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UPDATE: May 4, 6 p.m. HEMET – Sheriff’s officials announced they located a Hemet resident who had been reported missing the previous day. “Hartzler was reunited with her family,” Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Robert Duckett said in a written follow-up Thursday, May 4. “Deputies from the Hemet Sheriff Station located Stephanie Hartzler in the area of State Street and the Ramona […]
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HOMELAND – Details are still emerging after a pedestrian was fatally struck earlier tonight. The victim was hit while walking in the area of Highway 74 and Juniper Flats Road in the unincorporated community of Homeland, between the cities of Hemet and Perris. California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire officials were dispatched to the scene of the major-injury, […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials arrested a man after he allegedly stole personal property from Jurupa Valley City Hall employees. Officials later recovered the stolen property while taking the suspect into custody, according to sheriff’s officials. Special Enforcement Team members from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Police Station arrested Castro Albino Silveira, 33, of Jurupa Valley, after they began investigating […]
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SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s investigators conducting surveillance related to reports of a “sexual predator” seen prowling in a San Jacinto neighborhood arrested a man they reportedly caught “peeping” into house windows, Wednesday morning, May 3. Authorities made the early-morning arrest on the 300 block of Hazeldell Avenue in San Jacinto. The neighborhood where the man was arrested is west of […]
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SAN JACINTO – Just days after a woman’s lifeless body was discovered on the side of a San Jacinto road Saturday, April 29, sheriff’s officials announced the arrest of two men, accused in the victim’s shooting death. (Click link to view original story and initial updates.) The victim’s body was found on the 2600 block of Esplanade Avenue. Although sheriff’s officials […]
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PERRIS – One person died and two others were injured in a fiery, head-on traffic collision Tuesday evening, May 2, according to California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire officials. The deadly accident happened near the intersection of Harley John and Cajalco Roads east of Lake Mathews in an unincorporated area of Perris. CHP officers and other emergency first responders were […]
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TEMECULA – Sheriff’s officials announced yesterday the arrest of a Temecula resident suspected of molesting at least two juveniles. After a week-long investigation, authorities arrested the man on Main Street in Old Town Temecula Friday, April 28. Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police Station arrested 56-year-old Jose Benito Fabian a week after they were first notified regarding allegations that Fabian had […]
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UPDATE: May 3, 7 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the pedestrian who was killed while crossing San Jacinto Avenue, Tuesday morning, May 2. Officials identified the victim as Darrick Peters, 21, of Hemet. According to officials, Peters died after he was struck by an SUV. Peters was pronounced dead at the scene of the traffic accident at 5:31 a.m. Officials are […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials are investigating after a man was fatally shot Tuesday, May 2. The fatal early morning shooting happened on the 9200 block of Jurupa Road near the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard in Jurupa Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Police Station were dispatched to the location about 3 a.m., after emergency dispatchers received a […]
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RIVERSIDE – Firefighters, who responded to multiple reports of an early-morning vehicle fire with a victim reportedly trapped inside the burning car, battled a blaze to save an unlikely victim Sunday morning, April 30. The fire, which destroyed the car and damaged the front of a residence, happened on the 17600 block of Morning Sun Court in the unincorporated community of Lake […]
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