- People v. Cooper (BAF2200250): Dante Cooper was found guilty of attempted murder, assault with a firearm and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Sam Taloa prosecuted, Robert Little defended in Riverside Superior. Prosecutors alleged Cooper fatally shot his brother in Hemet after accusing him of taking his money.
- People v. Anurag (RIF2000290): Anurag Chandra was convicted on three counts of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Nik Peterson prosecuted, David Wohl defended and Riverside Superior Judge Valerie Navarro presided.
- Anurag Chandra caused a fatal crash that resulted in the death of three teenage boys who played a prank on him. The boys were having a sleepover in Corona when one of them lost a game of hot potato and was challenged to a ding dong ditch, according to a prosecutor’s brief. After ringing Chandra’s doorbell, on Mojeska Summit Road near Corona, the boys drove away in a Prius. Chandra followed them onto Temescal Canyon Road in his Infiniti Q50. He sideswiped their Prius, and then rear-ended their car while driving 99 miles-per-hour. The Prius was run off the road, and hit a tree. Daniel Hawkins, Drake Ruiz and Jacob Ivascu died as a result of the collision, and the other boys were injured. Data provided by the Infiniti demonstrated Chandra’s guilt.
- People v. Hernandez (INF1600738): Hernandez Jose Francisco convicted of two counts of sexual assault on a minor with force and four counts of a lewd act with a child under 14 with force. Barrett Von Esch prosecuted, Andrea Dolan Bouchard defended and Riverside Superior Judge Jason Stone presided.
- Prosecutors alleged Hernandez sexually abused his stepdaughter, starting when she was 7 years old. The victim reported the conduct to Cathedral City Police in 2019, when she was 19 years old.
- People v. Stoot (SWF2101003): Celestine John Stoot was convicted on one count of murder, one count of willful child cruelty, one count of a convicted felon owning a firearm and one count of owning ammunition. Nicole Cooper prosecuted, Brian Cosgrove defended and Riverside Superior Judge Timothy Freer presided.
- Celestine Stoot was accused of fatally shooting his girlfriend, Natasha Barlow, and kidnapping their 2-year-old son from Moreno Valley after a Fourth of July party. Stoot was partially found through an AMBER alert. After the alert was issued, a witness contacted police and said that he had given Stoot a ride from Lake Elsinore to Perris. From Perris, Stoot and his son were picked up by his cousin. He was found two days later in Las Vegas. After police found him, he claimed that Barlow had drunkenly argued with him for looking at another women at the party. He claimed that she grabbed the gun first, and that she was accidentally shot during a struggle.
- People v. Cintron (RIF2300354): Daniel Cintron acquitted of a lewd act with a child under 14. Kaitlyn Lasater prosecuted, Philip Greenberg defended and Riverside Superior Judge Joshlyn Pulliam presided.
- Daniel Cintron was accused of sexually abusing his 5-year-old niece, while she was staying at her grandmother’s house in Long Beach.
- People v. Gonzalez (RIM2209003): Richard Rudy Gonzalez acquitted of one count of molesting a child under 18 years. Ronnie Vogelsang prosecuted, Oscar Maciel defended and Riverside Superior Judge Randall Stamen presided.
- People v. Muller (RIF2206164): Christian David Muller acquitted of one count of carjacking and one count of oral copulation by use of force. Seth DuMouchel prosecuted, Alan Smith defended and Riverside Superior Judge Samuel Diaz presided.
- People v. Gomez (FSB18000695): Rafael Gomez convicted on one count of first degree murder and one count of attempted murder. Michael Abney prosecuted, Public Defender Tawnya Hughes defended and San Bernardino Superior Judge Ronald Christianson presided.
- People v. Stepney (BLF2100082): Cameron Juron Stepney acquitted of one count of battery. Thomas Daly prosecuted, Joseph Cavanaugh defended and Riverside Superior Judge John Davis presided.
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