Two 15-year-old boys were arrested today on suspicion of possessing guns and stolen property from an armed robbery incident a week prior. The names of the juveniles were withheld due to their age. They were both documented criminal street gang members, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Authorities searched a residence in the 53-500
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The Riverside County Gang Impact team seized thousands of pills containing fentanyl as well as several kilograms of the drug in powder form, the Riverside County District Attorney’s office announced on Monday. The seizures happened during three separate investigations across Riverside County over the past two weeks, the DA’s office added. During the investigations, GIT
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Update: The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department identified the man killed in the shooting as Alejandro Suarez, 43, of Rancho Mirage. Investigators said they are continuing to work to identify a suspect or suspect(s). Anyone with information regarding this investigation is encouraged to call Investigator Anderson of the Central Homicide Unit at 951-955-2777 or Investigator Grasso of the
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A suspect in a shooting at a shopping center in Coachella has been arrested, authorities announced. The shooting took place on May 30 at around 2:10 a.m. on the 49200 block of Cesar Chavez Street, in the shopping center where Food 4 Less, Big 5, and Fallas Paredes are located. A spokesperson with the Riverside
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A memorial honoring the victims, survivors, and first responders of the 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino was unveiled. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfSRNafB1PU The ‘Curtain of Courage Memorial’ was unveiled in a ceremony on Friday. The memorial The art studio behind the memorial, Oakland-based Hood Design Studio, describes the memorial as a place that keeps the victims at
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A 19-year-old male is accused of shooting at workers at an okra ranch near Coachella Friday morning. Deputies responded to reports of a shooting at a ranch on the 46-300 block of Dillon Road. “While deputies were responding, they received information the suspect shot at workers in a field,” reads a news release from the
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A 20-year-old man accused of shooting multiple times at a man standing in a Coachella front yard pleaded not guilty today to two felony charges. Ramiro Reyes of Coachella was charged with attempted murder and being in possession of a short-barreled shotgun. He pleaded not guilty to both Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies responded around 3:30 p.m.
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Two documented gang members with warrants out for their arrest were behind bars today on suspicion of being in possession of an unregistered firearm. Jaime Angel Mejia, 24, and Nicholas Angel Mejia, 21, were arrested in the 80-300 block of Paseo Tesoro in Indio on Tuesday following a weapons investigation by the Coachella Community Action
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A former Indio resident pled guilty to federal charges for his role in a Ponzi scheme that defrauded investors of more than $15 million. Joey Stanton Dodson, 58, formerly of Indio and now residing in the Hollywood Dell neighborhood of Los Angeles, engaged in a scheme between November 2012 and May 2015 to defraud investors
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A 39-year-old dump truck driver accused of causing a deadly 1,000-acre blaze in Calimesa by intentionally dropping flaming debris from his rig in the middle of a windstorm pleaded not guilty today to felony charges. Antonio Ornelas Velazquez of Desert Hot Springs was charged last year with two counts of involuntary manslaughter and one count
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A former Shadow Hills High School basketball coach is pleading guilty to charges of sexually assaulting a teenage girl, who he coached. 36-year old Ryan Leron Towner was arrested last June, accused of felony counts of lewd acts with a child under 14 with force, and unlawful intercourse with a minor. Towner made his plea
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UPDATE 6/12 at 4:20 pm: The subject suffering from a gunshot wound after last night’s shooting in La Quinta is in stable condition. The suspect fled the area prior to deputies arriving. The suspect is described as a male wearing dark clothing. Authorities continue to investigate the circumstances that led to the incident. Stay with
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Palm Springs Police were investigating an early morning shooting on the city’s south side Friday. A shooting at an inhabited location call was received at 12:42 a.m. along the 1800 block of Smoke Tree Lane, which is just south of East Palm Canyon near the Smoke Tree Plaza shopping center. A security guard reportedly saw
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Two men were being held at the John J. Benoit Detention Center today on suspicion of illegally possessing multiple firearms and narcotics. The two suspects, a 23-year-old from Palm Springs and a 41-year-old from Cathedral City, were arrested Tuesday when members of the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force served search warrants and allegedly
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A pet owner was arrested after allegedly leaving their dog inside a car while temperatures reached 102 degrees in Palm Desert. The Animal Service Officer, Rebekah Reyes said ” So when I arrived on scene, I noticed a truck with a lot of people around it and there was a dog inside the truck. All the
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An arrest has been made in the shooting death of a 32-year-old man last week in Coachella. Jose A. Molina, 32, of Coachella was shot in front of a house near Cairo Street & Shady Lane just after midnight on June 2. He was rushed to the hospital where he was prononced dead. On Tuesday,
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A vehicle suspected of being involved in a deadly hit-and-run crash in Palm Springs has been found, however, no arrests have been made, police announced on Monday. On Friday, May 27, San Jacinto resident Jesse Fleury, 39, was struck and killed on E Palm Canyon Drive near S Broadmoor Drive. Police believed a red Porsche
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A 44-year-old Twentynine Palms woman was arrested on accusations of torturing and abusing a three-year-old boy. The investigation began on Saturday, when investigators from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department-Crimes Against Children (CAC) Detail, Morongo Sheriff’s Station, and Children Family Services conducted an investigation regarding a three-year-old boy. Authorities said the boy was airlifted from
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A man is dead after a shooting in a house near a middle school in Coachella just after midnight, authorities confirmed. The shooting happened near the intersection of Shady Lane and Date Avenue across the street from Bobby Duke Middle School. Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that a shooting happened at approximately 12:17 a.m. NEWS
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Cathedral City Police are still working to identify the driver of a truck they say fled after hitting a motorcycle, killing the operator, and severely hurting the passenger in mid-May. Investigators now say they’ve found the truck involved. News Channel 3 has confirmed with the Coroner’s office that the man who was killed has been
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