Man Shot By Deputy Charged With Attempted Murder, Assault
Charges of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer were filed Tuesday against a man who was shot by a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy in La Quinta last week. Christopher...
View ArticleDeliberations Begins In Cathedral City Murder Trial
Deliberations began Wednesday in the attempted murder trial of a man accused of shooting two men in the parking lot of a Cathedral City sports bar. Santos Franco, 21, of Palm Springs, is accused of...
View ArticleFelon Charged with Murder for Allegedly Killing Moreno Valley Woman
A murder charge was filed Wednesday against a convicted felon accused of fatally beating a 23-year-old woman inside his Moreno Valley residence last week. Ricardo Rivera, 23, is charged in the death...
View ArticleAppeal Dismissed for Man Convicted of Woman’s 1993 Murder
A state appeals court panel Friday dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of a man challenging his life prison sentence for the November 1993 rape-murder of a woman whose nude and battered body was...
View ArticleAccused Get-Away Driver in Police Chase Charged with Murder
A 20-year-old man suspected of being the getaway driver in a police chase that killed an alleged fellow thief was scheduled to make his first appearance in court Friday on a murder charge. Ge’Onte Ray...
View ArticleAccused Get-Away Driver in Police Chase Charged with Murder
A 20-year-old man suspected of being the getaway driver in a police chase that killed an alleged fellow thief was scheduled to make his first appearance in court Friday on a murder charge. Ge’Onte Ray...
View ArticleAppeal Dismissed for Man Convicted of Woman’s 1993 Murder
A state appeals court panel Friday dismissed an appeal filed on behalf of a man challenging his life prison sentence for the November 1993 rape-murder of a woman whose nude and battered body was...
View ArticleAttempted Murder Charges Filed in Union Station Rampage
A 31-year-old homeless man accused in an early morning rampage around Union Station in which a security guard was hurt, police cars were damaged and a Metro vehicle was stolen and crashed was charged...
View ArticleAttempted Murder Charges Filed in Union Station Rampage
A 31-year-old homeless man accused in an early morning rampage around Union Station in which a security guard was hurt, police cars were damaged and a Metro vehicle was stolen and crashed was charged...
View Article`Everybody Counts Or Nobody Counts’ Says Judge In Murder Sentencing
Two men convicted of fatally stabbing and beating a homeless man in a wheelchair were both sentenced to 26 years to life Wednesday. Blake Beach, 24, and Matthew Cotter, 27, were sentenced to 25 years...
View ArticleMan Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder for Alleged Hate Crime Attack
A Seattle resident who allegedly tried to run over two men last November outside a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in the Wilshire area while yelling anti-Semitic remarks pleaded not guilty Thursday...
View ArticleJews Targeted In Hate Attack: Suspect Pleads Not Guilty to Attempted Murder
A Seattle resident who allegedly tried to run over two men last November outside a synagogue in a Jewish neighborhood in the Wilshire area while yelling anti-Semitic remarks pleaded not guilty Thursday...
View ArticlePalm Springs Murder Suspect Found With Dismembered Wife Convicted in Kansas
A man accused of killing a Palm Springs resident in 2016 — and who was found living with his children in a Kansas storage unit with his wife’s dismembered remains in an ice chest — was convicted...
View ArticleHead of Robbery-Prostitution Ring’s Conviction Upheld in Murder Case
A state appeals court panel Thursday upheld the conviction of the head of a robbery-prostitution ring for a crime spree in which two men were killed and another was wounded in South Los Angeles. The...
View ArticlePalm Desert Man Held On Suspicion Of Attempted Murder
A man suspected of attempted murder at a Palm Desert apartment was booked in Indio Jail early Friday. Ryan Alkana, 32, was arrested at 5:26 p.m. Thursday by the Palm Desert Police Department, according...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence In LB Rape, Murder
In a 4-3 decision, the California Supreme Court Monday reversed the death sentence of one of three men on death row for the December 1998 rape and beating death of a mother of three attacked while...
View ArticleLead Detective By District Attorney In 1990 Murder Case
A retired detective Monday detailed a desert scene of scattered skeletal remains in a 1990 homicide in the preliminary hearing for a man accused of killing the victim, then transferring large sums of...
View ArticleState Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence In LB Rape, Murder
The California Supreme Court Monday reversed the death sentence of one of three men on death row for the December 1998 rape and beating death of a mother of three attacked while walking to a store in...
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State Supreme Court Reverses Death Sentence In LB Rape, Murder
California Supreme Court building. Photo via Wikimedia Commons The California Supreme Court Monday reversed the death sentence of one of three men on death row for the December 1998 rape and beating...
View ArticleMurder Charges Reduced in Santa Ana Killing
A 27-year-old man who was involved in a gang-related killing in Santa Ana 10 years ago and remained on the lam for four years has been released from custody after reaching a plea deal in juvenile...
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