A $50,000 reward was in effect Thursday for information related to the capture of an arsonist who torched an Indio gas station under construction. Two blazes were reported earlier this month, one on July 4 and the other on July 10, at an AMPM gas station and car wash located at 81933 Indio Blvd., according […]
Attempted murder and burglary charges were filed Tuesday against the last of four suspects arrested in connection to a stabbing in Desert Hot Springs. Jose Luis Garcia, 26, was arrested Friday, and Anthony Rene Ayala, 27, was arrested Saturday stemming from a Desert Hot Springs Police Department investigation into the stabbing reported on April 15. […]
Kevin Puckett, a former California Polytechnic State University in San Luis Obispo, says news about the arrests in Kristin Smart’s disappearance nearly 25 years ago sent shock waves across the alumni community. Paul Flores, a freshman at the same university was arrested and charged with her murder and his father Ruben was also arrested as […]
Kristin Smart, the California college student who vanished in 1996, was killed during a rape or attempted rape in a dorm room, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. Paul Flores, 44, was formally charged with first-degree murder in connection with her death, according to San Luis Obispo County District Attorney Dan Dow, who announced the charges after new […]
A San Pedro resident, a longtime person of interest in the 1996 disappearance of his former Cal Poly San Luis Obispo classmate Kristin Smart, was taken into custody Tuesday at his home and booked on suspicion of murder, and his father was booked on suspicion of being an accessory. Paul Flores, long described as a […]
A 19-year-old man accused of gunning down the proprietor of a Cathedral City convenience store during a robbery pleaded not guilty Monday to murder and other charges. Charles Lamar Campbell of Beaumont and his alleged accomplice, 19-year- old Joel Ortiz-Hidalgo of Desert Hot Springs, were arrested March 1 in connection with the Feb. 21 killing […]
