Crime

A 28-year-old man accused of driving under the influence and crashing into the guard rail on Interstate 10, killing the female passenger in his vehicle, pleaded guilty today to DUI gross vehicular manslaughter. In addition to the guilty plea, Giovanny Michel Solis Rivero admitted a sentence-enhancing allegation of a serious felony involving great bodily injury

Two people were arrested on suspicion of starting the Jack Fire in Beaumont over the weekend. The Jack Fire was first sparked at around 5:00 p.m. on Sunday in the area of Jack Rabbit Trail and Highway 60. It burned 261 acres before it was fully contained on Tuesday. According to CAL FIRE, a vehicle

NOTE in the story published Tuesday on this case, CNS referenced the defendant as acquitted entirely for the death of the victim. That was not accurate, owing largely to the court clerk’s incomplete notations in the summary minutes available to the public. At 5:15 p.m. Monday, those minutes showed “acquitted” of murder, but did not

Deputies are searching the area after a pursuit ended in a rollover crash Monday night in Mecca. The incident started at around 9:10 p.m. Deputies were called out to the area of Hammond Road and Johnson Street in Mecca regarding a suspicious vehicle. Deputies arrived at the scene, found the vehicle, and attempted a traffic

A 44-year-old found dead from apparent gunshot wounds over the weekend in Coachella was identified by the coroner’s office. Roman Gamboa Jr. of Coachella was found dead Saturday at around 3:20 a.m. on the 85400 block of Cairo Street. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were originally called to the 51800 block of

A 23-year-old man who stole nearly 500 gallons of diesel fuel from the Mecca Travel Center pleaded guilty to a theft-related count and was immediately sentenced to two years of probation. Huntington Park resident Eliseo Laglera entered a guilty plea to one count of grand theft of over $950 on Friday at the Larson Justice

A Romanian national flagged by the FBI as part of an organized crime group pleaded guilty to a theft charge stemming from her arrest in Palm Desert for allegedly stealing a man’s necklace. Marcideza Dumitru was immediately sentenced to 24 months of probation after entering a guilty plea to one felony count of grand theft

An autopsy was pending today on a 40-year-old inmate who died at the Byrd Detention Center under circumstances that officials said did not appear suspicious. Johnnie Curtis Stevens of Norco was discovered unconscious in his cell, No. 89 of the FH Block, at the Murrieta jail just after 10 a.m. Friday, according to the Riverside