Riverside
DNA match leads police to suspect 31 years after murder
HEMET – Just weeks after authorities matched his DNA to the crime scene, Homeland, Calif., resident Shelby Shamblin pleaded not guilty Monday to the 31-year-old strangulation and murder of a
Car thief kills motorcyclist during escape
SAN BERNARDINO — Police are still looking for a car thief who killed a motorcyclist while escaping on Saturday. San Bernardino coroner’s officials on Sunday identified the cyclist as Mark
Jury decides against death penalty in 11-year-old’s death
RIVERSIDE — Jurors decided Wednesday that a man convicted last month of killing an 11-year-old boy would be spared the death penalty. Martin Leyva Valdez, 24, will likely be sentenced
Jury decides against death penalty in 11-year-old's death
RIVERSIDE — Jurors decided Wednesday that a man convicted last month of killing an 11-year-old boy would be spared the death penalty. Martin Leyva Valdez, 24, will likely be sentenced
Mystery body leads to transient’s arrest
BEAUMONT — One day after the Jan. 5 discovery of a dead body near a freeway off-ramp, police in this rural farming town arrested a transient for the brutal murder.
Mystery body leads to transient's arrest
BEAUMONT — One day after the Jan. 5 discovery of a dead body near a freeway off-ramp, police in this rural farming town arrested a transient for the brutal murder.
Suspected cop killer pleads not guilty
RIVERSIDE – In a small courtroom crowded with nearly 10 uniformed sheriff’s deputies, Earl Ellis Green pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges of fatally shooting a Riverside police officer last month. Green,
Seven charged in child care fraud scheme
RIVERSIDE – A fraud investigation that began 16 months ago concluded last week with the arrest of two people, bringing the total number of those implicated in the $500,000 child care scheme
Riverside County DA seeks death penalty in officer killing
RIVERSIDE – Riverside County District Attorney Rod Pacheco announced Thursday he would seek the death penalty against Earl Ellis Green, suspected in the Nov. 7 killing of police officer Ryan
Colton police fighting possible layoffs
COLTON – Colton police officers are launching a campaign to prevent 16 possible layoffs of sworn personnel in the face of a $5 million cutback in city budgets next year.