Officials investigating after director of PS school accused of injuring boy, 13

PALM SPRINGS — Police have confirmed they are investigating the alleged violent assault of a 13-year-old boy at Palm Spring’s Stepping Stones Learning Center. The alleged incident, that left the victim hospitalized with traumatic, visible injuries, happened yesterday May 17, according to officials. The school is located at 1281 N. Gene Autry Trail. LEADING THE DESERT HEADLINES SEE ALSO: Still […]

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UPDATED: Riverside man officials say used social media, gifts to lure young victims released on bail

UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 11, 1:30 a.m. RIVERSIDE — A man arrested for allegedly using social media and promises of gifts to lure at least one underage Riverside girl into performing unlawful sexual acts and is being investigated by San Bernardino Police Department for similar crimes has been released from a Riverside County jail after posting $75,000 bail. Following a two-week long investigation, Riverside Police detectives […]

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UPDATED: 70-year-old woman attacked at Hemet gas station

UPDATE: 07/21/2016 10:30 a.m. With suspect’s arrest and booking information A jail records search showed the alleged suspect in the battery of a 70-year-old woman showed Brian Diego Guardado was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center July on suspicion of seven felony charges; including causing harm to an elder, battery with serious injuries, four counts of resisting arrest with […]

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Perris man arrested on 10 felony counts related to sexual abuse of a minor

PERRIS – Deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Perris Police Station arrested a man, accused of lewd and lascivious conduct with a child rape and other charges, June 7. The investigation began after a teenage girl told family and investigators she had been sexually assaulted by an adult male, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Glenn Williams. Investigators identified the alleged suspect […]

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LAKE MATHEWS: Riverside Police sergeant charged with two felonies after physical altercation with juvenile

Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source   LAKE MATHEWS – A Riverside Police sergeant was arrested and charged with two felony counts of child abuse relating to a September incident involving a teenage boy in the unincorporated area of Lake Mathews. On Dec. 11, Sgt. Benjamin Shafer, of the Riverside Police Department, was charged with child abuse likely to result in great bodily injury and assault likely to result […]

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