OC Man Pleads Guilty to Fentanyl Death
An Orange County man pleaded guilty Thursday in downtown Los Angeles to having sold counterfeit oxycodone pills to a teenager who died of a fentanyl overdose. Tyler David Wilkinson, 25, of Santa Ana, entered a plea in Los Angeles federal court to a single count of distribution of fentanyl. The...
Riverside County Department of Animal Services flies 36 dogs to east coast
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) - As Riverside County continues to deal with overcrowded shelters, the Department of Animal Services partnered with Wings of Rescue to send 36 dogs to New York and Maine on a lifesaving flight. Officials said the plane took off just after midnight Saturday morning despite the rainy weather in...
NC woman admits to killing her baby nearly 40 years ago in Riverside
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) - A woman who caused the death of her newborn child and dumped her in a trash receptacle behind a Riverside business almost four decades ago pleaded guilty today to voluntary manslaughter and was immediately sentenced to four years' felony probation. Melissa Jean Allen Avila, 56, of Shelby,...
Caught on Trail Cam: Mountain Lion Takes Night-Time Drink
Trail cameras capture wildlife in their element, away from prying human eyes. Recently in Orange County, California, a trail cam in an undisclosed location caught the peaceful moment a predator came to drink from an artificial watering hole. A male mountain lion lapped up some water in the middle of the night,...
Kidnapping Suspect Taken Into Custody
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 11-13-25, 11 p.m. LOCATION: 5900 Block of Noble St. According to Lieutenant Deirdre Vickers with Riverside County Sheriffs Office, at 8:52 p.m., deputies were dispatched to the 3000 block of Hamner Avenue regarding a kidnapping. The reporting party advised that a female was kidnapped from the...
Jake Haro transferred to state prison to serve sentence, police say
RIVERSIDE, Calif. (KESQ) The Riverside County Sheriff’s Office confirms that Jake Haro is no longer in its custody and has been transferred to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. In an email Wednesday, police said Haro was released from county custody on Nov. 19 and moved into state custody...
3 arrested after police find over $3,000 worth of stolen merchandise in Orange County
Three suspects were arrested after police found over $3,000 worth of stolen merchandise from beauty stores in Orange County. The suspects were identified as Dominique Shania Bear, 29, of Anaheim, David Alan Wyrick, 32, of Garden Grove, and Martin White Eagle, 38, of Anaheim, according to the Irvine Police Department....
Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Southern California Projected to have Severe Thunderstorms
Southern California Weather Force has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective this evening through the overnight and Friday morning for the following areas;. Issued Zones: Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego County … The Inland Empire, High Desert and Cajon Pass … San Bernardino and Riverside Mountains …
Maserati driving fraudster who targeted college students arrested by the Irvine Police
Last week, police detectives arrested Mario Simonte, 34, of Montclair, in connection with a series of scams targeting college students across Southern California, according to the Irvine Police Department. Simonte approached students near campuses and claimed he urgently needed to borrow cash to return to Italy. He...
Man killed after loose tire crashes into car on Riverside County freeway
A driver was killed and a passenger was hospitalized after a loose tire crashed into their vehicle on a Riverside County freeway. On Nov. 17, California Highway Patrol responded to a crash on the westbound 60 Freeway, just west of Jack Rabbit Trail, in the San Gorgonio Pass area around 11:12 a.m. An investigation...
