Deputies have taken a suspect into custody following a search throughout Bermuda Dunes. The search was initiated after deputies were told that a suspect had threatened occupants of a home. The Riverside County Sheriff Department was first called to a home on the 79-600 block of Port Royal Avenue, just after 9:00 am, regarding a
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Firing guns to ring in 2022 could mean criminal prosecution, so don’t do it, Indio police said today. “Discharging firearms in the air endangers the public’s safety,” the Indio Police Department said in a statement. “Remember, what goes up will ultimately come down.” The agency posted the warning along with messages exhorting residents not to
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A convicted felon from Orange County was allegedly caught by Riverside County sheriff’s deputies in Coachella with a rifle. The arrest culminated in an investigation that led to the seizure of a large quantity of drugs, including fentanyl. The man, identified as a 29-year-old from Westminister, was arrested and booked into the Smith Correctional Facility
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Police are investigating a murder in the city of Desert Hot Springs Thursday night. According to the Desert Hot Springs Police Department, at approximately 6:10 pm, officers responded to a report of an adult male subject injured at the intersection of Flora Avenue and Ocotillo Road in Desert Hot Springs. Officers found a male suffering
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A 41-year-old man accused of causing a DUI crash in downtown Palm Springs that left one person dead and six others injured pleaded not guilty to all charges. Andrew Watson Hibbard of Portland, Oregon was arrested Monday at around 5 p.m. following a five-vehicle crash at the intersection of North Palm Canyon Drive and Alejo
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Authorities today were investigating what they believe to be a murder-suicide in Whitewater. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department responded to a welfare call in the 13000 block of Mesquite Road at 5:37 p.m. Tuesday due to the reporting party having not heard from the residence’s homeowner in some time. According to Sgt. Richard Carroll,
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Update: 12/30/21 The man accused of driving under the influence has officially been charged with murder. Andrew Watson Hibbard, 41, of Portland, Oregon pleaded not guilty to multiple charged during his court appearance on Thursday. Details: Suspected DUI driver pleads not guilty to murder charges for Palm Springs crash Original Report: 12/29/21 On Monday, a
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A Palm Desert man previously sentenced in federal court to five years behind bars for firebombing the La Quinta office of a Republican organization was sentenced today in state court to 13 years for the same crime. Carlos Espriu, 24, pleaded guilty in October in Riverside County Superior Court to one count of arson of
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Just before 10 P.M., a suspect was arrested after a standoff that lasted hours between police. Hours earlier, around 7 P.M., the Palm Springs Police Department advised residents in the 1800 block of N Cerritos Road to stay indoors due to police activity. Lieutenant William Hutchinson told News Channel 3 that officers had been working
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A man accused of committing a non-fatal stabbing while he was out on bail in Coachella pleaded not guilty today to related charges. Hernan Bustamante Meza, 30, of Coachella was arrested Wednesday after a follow-up investigation by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department into a reported stabbing, authorities said. The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office charged
Continue Reading Riverside County sheriff’s detectives today were working to develop leads in an investigation into the suspicious death of a 46-year-old woman in Mountain Center, hoping someone might have information on the case. The body of Jodi Newkirk of Mountain Center was discovered about 5:30 p.m. Thursday in a large open field near Bonita Vista and
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Two men accused of taking part in a gang-related shooting in Indio in 2018 had their attempted murder charges dropped today as a part of a plea deal. Charles Salter, 26, and Joseph Riley, 23, pleaded guilty at the Larson Justice Center on Wednesday to one felony count each of assault with a semi-automatic firearm
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Border Patrol agents found more than $82,000 hidden in a spare tire after a traffic stop on Interstate 10 in the Coachella Valley. The incident started at approximately midnight on Monday. According to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, agents conducted a traffic stop on a silver 2013 Volkswagen Passat on the I-10, east of
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A suspected DUI driver is in custody after leading deputies on a high-speed pursuit through Palm Desert and La Quinta Tuesday afternoon. According to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, the pursuit started at around 1:23 p.m. in the area of Sage Lane and Highway 111. Deputies attempted a traffic stop on a vehicle for a
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A Riverside man was arrested on accusations that he sold counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl that lead to the deadly overdose of a college student who was visiting her family for the holidays two years ago, the Department of Justice announced. Brandon Michael McDowell, 22, was arrested and is scheduled to be arraigned Friday afternoon
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A family in Perris has been accused of physically and psychologically abusing several foster children, including some of the Turpin siblings, CBS and ABC News report. Marcelino, Lennys, and Rosa Olguin were arrested on Nov. 3 and charged with a combined 17 counts of child cruelty. Marcelino was charged with four counts of lewd acts
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Felony charges were filed today against a 30-year-old Desert Hot Springs man accused of possessing child pornography. Robert Earl Adams was arrested Tuesday following an investigation conducted by the Desert Hot Springs Police Department regarding the possession and possible dissemination of videos depicting sexual exploitation of children, according to Doria Wilms, a public information
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The driver of a vehicle involved in a deadly crash Monday night in Coachella has been arrested on accusations of driving under the influence. The crash was between a white GMC Sierra and a red Chevrolet Camaro. It happened at approximately 8:20 p.m. at the intersection of Cesar Chavez Street and Cairo Avenue. No one
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Update 12/14/21: Police confirmed that this is officially considered a homicide. There were no additional details on the circumstances surrounding the death. Police did confirm that the victim, an adult male, was a resident of the home where he was found. The victim’s name can not be released at this time as Indio Police Detectives
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Update 3:10 p.m. The man shot has died from his injuries, police confirmed. If anyone has any further information regarding this case, please contact the Indio Police Department’s Major Crimes Unit at (760) 391-4051 or call anonymous information through Valley Crime Stoppers at (760) 341- STOP(7867). This marks back-to-back days with a homicide in the
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