Six of the 13 children victimized in Riverside County’s most notorious parental child abuse case filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the county and one of its foster care agencies for placing them in another allegedly abusive household, where their attorneys say they were subjected to sexual assaults, psychological torment and other offenses.
A parolee charged with bludgeoning a woman to death with a hammer in Desert Hot Springs re-entered a not guilty plea Friday and was ordered to return to court on Sept. 20 for a trial-readiness conference. Joseph Cantu Montanez, 42, of Desert Hot Springs, is accused of killing 39-year-old Andrea Reyes, who was found dead […]
A third man accused of holding a man against his will and beating him with a wooden paddle over several days in Cathedral City was arrested Tuesday, police said. Genaro Jaime Lozoya, 30, was booked into the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on suspicion of kidnapping, torture, false imprisonment and assault with a deadly […]
Yucca Valley High School Football Assistant John Linn has been relieved of all duties related to the Morongo Unified School District. This comes a day after San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrest of the 55-year-old Pioneertown resident. The release stats that the department received a report of a sexual relationship between Linn and […]
A parolee accused of abducting and assaulting a Jurupa Valley girl at gunpoint pleaded not guilty Monday to kidnapping and other offenses. Ismael Lopez, 21, is also charged with false imprisonment, lewd acts on a minor and making criminal threats. He was arraigned before Superior Court Judge O.G. Magno, who scheduled a bail review hearing […]
