6/19/25 A 38-year-old woman from Yucca Valley was arrested in connection with the crash. Police said they located the suspect vehicle in the area of Perez Road and Cathedral Canyon Drive. Officers then utilized surveillance video and a witness to identify the vehicle’s driver at the time of the collision. The woman was booked