News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE — Details are still emerging, but officials have confirmed they are investigating the shooting death of a man that happened on the 3500 block of Eucalyptus Avenue near Fifth Street in Riverside. According to officials, the victim was shot multiple times, early Saturday morning, Jan. 20. Riverside Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to a […]
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LA QUINTA — A 21-year-old woman who became lost while hiking along a popular desert trail was located and guided to safety by officials and search and rescue personnel, Friday evening, Jan. 19. The woman became lost while hiking the popular Cove to Lake Trail in La Quinta. The trail traverses a nearly seven mile section between a neighborhood on La Quinta’s south […]
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EASTVALE — Just two days after a man was found dead in a Jurupa Valley backyard pool, officials are again investigating after another man drowned in an Eastvale backyard pool. Friday and Sunday’s deaths follow just one week on the heals of the back-to-back deaths of two toddlers who both also died in Riverside County backyard pools. The two children, […]
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CORONA — A 22-year-old, San Jacinto man, accused of 14 counts of sexually assaulting at least one young child, has been arrested and is being held on nearly $9.4 million bail. Citing their ongoing investigation, officials have released very few details, other than to confirm the alleged suspect’s Jan. 19 arrest. The day after his arrest, Benny Albert Zavala was booked into Riverside County Jail on suspicion of five […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Officials are investigating after a man was found floating in a in Jurupa Valley backyard pool Friday afternoon, Jan. 19. Officials have released very few details other than to confirm the death is under investigation. SEE ALSO: JURUPA VALLEY: Child pulled from pool seriously injured after nearly drowning SEE ALSO: INDIO: One-year-old dies after being pulled from backyard pool SEE […]
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REDDING — A man who officials say tried to shoot himself in the head succeeded only in self-inflicting a grazing wound to his head; however, he managed to inadvertently shoot a female friend in her torso with the same bullet he intended to fire at himself. According to officials the pair, who were identified as 25-year-old, Waylon John Rocha and 24-year-old, […]
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RIVERSIDE — Members of Riverside PD’s Emergency Negotiation Team successfully calmed and detained a “violent and distraught” woman who locked herself inside a bathroom while armed with a knife, late Tuesday night, Jan. 16. Officers and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the 4500 block of Tomlinson Avenue in Riverside about 11:50 p.m., after the woman, who officials did not identify, […]
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A woman who officials allege fired a handgun at a family of seven headed to Disneyland was later located and arrested more than twenty miles from where the shooting happened. The violent encounter occurred in an unincorporated area on Highway 79, also known as Lamb Canyon, between the cities of San Jacinto and Beaumont. California Highway Patrol officers began investigating the road rage-related […]
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RIVERSIDE — A driver was hospitalized after their SUV smashed into a tree and overturned, early Sunday morning, Jan. 14. The single-vehicle, traffic collision happened on Trautwein Road, just south of John F. Kennedy Drive, in Riverside’s Orange Crest area. City of Riverside Fire and Police personnel along with AMR medics responded to the area shortly after 1 a.m., when several people called 911 and reported the wreck. […]
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EASTVALE — A man authorities allege attempted to rob a business of yogurt and cash Tuesday evening, Jan. 16, was arrested the following day, just one block from where the attempted robbery was reported. The incident occurred at Yogurt-Licious, on the 6900 block of Hamner Avenue near Riverboat Drive, in Eastvale. After an investigation, deputies arrested Chibuikem Gregory Ibekwe, 26, of Eastvale, Riverside Sheriff’s […]
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