Honoring one of its own, the city of Indio invited residents Monday to leave items of remembrance at a photo and flower memorial honoring U.S. Marine Cpl. Hunter Lopez, an Indio resident who was one of 13 service members killed in a bombing in Afghanistan. The memorial honoring Lopez, 22, includes photos and yellow roses […]
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A longtime Riverside County prosecutor was appointed by the governor Friday to fill a position on the county bench. Supervising Deputy District Attorney Mark Edward Singerton, 46, of Yorba Linda will fill a judicial vacancy created in 2019, according to the governor’s office. It was unclear to which courthouse Singerton will be assigned. He has […]
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Update 6/1/21 The Deputy involved in a shooting in Yucca Valley died from his injuries late Monday night. Sergeant Dominic Vaca served 17 years with the Department and was a sergeant at the Morongo Basin Station. Sergeant Vaca served 17 years with the Department and was a sergeant at the Morongo Basin Station. pic.twitter.com/smaMdADwMH […]
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A 40-year-old man who authorities said charged at a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy with a tire iron on Interstate 10 near Whitewater and was fatally shot was identified Monday. Gabriel Munoz, Jr., a resident of Cathedral City, died at the scene of the shooting, which occurred about 8:45 a.m. on April 9 near Whitewater Canyon […]
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We’re getting our first look at the moments leading up to the deputy-involved shooting that shut-down the I-10 freeway for several hours Friday. Riverside County Sheriff’s Department says a man charged the deputy with a tire iron on Interstate 10 near Whitewater. The deputy was responding to reports of a man smashing cars with rocks […]
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department released a critical incident video Thursday showing the moments leading up to and following the deadly shooting of Joshua Tree Coffee Company owner, Royce Robertson. Robertson, 33-years-old, was shot February 15, 2021 following a pursuit from La Quinta to Indian Wells. Leading up to the pursuit, deputies received a call […]
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51-year-old Christian Matthew Choi of La Quinta was identified Wednesday as the suspect accused of stabbing a Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy in Palm Desert. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department received reports Tuesday afternoon regarding a male who was assaulting customers in the area of Lupine Lane between Highway 111 and El Paseo. According to deputies, […]
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The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department identified the suspect involved in a deadly deputy-involved shooting Monday morning in Indian Wells as 33-year-old Royce Robertson of Joshua Tree. According to Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, Robertson was driving when he got in an altercation of some sort with another driver. The other driver decided to pull into […]
