News From Around The County
FALL RIVER MILLS — A shotgun-wielding man who threatened to shoot himself as well as any deputies who tried to approach his home was arrested following a tense standoff in Fall River Mills early Tuesday, Jan. 28. The man’s 11-year-old son was inside the residence with him when deputies responded to initial reports of a person who had the barrel […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Jan. 26, 2:50 p.m. See Original Story below. MENIFEE — A second victim has died after a three-vehicle wreck in Menifee that also critically injured the two sister’s mother Friday night, Jan. 24. According to the victims’ grieving family, the trio were returning home from their “weekly bingo run” when a speeding motorist plowed into the back of […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 14, 3 p.m., With Coroner’s release of information, other details. TEMECULA — Officials have identified an off-duty San Diego County sheriff’s deputy who was fatally ejected when his pickup truck overturned and burst into flames in Temecula Saturday morning, Jan. 11. The deadly accident, which occurred on De Portola Road, just west of Calle Rivas, also injured […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A parolee and known gang member with a felony warrant was arrested after leading sheriff’s officials on a vehicle and foot pursuit in Lake Elsinore, Thursday evening, Jan. 9. The pursuit that led to the arrest and recovery of a stolen handgun and seizure of ammunition and illegal narcotics covered approximately six miles, before the alleged suspect […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 6, 3 p.m., With additional details and update from Hemet PD. HEMET — Authorities are continuing to search for a suspect who critically injured a Hemet man while stealing the victim’s expensive camera during a Christmas day robbery. The victim, who is continuing to recover, was dragged several blocks after trying to hold on to his camera […]
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MORENO VALLEY –Minor injuries were reported and a horse escaped injury after a pickup truck pulling a horse trailer overturned in a five-vehicle crash Sunday afternoon, Jan. 5. The crash, which left the horse temporarily trapped inside the overturned trailer, happened on the I-215/60 Freeway interchange, just west of Moreno Valley. Yesterday afternoon’s crash prompted a SigAlert and nearly full-closure […]
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HEMET — Three people were hospitalized after a two vehicle, broadside collision at the intersection of W. Stetson Ave and S. Elk St., Saturday evening, Jan. 5. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Victim, 63, ID’d after deadly Aguanga crash – Suspect on the run Lake Elsinore search warrant yields more than 11 pounds of meth, heroin UPDATE: Four arrested after […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Jan. 10, 10:30 a.m. See Original Report below. As CHP’s investigation into last week’s deadly head-on collision continues, officials this morning released the name of the driver who was killed when his delivery van collided with a tractor-trailer combo. The fatal crash, which occurred last Friday, Jan. 3, happened on SR-299E near mile marker 44, just east of […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 2, 11:45 a.m. See Original Story below. MURRIETA — Officials say a suspect was fatally shot after a traffic stop led to a pursuit that covered numerous streets in the French Valley and Murrieta areas this morning. Although very few details have been released, Murrieta PD explained in a series of social media releases that the incident […]
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HEMET — Authorities in Hemet are investigating the murder of a 63-year-old man after the victim was found inside his vehicle with a stab wound to his chest yesterday evening, Monday, Dec. 30. Officials say they are speaking with a “person of interest”, but no arrests have been made after the deadly stabbing; which happened outside a business on the […]
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