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DA’s Office Receives Continued Funding to Prosecute Drug-Impaired Driving Cases November 24, 2025 RIVERSIDE – A proven program targeting drug-impaired driving in Riverside County will continue for another year with renewed grant funding from the California Office of Traffic Safety, approved by the Riverside County Board of Supervisors.The $970,000 grant to the Riverside County District Attorney’s…
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PSA Ahead of Holidays: Parental Criminal Liability For Reckless E-Bike Use November 25, 2025 RIVERSIDE – As the holiday season approaches and e-bikes rise to the top of many teens’ wish lists, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office is issuing a public safety advisory titled "Before You Wrap That Bow" to educate families on the legal responsibilities and safety risks associated with these…
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RivCo's First Courthouse Facility Dog Retires After Five Years of Service November 26, 2025 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announces the retirement of Courthouse Facility Dog K9 Rachel, who has provided five years of dedicated service supporting victims and witnesses of crime. She was the first courthouse facility dog in Riverside County to provide these critical…
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Panda Express Restaurant Group, Inc., Ordered to Pay Over $1 Million for Hazardous Materials Business Plan Violations December 2, 2025 RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin joined with District Attorneys from 37 other counties and two City Attorney’s to announce that a Stipulated Judgment was filed on Nov. 20, in The People v. Panda Express Restaurant Group, Inc., CVRI2504861, to resolve…
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Riverside County DA's Office Hosts Inaugural Survivors Conference, Celebrating 45 Years of Victim Services December 4, 2025 The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office marked 45 years of supporting victims of crime by hosting its first-ever S.T.O.R.I.E.S. of Strength Conference: A Gathering of Survivors and Voices, a day devoted to healing, connection, and empowerment.Held in October, the…
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Fentanyl Dealer Sentenced For Murder December 5, 2025 RIVERSIDE – A Winchester man has been sentenced to 15 to life for the second-degree murder of 30-year-old Calin Sender’s fentanyl-related death.Quinn Aaron McKellips, DOB: 06-20-1986, supplied a lethal dose of fentanyl to Sender in January 2020. Evidence presented at trial showed that the defendant sold multiple types of narcotics to the…
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Gang Member Receives Five Death Sentences For the Murders of Innocent Victims December 12, 2025 RIVERSIDE – Today, in Riverside Hall of Justice, Judge Matthew Perantoni sentenced William Arnold Armendariz, III to death for the murders of five victims in three separate incidents spanning from 2015 to 2020. Armendariz received a separate death sentence for each victim. He was additionally sentenced…
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Behavioral Therapist Sentenced For Lewd Acts on a Disabled Child December 15, 2025 RIVERSIDE – Today, a behavioral therapist was sentenced to 17 years in prison for sex crimes against a minor.In October, Mitchell Akira Takata, DOB: 12-23-02, of Los Altos, pled guilty in agreement with the District Attorney’s Office for one count of an attempt to commit rape, and one count of lewd and lascivious…
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Settlement Reached in Multi-County Environmental Protection Case Against Verizon for $7.7 Million January 8, 2026 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office announces that a Stipulated Judgment has been entered in The People vs. Cellco Partnership dba Verizon Wireless to resolve violations of California’s Hazardous Materials Business Plan and Aboveground Petroleum Storage Act…
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Guest blog: Deputy DA Maureen DuMouchel provides important information about elder abuse June 15, 2022 Guest blog: Deputy DA Maureen DuMouchel provides important information about elder abuseIssues Facing Elderly AdultsElder abuse can occur in many different situations. Some elder abuse cases are random and occur at the hands of strangers such as a random violent attack outside a grocery store,…
