A man has died while detained in a Riverside County jail, the sheriff’s department announced Monday. Deputies are said to have been conducting a routine security check in a housing unit at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio where the man was found unresponsive in his cell. Jail custody and medical staff, CalFire and […]
A felon accused of bludgeoning his cellmate to death at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio pleaded not guilty Friday to a murder charge. Luke Hanchette, 42, of Hemet is charged with killing 48-year-old John Leo Hemmer of South Dakota, who was found dead Wednesday in a cell the two shared, according to the […]
An inmate at the Smith Correctional Facility in Banning died in his cell for reasons still under investigation, authorities said Monday. The man, whose name was not disclosed, was found unconscious by correctional deputies about 11:10 a.m. Sunday, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Capt. Hal Reed said deputies initiated CPR, and when paramedics […]
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – A California Death Row inmate convicted more than 20 years ago of raping and strangling a 78-year-old Palm Springs woman died in a hospital, authorities said Tuesday. Royce Lyn Scott, 62, succumbed to an undisclosed illness Sunday evening at a medical facility to which he was transferred from San Quentin State Prison. […]
