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A woman wanted in connection with the killing of a Palm Springs man in his home has been arrested and is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, Riverside County jail records show.
Lisa Vargas, 53, is the mother of the bounty hunter accused of firing the fatal shots, according to police. The Riverside County Sheriff s Department, which is investigating the incident, has not said why she was permitted to leave the scene of the shooting.
Fabian Herrera, 36, has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting of David Spann, 33. Herrera is also charged with possession of a firearm, ammunition and body armor as a convicted felon.
A Riverside County Superior Court the jury was seated Monday.
John Clement Williams of Thousand Palms is suspected of molesting two sisters between the years of 2008 and 2009, when one of the girls was between 4 and 5 years old and the other was between 7 and 8.
After swearing the jurors in, Riverside County Superior Court Judge Matthew Perantoni ordered them to return to the Riverside Hall of Justice on Tuesday morning, when opening statements are expected.
Williams is charged with six counts of committing lewd acts on a child under 14 year old, and faces sentence-enhancing allegations of committing sex offenses on multiple victims.
Two attorneys have been arrested and charged with identity theft, forgery and perjury in connection with a scheme in which they allegedly stole more than $320,000 from recently-deceased clients who had set the money aside to be donated.
The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office charged Trent Wayne Thompson, 44, with five felonies and Quinton Ray Swanson, 49, with four, including identity theft, perjury and white-collar crime sentencing enhancements.
Both were arrested in Hemet on May 5 and were booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. Thompson is being held on $321,000 bail and Swanson on $10,000.
The two are accused of a scheme in which they set up a trust account for a 95-year-old woman who said she wanted to donate all of her money to Children’s Hospital. Later, Thompson allegedly designated himself as a “trust protector” of the account.
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Thompson is scheduled for arraignment Friday, while Swanson s arraignment date has been set for Sept. 2. (Renee Schiavone/Patch)
HEMET, CA Two Hemet attorneys have been arrested and charged with multiple felonies following an investigation by the Riverside County District Attorney s Office that alleges the men scammed an elderly woman and bilked a children s hospital.
Trent Wayne Thompson, 44, and Quinton Ray Swanson, 49, were taken into custody Wednesday morning in Hemet by investigators with the DA s Bureau of Investigation.
According to a Friday morning news release from the DA s office, in May 2019 Thompson drafted a living trust for a 95-year-old woman, designating himself as the trust protector meaning he could appoint and manage a successor trustee if his client became incapacitated or died.
UpdatedThu, May 6, 2021 at 11:08 am PT
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MURRIETA, CA A 21-year-old woman suspected of furnishing fentanyl to a man in Murrieta who subsequently had to be revived with Narcan after he took the alleged narcotic is in jail waiting to see what formal charges might be filed against her.
Ezabella Avila of Riverside was arrested Monday night and booked on suspicion of possession of drugs for sale, and furnishing narcotics resulting in great bodily injury the latter of which could see an additional three to six years in prison if the charge is filed and she s convicted.