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Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin during Monday s news briefing. (Riverside County District Attorney s Office )
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA For the first time in Riverside County s history, a man who is accused of dealing fentanyl-laced pills has been charged with murder following the overdose death of one of his buyers.
Joseph Michael Costanza, 21, of Eastvale has been charged with one count of second-degree murder in connection with the Oct. 4 fentanyl-overdose death of 18-year-old Eastvale resident Angel Vazquez who purchased the narcotic from him, according to the district attorney s office.
A 16-year-old teen who was with Vazquez also overdosed on a fentanyl-laced pill provided by Costanza, but the juvenile survived, according to Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin.
Palm Springs man accused of sexually assaulting a child during two-year span
A Palm Springs man accused of raping a child during a two-year span was arrested, along with a possible accessory who served as a caretaker.
Jesus Rivera, 45, was arrested following an investigation into an accusation of a sexual assault of a child.
The investigation began on January 27, 2021. That s when deputies were called to respond to a past lewd acts on a child incident at a residence in the unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs, according to the Riverside County Sheriff S Department.
The incident was forwarded to the Palm Desert Investigations Bureau. Officials said that investigators learned that the sexual assault of the child happened continually between 2017 and 2019.
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