Category: Riverside Police Department

Family of Slain California Deputy Calls for Judge to Resign

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The family of a slain Southern California sheriff’s deputy on Jan. 6 demanded the resignation of a judge who had previously released the lawman’s shooter despite a violent criminal record. Riverside County Deputy Isaiah Cordero, 32, was fatally shot on Dec. 29 during a traffic stop in the city of Jurupa Valley, east of…


Riverside Police Gift Family With Toys After Home Burglary

A single mother and her two sons returned to their Riverside apartment on Christmas Eve to discover it had been burglarized and all of their gifts were stolen from under their tree. But some officers of the Riverside Police Department ensured the family still had gifts on Christmas Day. Body cam footage released by the…


California Police: Virginia Man Killed Family, Took Teenager

RIVERSIDE, Calif.—The suspect in a triple homicide in Southern California who died in a shootout with police was a Virginia law enforcement officer who police believe drove across the country to meet a teenage girl before killing three members of her family. Austin Lee Edwards, 28, also likely set fire to the family’s home in…