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Communities Unite for Vigils During National Crime Victims’ Rights Week April 26, 2024 RIVERSIDE – Each year, National Crime Victims’ Rights Week is dedicated to recognizing the pain and suffering that families endure when their loved one becomes the victim of a violent crime. District Attorney Mike Hestrin hosted two candlelight vigils, one in Palm Desert on Tuesday, April 23, and one in…
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Riverside County DA’s Office Opposes Effort to Declare Death Penalty Unconstitutional May 12, 2024 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office opposes efforts led by the Office of the State Public Defender and the ACLU to declare the death penalty unconstitutional in California. This stance was taken in response to the ongoing case, Office of the State Public Defender v. Bonta,…
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Riverside County DA’s Office Forensic Accountant Appointed to Southern California Fraud Investigators Board May 20, 2024 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County District Attorney's Office is pleased to announce the appointment of Forensic Accountant David Wall to the Southern California Fraud Investigators Association (SCFIA) board of directors. Wall has been in the Special Prosecutions Region at the…
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Support K9 Dinah Joins DA’s Crime Prevention Unit May 22, 2024 Image RIVERSIDE – Riverside County has a new four-legged partner to help children receive the support they may need.Support K9 Dinah is a 2 1/2-year-old standard poodle assigned to the Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) of the DA’s Office. The DA’s CPU consists of Deputy District Attorneys as well as Victim Specialists from our Division of…
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Best Buy agrees to pay more than $600,000 in consumer protection case February 16, 2021 RIVERSIDE – District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced today, February 16, 2021, that his office, together with the District Attorneys of Alameda, Santa Barbara and San Diego counties, settled a consumer protection action against Best Buy Stores., a major retailer of electronics products. The complaint alleges…
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State Parole Board Rescinds Early Release for Convicted Rapist Serving 170-Year Sentence July 3, 2024 RIVERSIDE – During a closed hearing held today, July 3, 2024, the state Board of Parole Hearings rescinded the early parole of convicted rapist Cody Woodsen Klemp, who was sentenced to 170 years in prison. The board’s decision means that Klemp, DOB: 4-16-56, will remain in custody for now and…
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DA’s Office Seeks Public’s Help to Solve 1988 Cold Case August 6, 2024 DA’S OFFICE ASKS FOR PUBLIC’S HELP IN SOLVING A 1988 COLD CASERIVERSIDE – The Riverside County DA’s Bureau of Investigation is asking for the public’s help in solving the case of a woman who went missing 36 years ago.On December 26, 1988, the Perris Police Department discovered the body of a woman near 330 E. 4th Street, in…
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Murder Charges Filed in Deadly Stabbing at Lake Elsinore Walmart August 7, 2024 MURRIETA – Today, Aug. 7, 2024, the DA’s Office filed charges against a Wildomar man for the murder of a 65-year-old woman at her workplace at a Walmart in Lake Elsinore.Lonnie Will Hinton III, DOB: 6-20-95, has been charged with one count of murder as well as lying in wait. If convicted as currently charged, Hinton…
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Judge Grants ‘Compassionate Release’ of Convicted Sex Offender Despite DA’s Objections August 9, 2024 RIVERSIDE – On Thursday, Aug. 8, 2024, a man convicted of sex crimes with a minor, who has served only about 11 years of his 45-year prison sentence, was granted his release by Riverside County Superior Court Judge Scott P. Williams under California’s “Compassionate Release” law. In 2013, Frank…
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Eastvale Man Arrested and Charged in Sexual Assault of a Minor Case August 12, 2024 RIVERSIDE – When a 24-year-old Eastvale man was arrested last week by the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team (RCCET) in a sexual assault of a minor case, he was out on bail awaiting trial in a separate child annoyance case.Bryan Josue Flores Valdez, DOB: 8-6-2000, was arrested on Aug. 7, 2024, at his home by…
