News From Around The County
PERRIS — Officials have identified a Fontana man who died early Monday morning, July 8, after his vehicle overturned and crashed into the Home Depot Perris Distribution Center, just east of the “T” intersection of Nance St. and Indian Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AT-4 rocket launcher among weapons seized from Menifee home Bicyclist dies after slamming into Rancho Mirage […]
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY — Today, we remember and honor the passing of Deputy Sheriff Edward M. Schrader, the 29th Peace Officer killed in the line of duty in Riverside County, on July 11, 1974. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department at the Ben Clark Training Center is responsible for the county’s Basic Peace Officer Training Academy. The Basic Academy is a six-month, […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A man who officials say was driving a stolen truck that had been used in a previous crime was arrested after a Lake Elsinore traffic stop, Wednesday afternoon, July 10. During the man’s arrest deputies found he was in possession of a large amount of methamphetamine, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Body found inside car […]
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RANCHO MIRAGE — A bicyclist sustained fatal injuries and passed away after riding his bicycle into a pole in Rancho Mirage, Wednesday morning, July 10. The fatal accident happened in a parking lot near the intersection of Dinah Shore Dr. and Monterey Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: AT-4 rocket launcher among weapons seized from Menifee home Body found inside car […]
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WRITER’S NOTE: RCNS has learned that the rocket launcher seized by the sheriff’s department was inert and could not even be fired. According to Mr. Rutledge’s friends and family, “it posed no danger whatsoever to anyone, other than as a big club that, at worst, could bonk someone on the head.” While speaking with Mr. Rutledge’s family members I have […]
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BEAUMONT — Officials are conducting a death investigation after a person’s lifeless body was discovered over the weekend inside a vehicle in the Lamb Canyon area, on Highway 79 just north of California Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Injured paraglider airlifted after San Jacinto crash Two seriously injured in Hemet road rage incident Elsinore woman ID’d after fatal Wildomar hit […]
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RIVERSIDE — Riverside Mayor Rusty Bailey will be heard on board Metrolink trains on the 91/Perris Valley line as the mayor serves as a “Guest Train Conductor.” Bailey’s message will welcome Metrolink travelers aboard in a recorded message, while giving important information about the rail system, announcing upcoming stops, and providing information on points of interest along the way. LEADING […]
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SAN JACINTO — A paraglider suffered moderate injuries after the person crashed near San Jacinto’s Soboba Paragliding early Sunday evening, July 7. Soboba Paragliding has been the site of several other accidents that ended with skydiving and/or paragliding enthusiasts injured or killed, including a paraglider who was killed after crashing at the site last September. In a sad coincidence another […]
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WILDOMAR — A Lake Elsinore woman was struck and killed in Wildomar and her lifeless body was later discovered just minutes after midnight, on the morning of Friday, July 5. The deadly hit and run happened near the intersection of Mission Trail and Sylvester Rd., and officials are now searching for the driver who fled the scene of the fatal […]
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REDDING — A 22-year-old woman was rushed to an area hospital in critical condition after an officer pulled her lifeless body from the Sacramento River in Redding yesterday afternoon, Thursday, July 4. The victim was reportedly swept down river into whitewater conditions near the Anderson Cottonwood Irrigation District (ACID) diversion dam, after she and three companions used pool/lake inflatables to […]
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