On Friday May 4, 2018, Desert Hot Springs Police Patrol Officers conducted follow-up investigation into a robbery and kidnapping which occurred on Thursday May 3, 2018 in the 66800 block of Ironwood Drive. During the follow-up investigation, an outstanding suspect being sought by police was spotted jumping a wall of a residence in the same […]
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Indio, CA A man who allegedly grappled with a sheriff’s deputy after being caught shoplifting at a Mecca business must stand trial on charges of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer and resisting arrest, a judge ruled today. Alejandro Parra De La Riva, 30, of Thermal also faces a misdemeanor petty theft […]
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Indio, CA Two men accused in a 2006 triple homicide in Pinyon Pines pleaded not guilty to murder charges today. Robert Lars Pape, 28, of Cathedral City, and Cristin Conrad Smith, 27, of Olympia, Washington, each face three counts of first-degree murder, with aspecial circumstance allegation of multiple murders. They are scheduled to return to the Larson […]
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Thousand Palms, CA A parolee accused of raping a woman in Thousand Palms last month is due in court at the end of this week. Charles Love, 32, of Thousand Palms, is charged with two counts of rape by force/fear, with sentence-enhancing allegations of inflicting great bodily injury on the victim. He pleaded not guilty to all charges […]
