RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A 46-year-old man accused of igniting 10 fires around Diamond Valley Lake south of Hemet, burning acreage dedicated to wildlife preservation, pleaded not guilty Friday to arson and other charges.Noel Lopez Mejia was arrested last week following an investigation by Cal Fire peace officers.Mejia is charged with 10 counts of arson and one count of grand...
INDIO (CNS) - Charges were filed today against a previously registered sex offender suspected of mounting a small video camera inside a grocery store bathroom in Cathedral City and filming people urinating.Prosecutors charged Jason Pomare of Desert Hot Springs, 41, with three felony counts of possessing matter depicting a minor in a sexual act and 10 misdemeanor counts of...
RIVERSIDE (CNS) - A 37-year-old convicted sex offender who allegedly violated his parole by failing to inform law enforcement of where he was residing was being held without bail Friday.Jacob Gregory Deville was arrested Tuesday following a traffic stop in Perris and was booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta for alleged parole violations.Deville is slated to appear...
PERRIS (CNS) - Authorities today identified the person killed in a fiery single-car crash on Interstate 15 in Perris on Christmas Day as a 19-year-old Jurupa Valley man.Andy Acuna Jr. was northbound on the 215 Freeway at Harley Knox Boulevard about 6:50 p.m. when witnesses told the California Highway Patrol his vehicle slammed into a bridge before it overturned...
A Christmas Eve search warrant allowed deputies to determine a Wildomar home had been turned into the site of an illicit marijuana grow, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said Friday.According to sheriff's Sgt. Glenn Warrington, deputies received complaints at the end of November regarding possible illegal cannabis cultivation going on in Wildomar.On Dec. 24, the sheriff's department served a...
MARK KENNEDY
Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — There's not a lot of love at the Romance Writers of America this holiday season. Lots of passion, but not too much love.
The organization, which bills itself as the voice of romance writers and cites 9,000 members, has been upended over the way it has treated one of its authors, Courtney Milan,...
DON THOMPSON
Associated Press
SACRAMENTO (AP) — The California Supreme Court revived a long-running debate Thursday when it reinstated a lawsuit over whether psychotherapists must tell authorities when patients report they are attracted to child pornography.
Lower courts had tossed out the lawsuit by three therapists who argued that California's mandatory reporting law violates patient confidentiality and dissuades patients from revealing...
JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Associated Press
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A federal judge has temporarily blocked a California law banning the import and sale of alligator and crocodile products.
U.S. District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller also scheduled an April 24 hearing on Louisiana's request for a longer-lasting order called a preliminary injunction.
"The temporary restraining order is the first step in protecting Louisiana's alligator...
BRUCE SCHREINER
Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Calling her party's victory in the Kentucky governor's race a jolt of momentum for her own bid to unseat a Republican incumbent, Democrat Amy McGrath on Friday officially filed to challenge Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell in what looms as a bruising, big-spending campaign next year.
McGrath, a retired Marine combat pilot, touted...
SAN DIEGO (AP) — Navy SEALs described their platoon leader, retired Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher, as "evil," "toxic" and "perfectly OK with killing anybody that was moving," in video footage of interviews obtained by The New York Times.
Gallagher's war crimes case earlier this year gained national attention after President Donald Trump intervened on his behalf despite strong objections...