Cesar Aguirre, 32, of Perris, was arrested last month following a Riverside Police Department investigation into the deaths of 54-year-old Richard Hinds and 57-year-old Corrina Segovia.

Along with the murder counts, Aguirre is charged with special circumstance allegations of targeting multiple people in a deadly crime and lying in wait, as well as sentence-enhancing allegations of using a deadly weapon in the commission of a felony.

The defendant was arraigned Thursday before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Jay Kiel, who scheduled a felony settlement conference for Aug. 18 at the Riverside Hall of Justice.

Aguirre is being held without bail at the Byrd Detention Center.

According to Riverside police Detective Steven Espinosa, sometime after midnight on March 11, Aguirre boarded an RTA bus near his Perris home and rode it into Riverside, where he began walking downtown streets.

Shortly after 2 a.m., he encountered Hinds in the area of 12th and Main streets. Espinosa alleged the defendant pulled a knife and stabbed the victim several times, then walked away, leaving the homeless man bleeding to death.

Moments later, at the intersection of 12th and Orange streets, Aguirre attacked Segovia, inflicting mortal knife wounds and then walking away, the police spokesman alleged.

“These were local homeless individuals known to frequent the downtown area,” he said. “Investigators later determined Aguirre’s attacks were unprovoked.”

The victims were discovered a short time later by passers-by, who called 911. Both died where they fell.

Aguirre was identified based on undisclosed evidence that Riverside police Chief Larry Gonzalez said the detective squad worked “around the clock” to procure. The defendant was tracked to his residence on Spectacular Boulevard, where he was taken into custody without incident on March 13.

Aguirre’s prior convictions were not listed by the court.

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RIVERSIDE, CA — This week, a 51-year-old Riverside County man was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison for his lead role in an operation that saw large quantities of methamphetamine trafficked from Mexico into the Inland Empire, prosecutors announced.

Timoteo Gomez, of Riverside, was sentenced Monday by United States District Judge Jesus G. Bernal. He is the 16th conviction in the federal probe that targeted criminal activities of the Riverside-based Casa Blanca Rifa criminal street gang. According to prosecutors, the gang is responsible for drug trafficking and associated violence in Riverside and the surrounding community.

From at least April 2020 until August 2020, Gomez and others purchased methamphetamine from their suppliers in Mexico as well as Los Angeles and Riverside counties and distributed it across the Inland Empire, according to prosecutors.

In April 2020, Gomez and others smuggled 46.6 pounds of methamphetamine from Mexico across the U.S. port of entry at Calexico and into Riverside County. In May 2020, another co-conspirator attempted to drive a 90.4 pounds-load of methamphetamine into the United States from Mexico through the San Ysidro port of entry, prosecutors said.

“In total, law enforcement seized more than 150 pounds of methamphetamine and $31,035 in cash during this investigation,” according to the prosecutors.

Gomez has been in federal custody since his June 2021 arrest. He pleaded guilty in January 2022 to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

The FBI’s Inland Empire Safe Streets Task Force, which includes the FBI, Drug Enforcement Administration, IRS Criminal Investigation, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, and the Riverside Police Department, led the investigation into the operation.

During the investigation, the task force received assistance from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, and the U.S. Marshals Service.

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