News From Around The County
HEMET – At 5:20 p.m. HPD received multiple calls from RP’s regarding a head on traffic collision in the area of Santa Fe x Fruitvale. The initial report was two vehicles had collided head-on and that the driver of one of the two vehicles ran on foot into the adjacent apartment complex. Upon arrival HPD found a multicolored older model Chevy […]
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SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials are conducting a homicide investigation after a man was found killed in his home Wednesday, Oct. 26. The murder happened in the 2000 block of St. Emilion Lane, San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station responded to a 911 call regarding a deceased adult male discovered inside his residence at […]
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SAN JACINTO – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 26 that the department’s San Jacinto Police Station has been awarded a $60,000 Special Traffic Enforcement and Crash Prevention (STEP) grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant will fund a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. The San […]
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A $2,000 reward has been offered for information related to one of two recent Hemet recent Hemet robberies. Officers believe the two robberies were possibly committed by the same three suspects. Surveillance video and photos of the suspects involved was obtained and has been released to citizens in an attempt to identify the suspects involved in the incidents. (See video below.) […]
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HEMET – A man who was reportedly armed with a knife and threatening to scalp another person at a bus stop was detained and later hospitalized Saturday, Oct. 23. The incident happened in the area of Gilmore Street north of Florida Avenue in Hemet. Hemet police officers responded to the location and detained the man – a local area transient. […]
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HEMET – A motorcyclist fleeing from Hemet police officers sustained head injuries and was hospitalized when he smashed into the back of a car at the end of a pursuit Saturday, Oct. 22. A Hemet police officer initiated the vehicle pursuit at 7:54 p.m., after attempting to stop a man riding a black Harley Davidson motorcycle. The officer advised dispatchers […]
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UPDATE: 10/20/2016 11:08 a.m. SAN JACINTO – Officials from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station are asking for the public’s help in identifying the car and driver who struck and killed an elderly pedestrian in San Jacinto October 10. The victim of the hit and run was transported to a local hospital where he remained in critical condition […]
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HEMET – Two subjects were arrested while in possession of a stolen car, narcotics, weapons, and ammunition Monday, Oct. 17. The arrests followed a sighting of the stolen car by a Hemet police officer at about 8:17 p.m. A Hemet police officer on routine patrol spotted a vehicle that had been previously reported as stolen. The officer conducted a records check […]
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HEMET – A 20-year-old Hemet resident armed with a large metal chain attacked a 77-year-old senior citizen while on a vandalism spree Saturday, Oct. 15. The unprovoked incidents happened in the 700 block of W. Whittier Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet emergency dispatchers began receiving several reports of a male subject vandalizing cars and houses with a metal chain at 9:46 p.m. Officers […]
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UPDATE: 10/18/2016 2:40 p.m. With information from HUSD HEMET – Hemet Unified School District bus drivers receive many hours of training each year to prepare them for different emergency scenarios they may encounter, according to HUSD Public Information Officer Alexandria Cass. Today, Cristina Dever, Sysonna Allen, and Gabriel Figueroa’s emergency training was put to the test. The three HUSD bus drivers were […]
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