https://rivcoda.org/news/charges-filed-case-two-people-shot-inside-corona-movie-theater
Charges Filed in the Case of Two People Shot Inside a Corona Movie Theater July 30, 2021 Friday, July 30, 2021 Charges Filed in the Case of Two People Shot Inside a Corona Movie Theater RIVERSIDE – Today, July 30, 2021, DA Mike Hestrin announced the filing of charges against a man accused of shooting two people in a Corona movie theater earlier this week, killing one of the victims. Joseph…
https://rivcoda.org/news/arsonist-who-started-cranston-fire-last-july-pleads-guilty-and-sentenced
ARSONIST WHO STARTED THE CRANSTON FIRE LAST JULY PLEADS GUILTY AND IS SENTENCED February 14, 2019 Brandon McGlover, DOB: 1-10-86, entered guilty pleas to two counts of Penal Code section 451.5 (c), burning of a structure or forest land. In count one, which is the Cranston Fire, he admitted to an allegation of burning multiple structures. Seven other counts were dismissed as part of the plea…
https://rivcoda.org/news/authorities-announce-arrest-and-filing-charges
AUTHORITIES ANNOUNCE ARREST AND FILING OF CHARGES June 17, 2020 IN SERIAL RAPIST COLD CASE WITH CRIMES DATING BACK TO 1996 RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin, joined by Corona Police Chief George Johnstone and Riverside Police Chief Larry Gonzalez, announced today, June 17, 2020, that a cold case serial rapist and sex offender has been arrested and charged with crimes dating back almost…
https://rivcoda.org/news/jury-decides-death
JURY DECIDES DEATH May 30, 2019 FOR MAN CONVICTED OF MURDERING TWO PALM SPRINGS POLICE OFFICERS INDIO – A Riverside County jury today, May 30, 2019, decided that a man convicted of the 2016 murders of Palms Springs police Officers Jose Gilbert “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny should receive the death penalty. On May 20, 2019, the same jurors found John Hernandez Felix, DOB: 7-24-90, of Palm…
https://rivcoda.org/news/authorities-seek-publics-help
AUTHORITIES SEEK PUBLIC’S HELP August 6, 2020 DETERMINING IF UNDERAGE VICTIMS MAY HAVE HAD CONTACT WITH ARRESTED MAN RIVERSIDE – A man has been arrested after reportedly chatting on a dating app with someone he believed to be an underage girl, then agreeing to meet her at a park in Beaumont. However, the person he believed to be a 13-year-old girl was an undercover DA’s Office investigator on the…
https://rivcoda.org/news/cannabis-regulation-task-force-seizes-hundreds-plants
CANNABIS REGULATION TASK FORCE SEIZES HUNDREDS OF PLANTS, March 25, 2020 ARRESTS TWO PEOPLE DURING SEARCH WARRANT AT TEMECULA HOME TEMECULA – Two people suspected of utility theft while operating an illegal indoor marijuana grow were arrested during a search warrant served today, March 25, 2020, at a Temecula home by the Riverside County Cannabis Regulation Task Force (CRTF), which is led by the…
https://rivcoda.org/news/board-supervisors-approves-funding-additional-da-bureau-investigation-personnel-combat-child
Board of Supervisors approves funding for additional DA Bureau of Investigation personnel to combat child exploitation May 5, 2021 RIVERSIDE – More children and juveniles are spending time online now than ever before. And so are the predators looking for victims. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CyberTips coming in to the Riverside County DA’s Office from the National Center for Missing and…
https://rivcoda.org/news/child-pornography-tip-leads-arrest-and-filing-charges-against-beaumont-man
Child pornography tip leads to arrest and filing of charges against Beaumont man August 14, 2020 RIVERSIDE – A Beaumont man has been arrested and charged with 10 felonies after a DA’s Bureau of Investigation-led task force received a tip regarding the production and distribution of child pornography. Devynn Michael Perez, DOB: 2-17-90, was arrested on Aug. 12, 2020, at his workplace in Mira…
https://rivcoda.org/news/california-attorney-generals-office-files-charges-2019-corona-costco-case
California Attorney General's Office files charges in the 2019 Corona Costco case August 9, 2021 RIVERSIDE – On Sept. 25, 2019, District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced that a Riverside County criminal grand jury returned a “no bill” in the matter of former Los Angeles Police Department Officer Salvador Sanchez. A “no bill” means the grand jury did not find that the evidence in the matter rose to…
https://rivcoda.org/news/cannabis-regulation-task-force-seizes-large-amount-marijuana-plants-and-processed-cannabis
Cannabis Regulation Task Force seizes large amount of marijuana plants and processed cannabis from industrial hemp farm August 2, 2022 RIVERSIDE – More than 34,000 marijuana plants and more than 4,600 pounds of processed cannabis were seized from a large property in the unincorporated area of San Jacinto by the Riverside County Cannabis Regulation Task Force (CRTF), which is led by the DA’s…
