Pleads Guilty

February 27February 27
Riverside County Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Returns
A Riverside tax preparer pleaded guilty Monday to federal criminal charges for filing thousands of tax returns that falsely claimed deductions, such as fake medical expenses and bogus mortgage interest, and which caused more than $3 million in losses to the IRS.

Pristine Villarreal
August 16
Couple Suspected of Severely Abusing Child
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Murrieta, CA A Murrieta man and his live-in girlfriend were behind bars today on suspicion of severely abusing his 5-year-old son, who remains in an intensive care unit at a pediatric hospital. Benjamin Matthew Whitten, 33, and Jeryn Christine Johnson, 25, were arrested Tuesday and booked on suspicion of child abuse and inflicting great bodily […]

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May 15
Woman Sentenced to 10 Years in State Prison for Molotov Cocktail Attack
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Indio, CA A woman who hurled a Molotov cocktail into an Indio apartment occupied by four people, including her boyfriend’s former flame, was sentenced to 10 years in state prison today. Diana Hurtado Garcia, 21, pleaded guilty on Monday to arson of an inhabited structure, with a sentence-enhancing allegation for using a device designed to […]

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Riverside County Tax Preparer Pleads Guilty to Filing False Returns