Month: September 2017

UPDATE: HEMET: Police volunteers locate elderly, “at-risk,” missing woman

HEMET — City of Hemet Police volunteers are being credited with locating an elderly, “at-risk,” missing adult, Friday, Sept. 29. The woman was located and safely returned to her residence after two police volunteers spotted her, lost and wandering, on the streets of Hemet. Officials did not specify if the woman had been reported missing from a private residence, retirement home or assisted-living facility. […]

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HEMET: Two men elude officers, one woman arrested, after stolen vehicle pursuit

HEMET — City of Hemet police officers are investigating after two men managed to elude capture when they fled from a stolen vehicle at the end of a pursuit, Thursday, Sept. 28. Two women who had been inside the stolen car during the pursuit were detained and one was later arrested for an outstanding warrant. The incident began when a […]

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HEMET: Two drivers killed in fiery, early morning, head-on collision

HEMET — Two people died in a fiery, two-vehicle, head-on crash, Friday, Sept. 29. The deadly, early morning wreck happened on Stetson Avenue, between Warren Road and Cawston Avenue near Hemet-Ryan Airport, in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the fatal collision about 4:49 a.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the accident, Hemet Police Lieutenant Glen […]

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HEMET: Area resident arrested after vandalizing fire truck

HEMET — Officials arrested a Hemet man after he allegedly caused about $1,500 in damage to a City of Hemet Fire truck Friday, Sept. 29. The damage was caused when the man threw several rocks at the passing fire truck at the intersection of Buena Vista Street and Latham Avenue in Hemet. The suspect, who was later identified as Jermaine Kevin Middleton, 38, of Hemet, […]

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SAN JACINTO: Firefighters battle garage fire that injured one

SAN JACINTO — Firefighters spent about one hour battling a residential structure fire that broke out in the garage of a private residence, Thursday, Sept. 28. The fire happened on the 1800 block of Villines Avenue near Yeats Place in San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County and Soboba firefighters were dispatched to the scene of the blaze about 12:57 p.m. Eighteen firefighters from three engine […]

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REDDING: Two hospitalized after three-vehicle collision

REDDING — Two people were hospitalized after a three-vehicle, head-on collision, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The accident happened in the area of Airport Road and Fig Tree Lane, just south of the Redding Municipal Airport, in Redding. Redding Police and Fire officials responded to the scene of the crash about 3:28 p.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the head-on traffic […]

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IDYLLWILD: Alleged tip jar thief arrested after officials receive different type of tips

IDYLLWILD — After a nearly two-week investigation and search, sheriff’s officials announced they located and arrested a man accused of stealing a donation/tip jar from a well-known and award-winning Idyllwild area harpist. Following citizens’ tips, investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station located and arrested Michael McRae Kellner, 23, of Idyllwild. He was arrested Wednesday, Sept. 27. “Investigators received information […]

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LAKE ELSINORE: Man visiting from S. Korea dies during first, solo parachute jump

LAKE ELSINORE — Officials are investigating after a parachutist died after suffering a “hard landing,” Wednesday, Sept. 27. According to officials, the victim was making his first, solo parachute jump when the fatal accident happened in an open field, north of Skylark Field Airport, in Lake Elsinore. Skydive Elsinore operates from the airport, which is west of Cereal Street and north of Corydon […]

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HEMET: Motorcyclist killed in solo-vehicle accident identified as Hemet resident

HEMET — A Hemet resident died when he lost control of his motorcycle while trying to pass slower moving vehicles, Wednesday, Sept. 27. The fatal accident happened on Warren Road between Esplanade and Cottonwood Avenues in the City of Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified 48-year-old, Jose Sanchez Jr. as the man killed in the crash. […]

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COLTON: Officials seek suspect after Perris motorcyclist killed in Reche Canyon hit and run

COLTON — Authorities are searching for a person they say fled the scene of a fatal, three-vehicle, traffic collision, Friday, Sept. 22. The deadly collision happened near the intersection of Reche Canyon Road and Scotch Lane in Colton. San Bernardino County Coroner’s officials later identified 59-year-old, Perris resident, Steven Qwen Jarrel as the motorcyclist killed in the hit and run crash. Law enforcement officials […]

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