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Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Please Meet Deputy DA Sophia Choi May 31, 2022 Celebrating Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month: Please Meet Deputy DA Sophia Choi Like many younger sisters, Sophia Choi has always looked up to her older sister. Sophia always wanted to be just like Sylvia, the sister that is about 3 ½ years older. Their bond has remained…
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Parole Board Grants Early Release to Rapist Decades Before Sentence End November 17, 2023 The state Board of Parole Hearings has agreed to release a convicted rapist 29 years into a 170-year prison sentence. This move comes over the objections of the victim and the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office. In 1994, Cody Woodsen Klemp, DOB: 4-16-56, was convicted of 40 felonies involving the…
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Gunman Sought in Cathedral City Murder as Co-Defendant Faces Sentencing November 29, 2023 Sentencing for a Cathedral City man convicted of murdering an innocent father who had moved into the former home of the intended victim, is scheduled for tomorrow, Dec. 1, 2023, at 8:30 a.m. at the Banning Justice Center.On Oct. 18, a jury found Josue Agustin Sanchezcasas, DOB: 08-20-96, guilty of the second…
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Additional Charges and Defendant Added in Luxury Car Theft Scheme December 1, 2023 A second person has now been charged in a multi-million dollar scheme involving the theft of luxury cars throughout Riverside County. Gabriel Dean Watters, DOB: 11-29-76, of San Diego, pleaded not guilty on Nov. 30 to 12 felonies, which include embezzlement, car theft, and buying or receiving stolen vehicles.…
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RivCoDA Blog October 29, 2020 Thursday, October 29, 2020 RivCoDA Blog One might ask, “Why does RivCoDA have a blog?” The means of communication are evolving, and government agencies are often left behind the curve. Technologies advance and communication trends change, and we do not want to be left behind. The days of written newspaper articles are almost extinct. The press no longer has the…
http://rivcoda.org/news/criminal-grand-jury-indicts-care-home-owner-operators-again-murder-and-endangerment
Criminal Grand Jury Indicts Care Home Owner-Operators Again for Murder and Endangerment December 8, 2023 A Riverside County criminal grand jury has again returned an indictment against the owner/operators of a care home in the La Cresta area of unincorporated Riverside County, near Murrieta. Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin made the announcement following the unsealing of the 15…
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First DA Citizens' Academy in Spanish January 5, 2024 The Riverside County District Attorney's Office announces the launch of its first Spanish-language Citizens' Academy, "The Good Neighbor," an effort to reach out to the Hispanic community and empower residents to learn how the judicial process works, from arrest to sentencing. Residents are invited to enroll in this six-session course, once-a…
http://rivcoda.org/news/das-office-reaches-settlement-tesla-over-improper-hazardous-waste-disposal
DA’s Office Reaches Settlement with Tesla Over Improper Hazardous Waste Disposal February 1, 2024 RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin, along with 24 other District Attorneys throughout California, announced that today a judge in San Joaquin County ordered Tesla, Inc. to pay $1.5 million as part of a settlement of a civil environmental prosecution alleging the electric car company…
http://rivcoda.org/news/judge-upholds-death-penalty-palm-springs-man-convicted-quadruple-murder
Judge Upholds Death Penalty for Palm Springs Man Convicted of Quadruple Murder February 9, 2024 INDIO – Judge Anthony Villalobos today affirmed the findings of a jury that the man responsible for the execution style murders of four people in Palm Springs in 2019 should be sentenced to death.Jose Vladimir Larin Garcia, DOB: 9-28-99, killed Carlos Campos-Rivera, 25; Yuliana Garcia (no relation), 17…
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Making it to the other side of the case; supporting survivors and next of kin through the Parole Suitability Hearing process February 13, 2024 When prison inmates sentenced in Riverside County become eligible for parole, Victim Services Specialist Cammie Sohm springs into action to reach out to the victim and/or survivors of that inmate and help them get through a difficult time. Image Cammie, a…
