A jury was seated Tuesday and testimony got underway in the trial of a 28-year-old Coachella Valley man accused of fatally stabbing his girlfriend during a frenzied attack possibly stemming from drug use.
A Sept. 3 preliminary hearing date was confirmed Thursday for a felon accused of fatally beating a woman in Indio. Edwardo Alvarez, 40, was arrested last October on suspicion of killing 32-year-old Madeleine Gutierrez of Indio at a condominium complex in the 47- 300 block of Monroe Street. Alvarez is charged with one court of […]
A woman who had been seriously injured when a car slammed into a power pole in Indio died Friday at a local hospital. The woman, identified only as an 18-year-old Cathedral City resident, died about 9 a.m. at Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs, according to Indio Police Department spokesman Ben Guitron. Her name […]
Monroe Street between Highway 111 and Avenida Del Mar will remain closed this morning as Imperial Irrigation District continues repairing a damaged power pole. A woman was seriously hurt Tuesday when a car slammed into the power pole near Winchell’s Donut House in Indio. The driver of the Dodge Dart, described only as a man, […]
Police are investigating a single vehicle collision this morning in Indio, prompting a road closure for at least 8 hours. It happened near Highway 111 and Monroe Street near Winchell’s Donut House. An ambulance was called around 8:34 a.m. to the area, though it’s unclear at this time who was in the car or the […]
A 71-year-old woman crashed her Mercedes into an Indio Starbucks Monday, but no one was hurt, police said. The crash occurred just before 11 a.m. near Monroe Street and Avenue 42, according to Indio police spokesman Ben Guitron. Pictures from the scene show the Mercedes sedan partially wedged into a broken window and surrounded by […]
A man who had been accused of fatally striking a pedestrian in Indio while driving drunk, then fleeing the scene, is not the suspected driver involved in the crash, according to prosecutors, who dropped DUI vehicular manslaughter charges against the man Thursday. Charges were dismissed Thursday against Colin Havens, 30, of Palm Springs, who was […]
