News From Around The County
HEMET — An officer investigating reports of a fight between two brothers soon found himself involved in his own fight earlier this afternoon, when one of the siblings resisted the officer during the investigation. Nearly a dozen officers responded – with lights flashing and sirens wailing – to a call for assistance placed by the officer. The person who fought […]
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HEMET — A man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested after being pulled over by Hemet PD earlier this afternoon. The alleged suspect was arrested after pulling into a business parking lot in the area of N. State Street and W. Latham Avenue in Hemet. Officers arrested the man, whose name and information have not yet been released, after a motorcycle officer […]
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UPDATED/CORRECTED: Friday, Mar. 16, 11:30 p.m. With additional info and details from HPD Chief Webb. HEMET — A member of the District Attorney’s office assigned to the City of Hemet PD’s Gang Impact Team was injured yesterday afternoon while helping other officers apprehend a man who had just led authorities on a dangerous pursuit in a stolen vehicle, according to officials. The […]
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SAN JACINTO — A woman suffered major injuries and had to be rescued and airlifted from the side of a steep and rugged mountainous area near Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying, Tuesday Mar. 6. The sports complex features paragliding and parasailing and is located at 255 Soboba Road, in an unincorporated area northeast of San Jacinto. Heavy winds, high speeds, and lack of experience […]
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HEMET — Officials from two San Jacinto Valley law enforcement agencies worked together Monday night to diffuse an armed standoff and safely apprehend a distraught man. According to witnesses the man had repeatedly fired a handgun into the air and was threatening to hurt himself. Hemet PD officers responded to an apartment complex on Rosalia Avenue shortly before 9:30 p.m., after both city and county emergency […]
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HEMET — Officials arrested two people who were stopped while driving a vehicle with license plates from a stolen car. The stop and arrests happened Wednesday evening, Feb. 22, in front of Quality Inn on the 1200 block of West Florida Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet police officers were on patrol when they observed a red, 1995 Ford Mustang convertible being driven in the area […]
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HEMET — A man who allegedly threw a rock through a fast food restaurant drive-thru window before fleeing on foot was eventually apprehended and arrested for vandalism. The incident happened Saturday morning, Jan. 27, at a KFC on w. Florida Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet police officers responded to the fast food restaurant about 11:30 a.m., after an employee and several […]
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HEMET — Details are still emerging and officials have said very little after at least three people, including an on-duty Hemet police officer, were injured in a three-vehicle crash that CHP officials confirmed was possibly caused by street racing Monday, July 24. The accident – that destroyed all three vehicles and left one almost beyond recognition – happened in the 3000 […]
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Robert Carter of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report. VALLE VISTA – A woman was assaulted and her adult son was arrested after the 30-year-old man allegedly attacked and choked his mother Sunday, May 14. The violent Mother’s Day assault happened at the Rancho De Anza Mobile Home Park on the 43000 block of Highway 74 in the unincorporated […]
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HEMET – Several juveniles were detained and a stolen purse was recovered after numerous juveniles ran into an open garage, snatched a purse and ran off into a dark neighborhood. The residential burglary happened in the 900 block of Mayberry Avenue at the intersection of S. Santa Fe Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet police officers were dispatched to the home […]
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