Month: January 2017

RIVERSIDE: Pedestrian struck by car in critical condition

RIVERSIDE – A 39-year-old man was critically injured in an early-morning, vehicle versus pedestrian accident Tuesday, Jan. 24. The collision happened at the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard and California Avenue in Riverside. City of Riverside Police and Fire personnel responded to the intersection about 5:32 a.m., after Riverside emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a citizen reporting the vehicle versus […]

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HEMET: Four, including 1 juvenile, arrested after shooting incident

HEMET – Sheriff’s officials arrested four people, including one juvenile, after the group discharged a firearm from a moving vehicle Monday, Jan. 23. The shooting happened in the 19600 block of Gilman Springs Road in the unincorporated area of Hemet. The investigation began about 2:34 p.m., after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a citizen reporting four subjects in a […]

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UPDATED: BANNING: Inmate, critically injured in jail fight, succumbs to injuries

UPDATE: Jan. 26, 11 a.m. BANNING – An inmate who sustained critical injuries during a fight with another inmate Saturday, Jan. 21, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead four days after the deadly incident, Wednesday, Jan. 25. Sheriff’s officials have not released the victim’s or the suspect’s names in the fatal confrontation. “The investigation is ongoing,” according to Riverside Sheriff’s […]

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RIVERSIDE: Armed and barricaded shooting suspect arrested after stand-off

RIVERSIDE – Officers arrested a man who fired a weapon at an innocent eyewitness who attempted to intervene during a domestic disturbance Sunday, Jan. 22. After the shooting, the alleged suspect fled to a nearby residence where he barricaded himself inside the residence prompting a SWAT call-out. The shooting happened in a parking lot at an AM/PM mini-mart in the 4900 […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Officials investigating murder-attempted suicide

UPDATE: Jan. 25, 5 p.m. HEMET – Officials have provided additional information about yesterday’s murder-attempted suicide investigation. The investigation began Tuesday, Jan. 24, about 2:47 p.m., after the Hemet Police Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a subject who told dispatchers that a family member, later identified as Vincent James Marples, 33, of Hemet, had called and told her that […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Officials investigating dead body found in residential back yard

UPDATE: Jan. 24, 10:43 p.m. HEMET – Hemet police officials have provided more information about a dead body that was discovered in a residential back yard in Hemet. The victim had been shot to death, according to a police official. “At about 7:39 a.m., Hemet Police 911 Dispatch Center received a call of a deceased male lying in a backyard […]

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RIVERSIDE: Woman leaps from moving vehicle during wild pursuit

RIVERSIDE – A man driving a stolen Mercedes Benz was arrested after he led officers on a wild pursuit Tuesday, Jan. 17. The pursuit began in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Madison Street in Riverside and ended on the 91 Freeway, just west of 14th Street. During the pursuit a woman, who was “an unwilling passenger” according to police officials, leaped […]

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COACHELLA: Sheriff’s sergeant rescues kidnapped woman during traffic stop

COACHELLA – A man was arrested after he allegedly kidnapped a woman during a domestic violence related incident Saturday, Jan. 14. The arrest happened about 7:49 a.m., near the intersection of Jackson Street and Avenue 52 near the Coachella Valley Cemetery in Coachella.   While on routine patrol, “a sheriff’s sergeant observed a female waiving and screaming for help as she […]

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CORONA: Two arrested after high-speed pursuit into Riverside

CORONA – Authorities arrested two subjects after a dangerous pursuit wound its way from the city of Corona to the city of Riverside Sunday morning, Jan. 15. The pursuit eventually ended in the area of La Sierra and Indiana Avenues after the fleeing suspect crashed into another car and the two occupants fled from the disabled vehicle on foot into a […]

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RIVERSIDE: Naked and distraught man walking in traffic safely detained

RIVERSIDE – A naked man who was walking in traffic stating he wanted to die was safely detained by officers Monday, Jan. 16. The man was hospitalized for his own protection after he was apprehended. The incident happened in the area of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Chicago Avenue in Riverside. Officers responded to the area about 6:20 p.m., after City […]

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