A 52-year-old California sheriff’s deputy has been arrested after he sent explicit material and planmed to meet up with an undercover investigators posing as a 15-year-old. Anthony Russo worked for the department’s corrections division and resigned after his arrest, the Mercury News reported. Investigators said they received a tip about Russo on Wednesday and immediately …
A California couple was arrested this week after their 10-year-old son was brought to a Moreno Valley hospital “in medical distress” and later died. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office said the boy was brought to the hospital on Thursday by medics, and an initial investigation found “signs of possible neglect and abuse.” Several hours later, …
Six of 13 children rescue from their parents’ California “house of horrors” in 2018 have filed suit against the county and private foster care agency that took care of them after, claiming they suffered “severe abuse and neglect” for years in foster care. Two lawsuits were filed by the six youngest Turpin siblings, alleging physical, …
A 23-year-old woman was arrested last week after she allegedly tried to abduct a newborn baby from the infant’s mother while disguised as a nurse. Jesenea Miron has been charged with kidnapping and is being held on a $1 million bail, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department said. Officials said deputies assigned to Riverside University Health …
A California grand jury has indicted the father of an 8-year-old boy who disappeared in 2019 with the child’s murder. Bryce McIntosh, 33, was previously charged with murder in the case, as CrimeOnline has reported, but prosecutors convened a grand jury last month after numerous delays, the Desert Sun reported. The indictment, unsealed on Friday, …
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced the arrests over the weekend of three men in the disappearance of a 26-year-old woman and her 28-year-old boyfriend more than three years ago in southern California. Manuel Rios, 28; Abraham Fregoso, 32; and Jesus Ruiz Jr., 41, have been charged with murder, the sheriff’s department said. Audrey Moran …
Authorities in California say a woman was caught on video dumping a bag of newborn puppies near a dumpster outside of a business last in Coachella week. According to a Facebook post from the Riverside County Animal Services, the incident occurred Thursday afternoon. When a passerby discovered the bag and told an employee at the …
Authorities in California say a man suspected of trying to kidnap two young children at a park was apprehended by quick-acting parents who witnessed his alarming behavior. According to the New York Post, 29-year-old Marcus DeWitt allegedly attempted to grab a 3-year-old boy from the Rosetta Canyon Sports Park at about 11:30 a.m. on Monday. …
Authorities in California say a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife nearly two weeks after her body was found in Mexico. According to the Press Enterprise, officials have identified the remains found on February 5 in Puebla Nueva as Rosa Isella Beltran Lopez, who had been reported missing about a week …
A California man identified as a former sheriff’s deputy was arrested for murder in a 2014 shooting death that had been initially ruled a justified use of force. As KABC reported, Oscar Rodriguez, then a Riverside County sheriff’s office, was involved in an on-duty shooting in January 2014 during what he described as an attempt …
