https://rivcoda.org/news/our-victims-memorial-wall-place-reflection-and-remembrance
Our Victims' Memorial Wall -- A Place of Reflection and Remembrance April 30, 2021 Like so many others who have lost someone they love to violent crime, Jacqueline Creeach never got the chance to tell her mother or her aunt goodbye or that she loved them before they died. As she stood near where their names are now forever etched on our Victims’ Memorial Wall, Jacqueline paused. “It’s weird to…
https://rivcoda.org/news/meet-four-our-local-crime-prevention-unit-youth-who-attended-national-mentoring-summit
Meet four of our local Crime Prevention Unit youth who attended a national mentoring summit in Washington DC August 24, 2022 Recently, four youth ages 12-16 from across Riverside County who are part of the DA’s Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) outreach had the unique opportunity to take part in a Youth Mentoring Summit in our nation’s capital. They were accompanied by CPU and SAFE Family Justice…
https://rivcoda.org/news/national-intern-day-get-know-one-our-college-interns-isaiah-banuelos
On National Intern Day, get to know one of our college interns – Isaiah Banuelos July 27, 2022 Isaiah Banuelos says he was kind of “tricked” into joining the mock trial team at his high school just a few years ago. Little did he know at the time, but that little twist of fate now has completely changed his life. While a freshman at Patriot High School in the Jurupa Valley in Riverside County,…
https://rivcoda.org/news/our-summer-law-school-students-learn-firsthand-about-becoming-prosecutors
Our Summer Law School Students Learn Firsthand About Becoming Prosecutors July 27, 2021 Interns. Far too often, they end up just doing menial, boring tasks that don’t benefit them at all in their attempt to gain valuable experience. That is not at the case here at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. We put our summer law school student interns to work. We want them to leave here with…
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Our Summer Law School Students Learn Firsthand About Becoming Prosecutors July 27, 2021 Interns. Far too often, they end up just doing menial, boring tasks that don’t benefit them at all in their attempt to gain valuable experience. That is not at the case here at the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. We put our summer law school student interns to work. We want them to leave here with…
https://rivcoda.org/news/case-dismissals-continue-occur-countywide
Case dismissals continue to occur countywide November 14, 2022 COUNTYWIDE – Riverside County Superior Court judges have dismissed more than 600 criminal court cases since Oct. 10, 2022. More than half of those cases were dismissed by judges in the Larson Justice Center in Indio. Criminal cases are being dismissed throughout the county; however, most case dismissals have been in the eastern…
https://rivcoda.org/news/volunteer-year-honored-helping-crime-prevention-unit-youth-literacy-programs
Volunteer of the Year honored for helping Crime Prevention Unit youth literacy programs May 25, 2021 “I believe in the power of books.”Linda Sherman-Nurick most certainly does. “Books have the power to help us see things we might not otherwise see,” she adds.Linda has shared that love of books and the power they hold with the community since 2012 through her store, Cellar Door Bookstore in…
https://rivcoda.org/news/fugitive-task-force-locates-man-wanted
FUGITIVE TASK FORCE LOCATES MAN WANTED August 27, 2019 FOR VIOLATING PROBATION AND TAKING HIS YOUNG SON LAST YEAR RIVERSIDE – A man on the run from authorities with his young son for nearly two years has been located in Mexico by the Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force and returned to Riverside County to face justice. Yasar Bader Aqel, DOB: 1-7-77, with a last known address in Perris…
https://rivcoda.org/news/david-and-louise-turpin-plead-guilty
DAVID AND LOUISE TURPIN PLEAD GUILTY February 22, 2019 IN PERRIS CHILD ABUSE CASE RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced today, Feb. 22, 2019, that David and Louise Turpin entered guilty pleas this morning in the case involving the abuse of their children. David Allen Turpin, DOB: 10-17-61; and his wife, Louise Ann Turpin, DOB: 5-24-68, each pled guilty to 14 felony counts at a…
https://rivcoda.org/news/whether-you-stay-home-and-shop-your-pjs-or-go-out-and-battle-crowds-now-time-refresher-how
Whether you stay home and shop in your PJs or go out and battle crowds, now is the time for a refresher on how to shop safely November 17, 2021 While it seems like we just finished handling out Halloween candy and, depending on when you read this, may not yet have had Thanksgiving dinner, now is a good time for a refresher course on how to stay safe when shopping – online or in person -- this…
