Charges Dismissed Against Palm Springs Man Accused Of Home Invasion

INDIO, CA — Charges were dropped Wednesday against a 38-year-old man accused of breaking into a Palm Springs home and attacking a resident.

Taylor Donald Hurst of Palm Springs was released Wednesday morning after a judge dismissed felony counts of robbery, assault with a non-firearm deadly weapon to cause great bodily injury and burglary, according to Thalia Hayden of the Riverside County District Attorney's office.

Case records indicated that several violence- and parole-related enhancements attached to each charge were also stricken.

Hurst was arrested around 6:30 a.m. on May 19, 2022, when officers responded to a report of a disturbance between neighbors in the 700 block of San Lorenzo Road, according to the Palm Springs Police Department.

A resident reported being struck in the face with an iron after someone broke into his home, police said. Authorities alleged that the suspect grabbed some unspecified items and fled the home.

Hurst, who was on probation at the time, had a prior felony conviction for inflicting corporal injury on a spouse, court records show.