A 24-year-old probationer accused of attempting to abduct two children from an elementary school in Desert Hot Springs pleaded not guilty Friday to multiple felony charges. Yessica Chavez Mercado, who was arrested at Bella Vista Elementary on Tuesday after being detained by school staff, was charged with kidnapping and attempted kidnapping, along with a misdemeanor […]

Felony charges are expected to be filed Thursday against a probationer accused of attempting to abduct two children from an elementary school in Desert Hot Springs. Yessica Mercado Chavez, 24, was arrested Tuesday and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion of attempted kidnapping and violating the terms of her probation, […]

A 24-year-old woman accused of attempting to abduct two children from an elementary school in Desert Hot Springs Tuesday was arrested on suspicion of attempted kidnapping. Patrol officers were sent to the 65700 block of Avenida Jalisco at noon on a report that a woman was attempting to fight people in the area, according to […]