Crime & Incidents

Palm Desert Station Burglary Suppression Unit (BSU) conducted further investigation regarding several commercial burglaries that occurred between the dates of September 10, 2021 and September 25, 2021 within the cities of Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. The suspect in these cases forced his way into locked businesses, taking merchandise from each location.

Prosecutors and defense attorneys have presented competing narratives in the trial of a California police officer accused of shooting and killing a mentally ill man, alternately asking the jury to sympathize with the officer’s need to make split-second decisions or the troubled victim whose only crime was not stopping for police.

On October 2, 2021 at 7:16 a.m., Jurupa Valley Station deputies responded to the 9700 block of Jurupa Rd., reference an unconscious subject. When deputies arrived, they located a deceased male in the parking lot of the location. The decedent had trauma to his body consistent with a homicide.

Southern California police agencies killed one person and wounded two others Tuesday in unrelated shootings, authorities said. California Highway Patrol officers shot and killed someone at around 3:30 p.m. in the El Sereno neighborhood of East Los Angeles, authorities said.

On September 25, 2021, at approximately 12:09 PM, deputies from the Colorado River Station (CRS) responded to the 13000 block of 10th Ave., in the unincorporated area of Riverside County, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon and vehicle theft in progress. The reporting party observed two subjects return to his property driving a previously stolen utility vehicle. The suspects threatened an employee as they attempted to steal an additional utility vehicle from the property.