With the skyrocketing number of deaths and overall fentanyl use, local police departments are doing their part to help because as they say, “One Pill Can Kill.”
A 31-year-old man who allegedly led police on a lengthy foot pursuit that traversed a grocery store roof and a hiking trail in Palm Springs pleaded not guilty Wednesday to burglary and other counts.
Julian Baez was arrested Monday afternoon on suspicion of residential burglary and resisting an officer, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.
Jayson Mahuron of Palm Springs was charged with four felony counts after his latest arrest Thursday, one each of inflicting corporal injury, stalking, dissuading a witness and vandalism, according to court records. He was additionally charged with two misdemeanor counts of violating a stay away court order and one of resisting arrest.
William Leon Menser, 31, of Indio was arrested on Jan. 4, 2018, one day after prosecutors filed misdemeanor embezzlement and officer impersonation charges against him. Menser was additionally charged with two felonies that April for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and ammunition.
In an effort to combat rising crime across the city, the Palm Springs Police Department has been hosting a series of town hall meetings asking the community for their input.
