News From Around The County
HEMET – A motorcyclist led Hemet Police officers on a wild pursuit through city streets and residential neighborhoods before he ditched his motorcycle and attempted to flee on foot Tuesday, Aug 9. The man who fled from officers was eventually found hiding in a backyard in the 5800 block of Nectar Avenue near Mcintosh Drive. The vehicle and foot pursuit […]
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RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police officers conducting an early morning traffic stop near University Avenue and Douglass Avenue August 8 located a loaded handgun in the possession of a convicted felon. Officers made the stop about 3:45 a.m. and identified the driver as Rigoberto Martinez, 34, of Riverside. Officers conducted a records check and determined Martinez was an unlicensed driver and […]
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Within minutes of the dispatched call, Thompson Street was flooded with Hemet Police officers. Gary Rainwater photo HEMET – The report of a man armed with a gun at Weston Park brought an immediate and overwhelming response from Hemet Police officers Monday, Aug. 8. Weston Park is located at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Thompson Street in Hemet. […]
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MURRIETA – A two-car collision at the intersection of Magnolia Street and Jefferson Avenue left one car destroyed by a raging fire Aug. 3. City of Murrieta firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the location at about 1:12 a.m. after several witnesses and passing motorist called the City of Murrieta’s Communications Center to report the accident. The […]
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RIVERSIDE – Two people were seriously injured and one is in critical condition after a shooting and assault in the 1400 Block of University Avenue in Riverside Sunday, August 7. The location of the attempted murders is only two-tenths of one mile from the University of California Riverside campus. The Riverside Police Department’s Communications Center received several calls at about 2:37 […]
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HEMET – Multiple engine companies and officials from the Hemet Fire Department and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the report of a residential structure fire Saturday, Aug. 6. The fire was reported in the 4500 block of Brookside Drive near Harbor Court in Hemet. Fire personnel were dispatched to the fire at 12:13 p.m. after nearby citizens began […]
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HEMET – A theft of alcohol from a CVS in Hemet Friday, Aug. 5 led to the recovery of a stolen vehicle, the recovery of a loaded handgun, and the arrest of at least two of five suspects involved in the theft. The CVS where the theft occurred is located at 3055 W. Florida Ave Avenue. Employees from the business […]
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LAKE ELSINORE – A man was killed Saturday, Aug. 6 when a truck he was driving smashed into a palm tree. The accident happened on Lakeshore Drive near Dryden Street in Lake Elsinore, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Todd Grimm. Riverside County Coroner officials later identified the driver killed in the traffic accident as Ida Bustamante, 41, of Lake Elsinore. The coroner’s release listed Bustamante’s […]
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MURRIETA – Murrieta Police officers found an elderly male dead inside his vehicle in the Loma Linda University Medical Center-Murrieta parking lot Tuesday, Aug. 2. The hospital is located at 28062 Baxter Road in Murrieta. Officials have stated they believed the man had possibly driven himself to the hospital for a pre-existing health condition but only made it as far as the […]
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UPDATE: 08/05/2016 3:30 p.m. With information from sheriff’s department MEAD VALLEY – The four victim’s from this morning’s fatal incident in the 21000 block of Rider Street in Mead Valley – two of whom were pronounced dead at the scene – were victims of a shooting, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Wallace Clear explained in a press release. The manner in which the […]
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