News From Around The County
MORENO VALLEY — Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a man they allege murdered his 25-year-old girlfriend inside her Moreno Valley apartment, Saturday afternoon, Mar. 17. Saturday’s murder was the first of three confirmed or potential homicides that happened in the city over as many days. Two of those incidents have already resulted in arrests and murder charges, including one incident where a man […]
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HEMET — With a new police chief, an increase in police staffing levels, several new, resurrected or enhanced special teams, and new funding secured by recently passed Measure “U” all happening in the last few months, City of Hemet and Hemet Police Department officials were happy to report an overall decrease in total crime and an increase in felony arrests […]
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SAGE — Details are still emerging after deputies investigating reports of shots fired and an assault with a deadly weapon found a vehicle riddled with bullet holes this afternoon. Upon closer inspection, deputies found a man’s lifeless body inside the SUV. Investigators are now at the scene outside a home along a dirt road on the 39000 block of San Ignacio Road, […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 19, 8 p.m. MURRIETA — A woman pulled from a burning home – even as the roof was collapsing down around firefighters as they pulled her out of the house to safety – later died from injuries she received inside the inferno. Images of the dramatic rescue efforts were captured by Joe Fanaselle, a local freelance photographer. […]
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PERRIS — Details are beginning to emerge after six people were hospitalized with various injuries when a mini van overturned “multiple” times, ejecting several passengers out the windows of the vehicle, Saturday, Mar. 17. Despite the severity of the crash, the victims’ injuries ranged from minor to moderate and all were expected to survive, according to officials. Emergency first responders […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Two people were arrested after allegedly robbing a downtown Lake Elsinore business, Friday, Mar. 16, according to officials. Witnesses later helped deputies track the pair to an apartment complex just two streets and barely 2/10th’s of a mile away. After an investigation, officials arrested Bryan Stiven Cruz, 21 and Julianne Rose Smith, 23, Both are residents of Lake Elsinore and both were […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 18, 11 p.m. RIVERSIDE — Officials have identified a man killed when he lost control of his speeding vehicle, hit a curb and went airborne. The car smashed into a palm tree, leaving the destroyed vehicle suspended in mid-air, wedged between two trees. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified 34-year-old, Ian Barraza, of Riverside, as the sole victim from the […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 18, 9 p.m. LAKEVIEW — Official have identified a woman who died after crashing into the back of a dairy-hauling big-rig early Friday morning. The fatal accident happened on eastbound Ramona Expressway just west of Bridge Street in the unincorporated community of Lakeview. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Amanda Guzman, 29, of Nuevo, as the driver of the Toyota Prius that […]
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UPDATED/CORRECTED: Friday, Mar. 16, 11:30 p.m. With additional info and details from HPD Chief Webb. HEMET — A member of the District Attorney’s office assigned to the City of Hemet PD’s Gang Impact Team was injured yesterday afternoon while helping other officers apprehend a man who had just led authorities on a dangerous pursuit in a stolen vehicle, according to officials. The […]
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When Kamron Golbaf had his dirt bike stolen from inside the garage of his parent’s Riverside home just days before Christmas, 2001 he figured he would never see his motorcycle again. After several months Kamron – then just 11-years-old – had moved on and the dirt bike eventually became a long forgotten memory. So, I magine Kamron’s surprise 16 years later when […]
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