A stolen vehicle pursuit started in Indio and ended in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday morning. The incident started just before 10:40 a.m. when deputies located a stolen vehicle in the area of Desert Gardens and Avenue 48 in Indio, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office told News Channel 3. Authorities said deputies attempted a traffic enforcement
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INDIO (CNS) – A 29-year-old man must stand trial for murder stemming from the death of a 20-year-old man whose body was found in the open desert of Desert Hot Springs, a judge has ruled. Gabriel “Vago” Magdaleno was held to answer last Wednesday at the Larson Justice Center in Indio on a felony count
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BANNING, Calif (KESQ) – A minor is recovering after being stabbed multiple times in what police called a “home-invasion style attack” Sunday morning in Banning. The attack was reported just before 5:30 a.m. Banning police said detecives determined that the person who originally called the police had been in a domestic dispute with minor and
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There was a heavy police presence at the parking lot of Palm Desert business center as deputies took a person into custody Monday afternoon. Video shows several armed deputies approaching a vehicle on Dinah Shore at around 3:15 p.m. A spokesperson with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said the incident was related to a stolen
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PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – Police are searching for two suspects involved in an armed robbery at a 7-Eleven store in Palm Springs early Friday morning. The robbery was reported at around 1:55 a.m., at the 7-Eleven convenience store located at 2493 N. Palm Canyon Drive. “One of the suspects brandished a handgun, while the
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Palm Springs Police officers arrested a burglary suspect on Wednesday, assisted by a PSPD drone and a K-9 Unit. Officers say they responded to a report of a burglary in progress on the 2300 block of Girasol Ave in the Chino Canyon area just before 5:00 p.m. They saw that the front door of the
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One person was rushed to the hospital after a shooting in Thermal Thursday evening. The shooting was reported at a little after 5:50 p.m. on the 67000 block of Polk Street, near Martinez Road. Deputies responded to a report of an assault with a deadly weapon, a spokesperson with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said.
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Police continue to search for a driver who fled the scene of a deadly crash last week in Twentynine Palms. On Tuesday, the California Highway Patrol shared pictures of a dark green Chevrolet Silverado believed to have been involved in the crash. The truck has an extended cab or four-door, with step rails, a missing
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Two 16-year-old juveniles are in Indio juvenile hall Tuesday after Thermal Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a report of an armed carjacking around 2:30 a.m. in the 84500 block of Calle Rojo near Peter Pendleton Elementary School in Coachella. The victim told deputies his car had been stolen at gunpoint by three Hispanic male juveniles.
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Two people are dead, and a third person is in critical condition, after an apparent murder-suicide Monday morning in Cathedral City. The incident was reported at around 3:50 a.m. along Nilda Drive. Police said they were called out to the area after reports of a shooting. Officers arrived and found two 19-year-olds, a man and
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Pretrial motions are slated to get underway Tuesday ahead of jury selection for the trial of a Beaumont man accused of causing the death of his girlfriend’s 4-year-old daughter, whose body was found in an apartment with him and the woman after they had overdosed on drugs.  Tyler Lawrence Finley, 29, was arrested in 2020
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Customs and Border Protection officers found more than 250 pounds of liquid meth concealed in the gas tank of a vehicle at the Calexico East Port of Entry. The discovery was made Saturday afternoon. According to CBP, a 52-year-old driver and 46-year-old passenger in a 2002 SUV were applying for admission into the United States.
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A 22-year-old man who stole products from a Desert Hot Springs store while armed with a pistol pleaded guilty today to burglary and obstructing a peace officer and was immediately sentenced to two years in state prison. Kevin Dionte Ezekial Davis admitted the felony and misdemeanor counts under a plea agreement with the Riverside County
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Two teenagers were arrested on suspicion of stealing hundreds of Nike products from a train in the Mojave Desert community of Amboy on Wednesday. The crime was first reported at around 6:40 p.m. in the area of Amboy and National Trails Highway. Police were told a train was being actively burglarized by multiple suspects, according
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Manuel Tamayo Valadez, 37, was sentenced on Tuesday to seven years in jail for the 2020 abduction of a former girlfriend and threatening her at gunpoint. Valadez was accused of driving the woman around the Coachella Valley and firing a handgun out of the car window. A struggle followed and Valadez crashed the car in
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A 51-year-old felon who preyed on two Moreno Valley schoolgirls and tried to abduct one of them pleaded guilty today to attempted kidnapping and was immediately sentenced to 18 months in state prison. Rene Rodriguez Ramirez of Indio admitted the felony count under a plea agreement with the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In exchange
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A suspect was taken into custody following a high-speed pursuit in Desert Hot Springs that put three schools on lockout. The incident started shortly before 10:00 a.m. on Palm Drive and Camino Aventura. Desert Hot Springs police chief Jim Henson told News Channel 3 that a pursuit was initiated after a driver field to yield
Continue Reading A March 12 trial date was scheduled today for a Coachella man accused of molesting a teenager following a baptism celebration. Armando Figueroa Jr., 40, is charged with two counts of lewd acts on a minor and one count each of forcible sexual penetration of a minor and forcible oral copulation of a child, as
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A 38-year-old man was rushed to the hospital after being shot Monday afternoon in Indio. The shooting was reported at around 5:30 p.m. at the Myoma Mobile Home Park in the 79000 block of Avenue 40. Police said the 38-year-old was involved in an altercation with a 34-year-old man. The 34-year-old fired a gun, striking
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A Jurupa Valley man who killed his estranged wife with his nephew’s help to prevent her from taking his home in a divorce — then blamed another man, who was wrongfully convicted of the crime — was bound for California’s Death Row today, while his relative was headed to state prison to serve a life
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