| | | | | Afternoon headlines for Thursday, June 24, 2021 |
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Angry Gunman Guilty: He Wounded Sleeping Ex-Lover By Firing Through Bedroom Window Of Desert Hot Springs Victim A Desert Hot Springs man was convicted Thursday of attempted murder and other felony charges for shooting his ex-girlfriend through a window of her Palm Springs apartment while she slept. A Riverside jury deliberated two days before finding Sergio Juan Marques, 41, guilty of one count each of attempted murder, spousal abuse, shooting at a […]
Sex Molester Of Wife’s Little-Girl Relatives In Cathedral City Faces Prison Sentence Sentencing is scheduled Friday for a Thousand Palms man convicted of molesting two of his wife’s underage relatives more than a decade ago in Cathedral City. Following one day of deliberations last month, jurors found John Clement Williams, 55, guilty of six counts of committing lewd acts on a child under 14 years old and […]
He’s Not Gay And He Backs Trump! WeHo Worker Alleges Gay Sex Harassment By Customers, Anti-Trump Harassment By Liberal Boss A supporter of former President Trump is suing a West Hollywood eatery, alleging he was forced to quit his job there in 2020 after the liberal-leaning owner repeatedly harassed him because of the plaintiff’s political views. Plaintiff Joseph Bliven, a heterosexual, also maintains he was subjected to repeated sexual advances by co-workers and customers at […]
Final Escaped Cow Captured, But It Won’t Be Going Back To The Slaughterhouse The last of 40 cows that escaped from a slaughterhouse in Pico Rivera was found Thursday in a South El Monte-area field, and city officials said the animal’s life will be spared thanks to Grammy-winning songwriter Diane Warren. Shortly after 4 a.m., sheriff’s officials received a call from someone who had spotted the cow, and […]
Parolee Allegedly Leads Police on Pursuit Inside Soboba Reservation A wanted felon was being held without bail Thursday for allegedly refusing to pull over and leading law enforcement officers on a chase from San Jacinto onto the Soboba Indian Reservation. John V. Sanchez, 39, of San Jacinto was arrested Wednesday and booked into the Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of felony evading […]
Felon Accused of Fatally Shooting Riverside Man Makes First Court Appearance A probationer accused of gunning down a 24-year-old Riverside man during an argument made his initial court appearance Thursday. David Norman Gurley, 54, of Moreno Valley was arrested Friday following a two-week investigation into the slaying of Sidney Thompson. Gurley is charged with murder and sentence-enhancing gun and great bodily injury allegations. He appeared before […]
Deadly Decision To Run Across Freeway: Victim Killed On 91 Freeway In Riverside A 44-year-old man was fatally struck Thursday as he tried to run across the Riverside (91) Freeway. Herbert Sanders of Riverside was fatally injured at 2:05 a.m. on the westbound 91 just east of Central Avenue, near downtown Riverside, according to the California Highway Patrol. The agency said that motorists witnessed Sanders attempting to run […]
Motorist in Custody in Monrovia Crash That Killed Two Women A man was in custody Thursday, facing possible charges of driving while impaired in connection with a multi-vehicle crash on the eastbound Foothill (210) Freeway in Monrovia that killed two women. The crash occurred about 3 p.m. Wednesday at West Huntington Drive, according to the California Highway Patrol. Humberto Gonzalez, 49, of Pacoima suffered minor […]
Two Men Shot, One Fatally, in Long Beach; Suspect Sought Two men were shot, one fatally, in a gang-related attack in Long Beach, and the suspect was being sought Thursday. The shooting occurred about 10:30 p.m. Wednesday in front of an apartment complex near Ackerman Avenue and South Street, according to the Long Beach Police Department. Kenneth Cornett, 27, of Bell Gardens died at the […]
Danny Glover, Samuel L. Jackson Among Academy Honorary Award Recipients Veteran actor Danny Glover will receive the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, while performers Samuel L. Jackson and Liv Ullmann and writer-director-actress Elaine May will be presented with honorary Oscars, the Academy announced Thursday. The Hersholt Award honors “an individual in the motion picture arts and sciences whose humanitarian […]
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