News From Around The County
HEMET — A man who officials allege burglarized a home and stole a pickup truck earlier this morning was later arrested after officers found the stolen truck parked in the driveway of the man’s home on the 500 block of Kerilyn Ln., northeast of E. Oakland Ave and N. Girard St., in Hemet. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: HEMET: $1 million […]
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HEMET — A man with multiple felony warrants was apprehended after leading authorities on a lengthy foot pursuit through residential neighborhoods and backyards, over fences and down alleys, and across rooftops, Sunday afternoon, Aug. 12. The dramatic foot chase began near San Jacinto Valley Cemetery and ended more than a half-mile away when the suspect was tackled by officers after […]
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HEMET — Officers who responded to reports of a man walking in a residential Hemet neighborhood while waving two machetes quickly located and apprehended the man after a brief struggle earlier this evening. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: HEMET: Man detained after stabbing at apartment complex Officials warning of lighting danger after AZ teens struck by lightning UPDATED: Shovel-wielding man who […]
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HEMET — Officials are investigating a stabbing that happened earlier this evening at the Green Tree Park Apartments in Hemet. The complex is located on the 1000 block of Devonshire Ave., between N. Lyon and N. Palm Avenues. The victim, who was reportedly stabbed in the chest, was later transported to an area hospital and the alleged suspect was detained […]
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HEMET — A man who had been using a shovel to break down an apartment door late last night later resisted arrest was rushed to a hospital after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest. Hemet PD has released very little information related to the violent confrontation, which happened near the 100 block of N. Hamilton, between Florida and Latham Avenues. Video shot […]
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HEMET — City, county, and state law enforcement agencies worked together tonight to find a missing elderly man considered “at-risk.” Officials searched from the ground and air, using a sheriff’s helicopter and scent-tracking bloodhound, as well as numerous patrol officers and deputies during their search. Tonight’s search ended when officials found the missing man at Hemet Valley Hospital and he […]
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HEMET — As additional details emerge about Sunday night’s fatal hit and run involving an elderly victim using a mobility scooter, shock over the callousness of the alleged suspect and grief for the victim and his family continue to reverberate throughout the San Jacinto valley and surrounding communities. According to officials, the alleged driver was a wanted parolee and believed […]
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HEMET — A wanted parolee was arrested earlier this afternoon after leading officers on a short chase and trying to elude officials by leaping from his vehicle and climbing onto the roof of a nearby apartment. Officials eventually coaxed the man down from the roof and promptly arrested him. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: HEMET: “Lover’s quarrel” leaves car heavily vandalized […]
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HEMET — Officials are investigating after a driver plowed into a home and fled the scene earlier this afternoon. No one was inside the residence at the time of the hit and run crash, which happened on the 1100 block of Johnston in the area of Camino Del Sol in Hemet. A man was reportedly arrested a short distance from […]
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HEMET — A drive-by shooting in Hemet this afternoon left three people hospitalized with gunshot injuries. One of the victims was airlifted with a life-threatening gunshot wound to the chest and the other two sustained non life-threatening gunshot injuries, officials at the scene have said. The triple shooting happened around 2:45 p.m., on the 100 block of S. Franklin St., […]
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