News From Around The County
HEMET – A man with a realistic-looking replica firearm led Hemet Police officers on a foot pursuit through heavy traffic across Florida Avenue before he was tackled by an off-duty Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and then subdued by several pursuing officers Thursday, Sept. 15. Officers identified the man as Christopher Lee Mahone, a 27-year old transient from the Los Angeles area. Officers […]
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UPDATE: 09/16/2016 3:45 p.m. See original story below. HEMET – In a move that has left many people shocked, stunned, and even furious, Hemet Police officials and social workers from Child Protective Services determined that no crime was committed during a videotaped incident in which a father appeared to be abusing his son by kneeling onto the boy’s testicles while […]
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One person was killed and another was injured in a two vehicle collision on SR 79 near Construction Road in Winchester. Loudlabs News Contributing Writer/On Scene Reporter – William Hayes By – Trevor Montgomery WINCHESTER – One person was killed and another was injured in a traffic collision Sept. 15. The fatal accident happened on State Route 79 just south of […]
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SAN JACINTO – Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station arrested a man for attempted murder and other charges after a violent domestic violence incident Saturday, Sept. 10. The incident happened in the 600 block of E. Washington Avenue. During a subsequent investigation deputies learned Henry Estavillo, 33, of San Jacinto was already out of jail on probation. At […]
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HEMET – Three months after a Marine Corps Veteran and father of two children was fatally stabbed during a fight outside a Hemet bar, Hemet police officials are still seeking the public’s help identifying and locating suspects and witnesses to the deadly incident. RELATED: Veteran, father of 2, dead after Hemet double stabbing, second victim recovering (Click link to view original story.) […]
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UPDATE: 09/23/2016 1 p.m. RIVERSIDE – A convicted felon accused of using a firearm to carjack a San Jacinto resident’s vehicle pleaded not guilty today to carjacking and using a deadly weapon during the commission of a felony. Jorge Alejandro Ojeda Jr., 40, of San Jacinto, was arrested Friday, Sept. 9 after Riverside County sheriff’s officials conducted an investigation into the carjacking the occurred the […]
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HEMET – A man was slightly injured when he lost control of his truck, nearly sideswiped a tree, and then smashed into a light pole Tuesday, Sept. 13. The accident happened just east of the intersection of Florida and Palm Avenues. The 50-year-old driver, who was not identified, said he was driving westbound on Florida Avenue when another vehicle suddenly […]
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HEMET – A Hemet resident on PRCS probation out of San Bernardino County was arrested while driving a stolen vehicle during a traffic stop Friday, Sept. 9. During the early morning traffic stop, an officer located a sawed-off rifle inside the stolen car. The traffic stop and subsequent arrest occurred at the Hemet Valley Hospital in the 300 block of North San […]
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HEMET — Authorities say they have arrested a 15-year-old they allege stabbed another man multiple times early Thursday morning, Sept. 8, leaving the victim in critical condition with severe, life-threatening injuries. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: 25 hospitalized, 5 critical, after mass casualty event at Redlands wedding venue UPDATED: Women from Temecula, Riverside, ID’d after deadly SR-74 head-on LE crash UPDATE: […]
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HEMET – A 15-year-old juvenile male was arrested and charged with attempted murder after he allegedly stabbed and critically injured a man Thursday, Sept. 8. The stabbing incident happened in the area of Valley View Drive and West Latham Avenue. City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received a 911 call at about 1:56 a.m. regarding the report of a man down in the area […]
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