Felony charges were filed Tuesday against a White Water resident who allegedly threatened to kill his ex-girlfriend and pointed a gun at officers during a pursuit on Interstate 10.
A Whitewater resident who shot himself is in custody at a hospital after allegedly threatening to kill his ex-girlfriend and pointing a gun at officers during a pursuit on Interstate 10 Friday.
Superior Court Judge Lisa B. Lench noted that the case against Gene Evin Atkins is “very serious” and that she wants an evaluation done to determine if the 32-year-old defendant is “competent to represent himself” given a prior issue involving whether he was mentally competent to stand trial.
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was on scene of a standoff Wednesday afternoon at a home in Coachella where a possibly armed suspect was inside. The incident occurred just before 1:00 p.m. Wednesday and SWAT has the residence, in the 86000 block of Ave. 50, surrounded until around of 4:45 p.m. It’s unclear what the […]
Police say 53-year-old Rolanado Fremista took his own life after an hours long stand off in front of Rady Children’s Hospital in San Diego. Police say before that standoff, Fremista robbed a bank at gunpoint in Riverside then led them on a high speed chase. But a quiet, gated neighborhood in Desert Hot Springs is […]
A 34-year-old man accused of vandalizing and then holing up in a bathroom at the Walmart in La Quinta, leading to an evacuation of the store, was declared mentally incompetent Wednesday and will not stand trial on his charges. Daniel Lamonte of Palm Desert is charged with felony vandalism and resisting arrest stemming from the […]
Riverside County Sheriff’s special tactical vehicles rolled into a Banning neighborhood on Monday night to help the Banning Police Department with a suspect that was barricaded inside a home on Williams Street. Luis Alvarado who lives on Williams St., he says the street was shut down and taken over by police who were trying to […]
A man who had been holed up in an Indio home for over six hours surrendered to officers late Friday night, police said Saturday. Members of the man’s family called police at about 4 p.m. Friday concerned about him after he’d gotten into an argument with a family member at a home in the 79450 […]
