News From Around The County
COACHELLA – An Indio resident was arrested, suspected of driving under the influence, after his vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle Sunday, Jan. 1. The collision happened in the area of Avenue 52 and Cypress Street in Coachella. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coachella Police station responded to the location about 5:38 p.m., after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received a […]
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COACHELLA – Sheriff’s officials arrested a man Friday, Dec. 23, after an investigation into allegations of lewd acts with a minor. The alleged suspect was arrested in the 52-000 block of Las Palmas in Coachella. Sheriff’s investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Thermal station began the investigation Thursday, Dec. 22, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Jessica Vanderhoof. After their investigation, […]
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THERMAL – A man who was struck by a hit and run driver and left to die in the roadway was run over by a second vehicle Tuesday, Dec. 20. The hit and run and second accident happened on Hwy 86 south of Avenue 52. The man died from his injuries. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim as Juan Hernandez, […]
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COACHELLA – Firefighters found themselves having to battle yet another pallet fire in Riverside County Wednesday, Dec. 7. The fire broke out at a pallet company in the 52000 Block of Grapefruit Boulevard in Coachella. Wednesday’s pallet blaze was the third pallet-related fire that Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters have had to battle in the last 18 days. There have also […]
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COACHELLA – A Coachella resident attempted to carjack an elderly male in the 52400 block of Morgan Street in Coachella Wednesday, August 24. The suspect then carjacked a mail carrier’s vehicle after a USPS mail carrier intervened on the older man’s behalf. Deputies eventually located and apprehended Hernan Ortega, 32, of Coachella. He was later booked into the Larson Correctional Facility in […]
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COACHELLA – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials are seeking the public’s help in identifying a driver who struck and killed a 56-year-old female pedestrian in an early-morning, hit-and-run traffic collision, that occurred Wednesday, June 8. The hit-and-run happened in the area of Avenue 48 and Grapefruit Boulevard, in Coachella. At about 12:30 a.m., deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Coachella Police Station […]
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Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source On Friday, November 20, at about 8:10 p.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Thermal station responded to the a report of a shooting incident that occurred in the area of Westerfield Way and Avenida Adobe, in the city of Coachella. According to Sergeant Randy Vasquez, of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, […]
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Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source Mecca, Calif.; On Thursday a 27-year-old Los Angeles area gang member threatened to shoot a 17-year -old student and stole the juvenile’s school-issued iPad as well as other property. On October 22, 2015, at approximately 6:00 a.m., deputies from the Sheriff’s Thermal Station responded to the area of National Avenue and […]
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