Desert Hot Springs

A man accused of perpetrating a random attack that severely injured a 7-year-old Desert Hot Springs boy will be the subject of a mental competency trial, based on findings Thursday that raised doubts about his ability to understand right and wrong.

There’s an amber alert out for a 1-year-old boy who was inside a car that was stolen in Desert Hot Springs. NBC4 News reports on Oct. 12, 2020.

A Desert Hot Springs man who had been serving a life-without-parole prison sentence for his role in the 1994 fatal shooting of a 17-year-old boy but had his conviction overturned by an appeals court was released from custody after striking a deal with prosecutors prior to his retrial. Ian Davis Hudgins, who had already served more than 10 and a…