With the skyrocketing number of deaths and overall fentanyl use, local police departments are doing their part to help because as they say, “One Pill Can Kill.”
Since 2016, at least 434 people have died from fentanyl overdose in Riverside County, but that number could be higher. District Attorney Mike Hestrin says something has to be done.
A Thousand Palms man who allegedly stole someone’s purse in La Quinta and is suspected of other purse thefts as well pleaded not guilty Wednesday to one felony count of robbery.
Deputies responded to the 84100 block of Tera Vista in Coachella at approximately 8:10 a.m. Saturday in response to a reported shooting, according to Sgt. David Aldrich with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
The suspect, identified as 20-year-old Feliciano Navarette III, allegedly fled the area in a white BMW. He was arrested around 5 p.m. in the 200 block of East Shoreline Drive in Long Beach on suspicion of attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon and criminal threats, sheriff’s officials said.
Ricardo Gonzalez Barba was arrested Thursday afternoon on suspicion of burglary, grand theft and being a felon in possession of a bulletproof vest and ammunition, according to Sgt. Mariano Matos III from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
