News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO, Calif. — Authorities are investigating a suspected DUI-related, head-on collision between a pickup truck and tractor-trailer big rig combo that injured both drivers last night, Friday, July 3. Both drivers were hospitalized and one of the drivers was arrested after the crash, which happened on Ramona Expressway, between Warren Rd. and Gateway Ave., in an unincorporated area of San […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, July 2, 12:40 p.m. See Original Story, Photos and Video below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials who arrested a probationer yesterday morning after a short Hemet pursuit led to a four-vehicle crash involving a stolen vehicle have identified the man who was apprehended after trying to flee on foot from the multi-vehicle wreck. City of Hemet police officers began […]
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UPDATED: Monday, June 29, 12:30 p.m., With additional details and release of deceased subjects’ names. RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a Perris man and woman had been kicked out of a Riverside nightclub club and escorted to their vehicle minutes before the male opened fire on security guards as they stood outside the club early Monday morning, June 22 Although […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, June 27, 1 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials continuing to investigate a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian collision that occurred Thursday, June 24 have identified the victim killed in the accident. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials this morning identified Anthony Palacio, 30, of Hemet, as the pedestrian killed in last Thursday’s collision. A coroner’s release indicated […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Two people sustained minor injuries and were displaced after a residential structure fire tore through a Little Lake area duplex late Sunday night, June 21. Although a dog was initially feared lost to the overnight blaze, which happened on the 41000 block of Briarwood Ave. in an unincorporated area of Hemet, the family pet was later found […]
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SAN JACINTO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies covering several allied Southern California counties partnered together to dismantle a huge, Chinese run, drug trafficking operation Friday, June 19. During the day-long operation, officials served twenty-three search warrants and arrested nearly two dozen people related to illegal indoor residential marijuana grows, marijuana sales and conspiracy occurring in the […]
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UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Online jail records indicate officials arrested the man involved in last Friday’s hours-long, armed and barricaded standoff. Jesse Martinez, 36, of Hemet, was taken into custody after officials used lengthy negotiations and flash bangs to convince him to exit a residence where he had barricaded himself following […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, June 17, 1:38 p.m., With victim’s correct ages. HEMET, Calif. — A group of adults and juveniles setting off fireworks at a Hemet apartment complex came under fire, injuring two juveniles Saturday evening, June 13. Although witnesses at the scene initially reported the children were believed to be 10 and 13, a sister of one of the victims […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A dangerous pursuit involving a stolen pickup truck and loaded trailer wound its way through Hemet before ending with an officer involved shooting overnight, Friday, June 12. The alleged suspect, who was not struck by the officer’s gunfire, was arrested and transported to an area hospital “as a precaution”, according to officials who are now investigating the […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A Hemet neighborhood was evacuated and bomb squad members were called in to assist after “suspected destructive devices” were found inside a home yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, June 10. Officers had responded to the private residence on the 900 block of S. Palm Ave. to investigate reports of a man who was possibly suffering from a mental health […]
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