A 51-year-old man was found not guilty Thursday on charges related to accusations of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s Indio home and repeatedly raping her while armed with a rifle.
A Thermal woman lived in fear of her boyfriend’s son and tried to protect herself by various means, including hiding potentially dangerous weapons and barricading herself in her bedroom, before the ex-con stabbed her dozens of times, a prosecutor alleged Monday in the defendant’s murder trial. Raul Alcantar Sanchez Jr., now 41, is charged with […]
Jury selection is scheduled to begin Tuesday for the murder trial of a Thermal man accused of using a knife and screwdriver to fatally stab a woman more than 120 times nearly nine years ago. Raul Alcantar Sanchez Jr., 41, is suspected of killing 34-year-old Thermal resident Carolina Vargas at her home in the 85000 […]
While Dr. Dre was in the hospital for a possible brain aneurysm, his home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles was the apparent target of a burglary ring Tuesday night, though police say nothing was taken. Police say the suspects would bang on fences and doors before breaking into homes. Authorities initially believed the […]
(CNS) – Sentencing was pushed back Monday to Aug. 17 for a Palm Desert man who targeted elderly victims in carrying out a string of residential and commercial break-ins throughout the Coachella Valley. Joseph Foster Ramey, 28, pleaded guilty earlier this year to 22 burglary counts, along with identity theft, vehicle theft and receiving stolen […]
LA QUINTA (CNS) – A 28-year-old parolee was in custody Wednesday accused of burglarizing a home in La Quinta. Deputies responded to a burglary call about 10 a.m. Tuesday in the 53800 block of Ross Avenue, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. According to sheriff’s Sgt. David Aldrich, deputies identified James Harper as a suspect […]
A probationer was in custody Tuesday, accused of stealing a golf cart from a local business. Deputies responded to a commercial burglary call on March 2 in the 74000 block of Village Center Drive in Indian Wells, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Investigators identified Palm Desert resident Zachary Roberts, 26, as a suspect […]
