News From Around The County
HEMET — A sheriff deputy shot and wounded a parolee who authorities say led deputies on an early morning vehicle pursuit before pointing a gun at officials at the end of the chase. The suspect sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the Sunday, Oct. 8 officer-involved shooting that happened west of the intersection of W. Florida Avenue and Warren Road in the city of Hemet. As […]
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HEMET — Authorities have released almost no information after a man was shot in a residential neighborhood just east of Hemet High School and south of Stetson Avenue. The Thursday evening, Oct. 5 shooting happened on the 41800 block of Jennifer Avenue at the intersection of Roger Street in an unincorporated area, east of Hemet. After the shooting, Hemet Gang Task Force and other law enforcement […]
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WILDOMAR — A woman temporarily eluded deputies but was ultimately arrested after leading authorities on a pursuit through Wildomar Friday morning, Oct. 6. Sheriff’s aviation crew members managed to track the woman when she fled on foot from a stolen Jeep, after deputies on the ground terminated their pursuit when the fleeing woman took the chase off-road, according to sheriff’s officials. The […]
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UPDATE: Saturday, Oct. 7, 1:45 p.m. WINCHESTER — Officials have identified a woman killed when her car was struck broadside after officials say she failed to yield to another vehicle. The fatal crash happened at the intersection of Simpson Road and Whittier Avenue in the unincorporated community of Winchester. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified the victim as Almira Arrellanes, 30, of Perris. Arrellanes died at […]
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HEMET — Authorities are investigating a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident that happened Wednesday evening, Oct. 4. The deadly crash occurred when a man, who was possibly intoxicated according to police officials, attempted to cross mid-block on Florida Avenue, between Meridian and Stanford Streets, in Hemet. The pedestrian was not using a marked cross walk when he was struck. Riverside County […]
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REDDING — Authorities announced the arrest of two men they say shot a Redding resident Sept. 23, during a dangerous car chase that traveled several miles. The pursuit wound its way through several streets in the downtown Redding area, past the Mt. Shasta Mall, west on Highway 44 and then exited at the Sundial Bridge exit. During the early morning pursuit the tWo alleged […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 7, 10:30 p.m. MEAD VALLEY — Authorities have announced the arrest of a man they say was responsible for the Tuesday, Oct. 3 murder of a Mead Valley resident. The homicide, the second to happen in Mead Valley in three days, happened at a residential property on the 20000 block of Gaston Road in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. […]
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BLYTHE — A pilot and passenger walked away uninjured after a plane they were in crashed into an agricultural field Tuesday, Oct. 3. The aircraft went down in a shallow irrigation ravine near a single-lane road, in the area of N. Intake Boulevard and 6th Avenue, in Blythe. Neither occupant has been identified publicly. SEE RELATED: PERRIS: Plane smashes into fuel tanker in Perris Valley […]
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MEAD VALLEY — Very few details have been released, but officials say they arrested a man they allege murdered a Good Hope resident. The alleged suspect was arrested Monday, Oct. 2, the day after the Sunday, Oct. 1 homicide. The murder happened on the 21000 block of Byron Street, west of Brown and north of Martin Streets, in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. […]
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HEMET — Twenty five employees, three City of Hemet firefighters and two paramedics were hospitalized after being exposed to a hazardous material after an industrial accident, Friday morning, Sept. 29. The incident happened at McCrometer Inc. on the 3000 block of W. Stetson Avenue, east of S. Sanderson Avenue, in Hemet. The hazardous material emergency forced the evacuation of McCrometer’s nearly 9,100 sq. ft. […]
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