News From Around The County
HEMET — Officials are searching for a man who allegedly robbed a Hemet business earlier this afternoon. Witnesses reported the suspect flashed a gun while stealing several packs of cigarettes and a soda from Walgreens at the intersection of S. Sanderson and Stetson avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Hemet woman ID’d after ejected in fatal Menifee DUI crash DUI […]
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PALM SPRINGS — A wanted felon in a stolen car who led officials from multiple law enforcement agencies on a dangerous pursuit from Palm Springs to Banning Friday morning, Jan. 25, was apprehended after fleeing on foot from the vehicle. The vehicle chase, which began in Palm Springs, ended in a Banning fast food parking lot when the suspect ran […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Good Samaritans are being credited with saving the lives of two people left trapped inside the burning wreckage of a vehicle that overturned and burst into flames in Jurupa Valley late Saturday evening, Jan. 26. Other motorists and witnesses pulled the two victims from their burning vehicle after the driver ran a red stop light, plowed into […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 28, 10:45 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. MENIFEE — Officials have identified a local resident who died after being partially ejected in a rollover traffic collision in Menifee, early Sunday morning, Jan. 27. The driver of the car that overturned was uninjured in the single-vehicle crash that happened on Domenigoni Pkwy, just east of Lindenberger Rd. […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 28, 2 p.m. See original story and photos below. LAKE ELSINORE — Sheriff’s officials have released additional details after an hours-long SWAT standoff in Lake Elsinore ended with no one in custody last Friday, Jan. 25. The incident began in the area of Lakeshore Dr. and Clement St. and ended in the 16400 block of Pinyon St., […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Authorities are investigating after a kayaker found a man’s lifeless body floating in Lake Elsinore yesterday afternoon, Friday, Jan. 25. The victim’s body was eventually pulled from the lake’s murky waters and an autopsy has been scheduled. Sheriff’s officials have since said no foul play was suspected, but admitted they had not yet determined the cause of […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A 27-year-old Moreno Valley man died after being involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision in Moreno Valley late Wednesday evening, Jan. 23. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Cottonwood Ave. and Lasselle St. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Joseph Peters IV as the man who died in the crash. A coroner’s release indicated Peters succumbed […]
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MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating a chain reaction, rollover traffic collision that happened in Menifee this morning, Friday, Jan 5. The minor-injury crash, which left one vehicle upside down on its roof and sent one person to the hospital, happened at the intersection of Newport and Evans roads. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Not guilty plea after Menifee road rage […]
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And in “Today’s Lighter Side of the News…” TEMECULA — In the wake of a bungling bank robbery and arrest of a 56-year-old, San Diego man this last weekend, the ever-helpful deputies assigned to patrolling the southern-most Riverside County city of Temecula have offered some sage, seemingly obvious advice for other, would-be bank robbers looking to make a living off such […]
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SHASTA COUNTY — In response to “several major collisions” along the SR-299 corridor in recent months, California Highway Patrol announced today on social media that they are conducting a “Speed Enforcement Detail” focused on nabbing motorists who drive recklessly or in excess of the posted speed limit. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: One dead, home destroyed, after fatal Burney blaze Pair […]
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