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Desert Hot Springs man convicted of murder for killing landlord
DESERT HOT SPRINGS POLICE
Albert Marchain
A Desert Hot Springs man was convicted today of murder for the stabbing death of his landlord.
An Indio jury that heard three days of testimony deliberated 40 minutes before finding Albert Marchain, 29, guilty of first-degree murder for killing 69-year-old Stanislaw Tokarski.
Jurors also found true a sentence-enhancing allegation of using a weapon a knife in the commission of a murder. Marchain, who remains in custody at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio, faces up to 56 years to life in state prison.
Man accused in deadly Cathedral City shooting pleads not guilty
Cathedral City Police Department
Jose Ernesto Martinez
A 28-year-old man accused in a fatal shooting in Cathedral City pleaded not guilty today to a murder charge.
Jose Ernesto Martinez of Desert Hot Springs was arrested Saturday on suspicion of gunning down 27-year-old Isaac Valles of Rancho Mirage earlier that morning.
Martinez was arraigned at the Banning Justice Center before Riverside County Superior Court Judge Alfonso Fernandez, who set bail at $1 million and scheduled a felony settlement conference for July 13 at the Larson Justice
Center in Indio.
Martinez remains held at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio. Along with a murder charge, Martinez faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury.
Suspect in Cathedral City shooting charged with murder
Cathedral City Police Department
Jose Ernesto Martinez
A 28-year-old man accused in a fatal shooting over the weekend in Cathedral City is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow.
Jose Ernesto Martinez of Desert Hot Springs was
arrested Saturday and remains held at the John Benoit Detention Center in Indio on $1 million bail awaiting his arraignment at the Banning Justice Center.
Martinez was charged late Tuesday with murder, and he faces a sentence-enhancing allegation of discharging a firearm causing great bodily injury.
Martinez allegedly gunned down 27-year-old Isaac Valles of Rancho Mirage early Saturday, the result of a domestic dispute, according to the Cathedral City Police Department.