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Local search warrants served, charges to be filed in case related to massive scheme defrauding state out of billions of dollars in EDD benefits February 4, 2021 RIVERSIDE – Today, Feb. 4, 2021, District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced his office will be filing charges against a Moreno Valley man and woman as part of an ongoing investigation into grand theft and fraud involving inmates filing for…
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More than 500 criminal case dismissals countywide November 7, 2022 COUNTYWIDE – Over the past four weeks, Riverside County Superior Court judges has dismissed more than 500 criminal court cases. These cases are both misdemeanor and felony cases and include nearly all crime types. Approximately 50 felony cases have been dismissed thus far. Felony cases dismissed included charges such as…
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MAN CONVICTED OF SECOND-DEGREE MURDER IN MURRIETA February 5, 2019 DUI CRASH THAT KILLED A 15-YEAR-OLD GIRL MURRIETA – In March 2016, a van driven by a man under the influence of methamphetamine slammed head-on at an estimated 60 mph into a utility pole across from the Murrieta Police Station. The crash killed his then-girlfriend’s 15-year-old daughter and seriously injured her 10-year-old sister…
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Mass criminal case dismissals happening due to COVID-19 October 24, 2022 COUNTYWIDE – On Oct. 10, 2022, Riverside County Superior Court judges began to dismiss criminal cases based on a lack of available trial courtrooms. Dismissed cases range from misdemeanor to felony cases and include many types of crime. To date, Superior Court judges have dismissed over 200 cases countywide. This includes…
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Man sentenced to death for the 2010 murder of 17-year-old Norma Lopez in Moreno Valley December 4, 2020 RIVERSIDE – Today, Dec. 4, 2020, a Long Beach man was sentenced to death for the 2010 murder of 17-year-old Norma Lopez as she walked from school to a friend’s house in Moreno Valley. Jesse Perez Torres, DOB: 5-10-76, was found guilty on March 13, 2019, of one count of first-degree murder…
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MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR THE 2016 MURDERS OF TWO PALM SPRINGS POLICE OFFICERS August 30, 2019 INDIO – A Riverside County judge sentenced a man to death today, Aug. 30, 2019, for the murders of Palms Springs police Officers Jose Gilbert “Gil” Vega and Lesley Zerebny. The sentence was rendered in a packed Larson Justice Center courtroom by Judge Anthony Villalobos after about a dozen victim…
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Man with restraining order listing Kim Kardashian as the victim arrested and charged for stalking residents of a Lake Mathews home February 22, 2022 RIVERSIDE – A Lake Mathews man, who previously was served a five-year restraining order listing Kim Kardashian as the victim, has been arrested by Riverside County DA’s Bureau of Investigation investigators and charged with 13 counts for reportedly…
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Monthlong operation by Riverside County Child Exploitation Team results in 26 arrests May 4, 2022 RIVERSIDE – During the month of April, the Riverside County Child Exploitation Team (RCCET), a multiagency team led by the District Attorney’s Bureau of Investigation, arrested 26 people for crimes relating to the possession of child sexual abuse material, attempt lewd acts with a child, and various…
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Monthlong Operation Intercept results in the arrests of 25 suspected child predators June 8, 2021 RIVERSIDE – The Riverside County Child Exploitation Team (RCCET), which is led by the DA’s Bureau of Investigation, worked in partnership with the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking (RCAHT) task force conducting a monthlong operation that resulted in the arrests of 25 suspected child predators…
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More than four pounds of fentanyl seized in Murrieta by Gang Impact Team March 10, 2021 On the evening of March 9, 2021, as part of an ongoing investigation, the Riverside County Gang Impact Team (GIT), which is supervised by the DA’s Bureau of Investigation, seized four and half pounds – or about two kilos -- of powdered fentanyl in Murrieta. Fentanyl is an extremely dangerous and potent…
