News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO — As heavy rains pounded Riverside County and surrounding regions yesterday, Thursday, Feb. 14, dozens of first responders were called in to assist during multiple San Jacinto area swift-water rescues. Three separate rescues were reported over the course of a few hours and all happened with a ten-mile radius. Other swift-water rescues were reported throughout Riverside County and […]
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SAN JACINTO — Minor injuries were reported after a three-vehicle traffic collision in San Jacinto this morning, Wednesday, Feb. 13. The accident, which caused minor delays for morning commuters and other motorists, happened at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and San Jacinto St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: BREAKING: Two arrested, charged with missing MV teen’s murder Teen girls sought in […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Officials say a suspected drunk driver abandoned his three injured passengers and fled the scene of a major injury traffic accident in Jurupa Valley early Wednesday morning, Feb. 6. The Jurupa Valley resident was located several hours later and subsequently arrested and booked on multiple felony charges. The single vehicle crash sent the speeding car soaring through […]
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MURRIETA — Fire and police officials are investigating a destructive blaze that ripped through a Murrieta tow yard early this morning, Sunday, Feb. 3. The fast moving fire left more than a dozen cars destroyed or heavily damaged at United Towing Service, in the 26000 block of Adams Avenue, on the city’s south end. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: County-wide Pot […]
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HEMET — Two people in a stolen vehicle were taken into custody after a Hemet traffic stop yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, Jan. 30. Although it was not immediately known if either of the pair was arrested as a result of the stop, officers confirmed the silver Lexus the couple were driving had been reported stolen from Phoenix, Arizona. LEADING THE RCNS […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Authorities are investigating a double ejection, head-on crash between an SUV and a tractor-trailer big-rig combo that killed the passenger of the SUV Wednesday morning, Jan. 30. CHP now says the vehicle the couple was driving had been reported stolen when the fatal wreck occurred on Gilman Springs Road, about a half-mile east of Bridge St., in […]
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HEMET — A man who led Hemet police officers on a pursuit deemed so dangerous that officials called off their chase, was subsequently apprehended after apparently running out of gas and attempting to flee on foot last night, Tuesday, Jan. 29. Despite calling off their pursuit, officers who were still in the area when the alleged suspect fled on foot […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Details are beginning to emerge after an officer-involved shooting that happened earlier today in Lake Elsinore. Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit investigators and other sheriff’s officials remain at the scene of this morning’s shooting, that happened in the 3500 block of Raven Dr. near Robin Dr. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Hemet woman ID’d after ejected in fatal […]
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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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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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