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Ponzi Scheme Built Around Avocados: Perris Woman Ordered To Stand Trial
The defendant is being held at the Smith Correctional Facility in lieu of $379,750 — the sum she's accused of stealing.

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The defendant is being held at the Smith Correctional Facility in lieu of $379,750 — the sum she's accused of stealing.

The sheriff threatened to slash over 600 deputies from payrolls next year and afterward.
"The Audit Committee provides a formal process to support oversight ... in Riverside County government," Auditor-Controller Ben Benoit said.
Sam Sannoufi, 55, lives in Newport Beach but had a practice in Riverside.
The bizarre incident occurred late Friday morning.
The drive is asking for monetary or cereal donations to help feed area families this summer.
Roughly $138 million of the sheriff's $250 million request wasn't accepted by the county Executive Office.
Paradise will be retiring as assistant county executive officer for public safety, but early returns show she may be facing a new career.
The project, dubbed the Coachella Valley Technology Campus, would be built on at least 240 acres of agricultural land.
Elias Hernandez Vasquez, 28, of Riverside was killed at 1:30 a.m. Sunday on the eastbound 91, nearly a quarter-mile west of Tyler Street.
In addition to the lights, musical acts are scheduled to perform.
The cause of the blaze was under investigation.
Freddy Cebrero, 31, and Francisco Rodriguez, 27, both of Riverside, are accused in the 2021 slaying of 21-year-old Damian Preciado.
The non-injury blaze was reported at 2:44 p.m. Monday in the area of eastbound Highway 74 and Dockery Lane.
Vector control officials will conduct the spraying throughout the region starting Saturday.
The crash occurred shortly before 1 p.m. Monday on southbound I-215 at Van Buren Boulevard, according to the California Highway Patrol.
She was arrested Tuesday morning, posted bail and was released from custody.
The burglary was reported at 11:21 a.m. Dec. 5, in the 72000 block of Beverly Way in Rancho Mirage.
The driver, identified as Jose Luis Gutierrez, was taken into custody without incident.
The defendant is charged with attempted murder, assault with a deadly weapon resulting in great bodily injury, mayhem and vandalism.