News From Around The County
HEMET — Officials managed to safely take a knife-wielding man into custody after the subject armed himself with multiple knives and barricaded himself inside his home with his terrified wife and her puppy earlier tonight. The standoff happened at a home located on the southwest corner of Imperial Way and El Dorado Lane, northwest of N. Palm and W. Oakland Avenues, in […]
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Officials are investigating after a missing man’s body was found near the Clear Creek Gorge Overlook parking area earlier this afternoon. Officials and volunteers who found the man’s lifeless body had been searching for the victim throughout the afternoon after Bureau of Land Management officials found the victim’s car parked and locked at the parking lot off Clear Creek Road, about five miles west of Highway […]
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CORONA — Authorities announced today they are trying to piece together what might have led to the death of a mother and toddler, found deceased and decomposing inside a home in the Norco Hills area. The home on the 700 block of Mandevilla Way, southeast of Hidden Valley Parkway and the 15 Freeway, in Corona. Officers found the bodies of the pair inside the two-story residence shortly before 12:30 p.m., Sunday […]
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HEMET — A man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested after being pulled over by Hemet PD earlier this afternoon. The alleged suspect was arrested after pulling into a business parking lot in the area of N. State Street and W. Latham Avenue in Hemet. Officers arrested the man, whose name and information have not yet been released, after a motorcycle officer […]
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PALM DESERT — Authorities arrested a 35-year-old Cathedral City man Thursday, Mar. 22, after he allegedly molested a Palm Desert youth. One of the man’s charges indicated the young victim is or was a foster child at the time of the reported molestation. After an investigation, officials arrested Ismael Gaspar and he was later booked into Indio Jail on suspicion of lewd […]
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HEMET — Reports of a head-on injury traffic collision involving two vehicles and a motorcycle brought emergency first responders from five area agencies rushing to the scene last night. Although officials determined no motorcycle had been involved in the collision, two drivers were injured and both were hospitalized after the crash. SEE ALSO: HEMET: Victim ID’d after 2-vehicle rollover wreck […]
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SAN JACINTO — A sharp-eyed deputy is being credited with spotting an adult sexually assaulting a teenager inside a car parked behind a closed and darkened San Jacinto business, early Monday morning, Mar. 26. Although the man was arrested and charged with unlawful sex with a minor, the alleged “predator” was released within hours of his arrest after posting $10,000 bail. He […]
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HEMET — In spite of several 911 calls reporting a suspected drunk driver, officials did not arrive in the area in time to stop a man from being injured when he smashed head-on into a railroad crossing signal and barrier arm earlier tonight. The wreck, which sent the vehicle’s driver to the hospital, happened at a railroad crossing on S. Sanderson Avenue, just south of Wentworth Drive […]
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THERMAL — Officials from a multi-agency task force conducting a stolen vehicle investigation arrested a man after finding and recovering six stolen vehicles at a residence on the Torres-Martinez Indian Reservation, Friday, Mar. 23. After their investigation Malcom Luis Morreo, 37, of Thermal, was arrested and later booked into Indio Jail on suspicion of possession of stolen property as well as two […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 2 a.m. MOUNTAIN CENTER — Officials have released some additional details regarding the victim killed last Friday evening, Mar. 24. The deadly crash happened along westbound Highway 74 just east of Scenic Drive, in the Pinyon Pines area of Mountain Center. In a partial coroner’s release, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified the victim killed in the crash as […]
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