News From Around The County
HEMET, Calif. — Two people sustained minor injuries and were displaced after a residential structure fire tore through a Little Lake area duplex late Sunday night, June 21. Although a dog was initially feared lost to the overnight blaze, which happened on the 41000 block of Briarwood Ave. in an unincorporated area of Hemet, the family pet was later found […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A Menifee motorcyclist has died after a pickup truck pulling a trailer made a left turn in front of the rider, causing the man to lose control and be ejected from his motorcycle in an unincorporated area of Hemet earlier today, Saturday, June 20. The deadly crash occurred on a winding and narrow mountain roadway at the […]
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SAN JACINTO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies covering several allied Southern California counties partnered together to dismantle a huge, Chinese run, drug trafficking operation Friday, June 19. During the day-long operation, officials served twenty-three search warrants and arrested nearly two dozen people related to illegal indoor residential marijuana grows, marijuana sales and conspiracy occurring in the […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — Authorities say a violent attack in San Jacinto left a 52-year-old man with serious injuries that required emergency surgery Thursday evening, June 18. Although officials have released few details about the incident, which happened inside a private residence on the 1000 block of Evans St., between Las Rosas Dr. and S. Hewitt St., deputies arrested a […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — A man was killed after a fiery San Jacinto wreck early Tuesday morning, June 16. According to officials now investigating the fatal accident, which happened on Cottonwood Ave. west of Warren Rd., say the victim was speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road into oncoming traffic just before losing control and crashing. LEADING […]
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UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Online jail records indicate officials arrested the man involved in last Friday’s hours-long, armed and barricaded standoff. Jesse Martinez, 36, of Hemet, was taken into custody after officials used lengthy negotiations and flash bangs to convince him to exit a residence where he had barricaded himself following […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, June 17, 1:38 p.m., With victim’s correct ages. HEMET, Calif. — A group of adults and juveniles setting off fireworks at a Hemet apartment complex came under fire, injuring two juveniles Saturday evening, June 13. Although witnesses at the scene initially reported the children were believed to be 10 and 13, a sister of one of the victims […]
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SAN JACINTO, Calif. — Reports of shots fired at a woman in San Jacinto led to the arrest of two men late Thursday evening, June 11. Although the originally reported victim was never located, after spotting a vehicle seen speeding away from the area and detaining the car’s occupants, deputies found the pair was in possession of a loaded handgun. […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Missing since last month, the body of a missing Hemet bicyclist was discovered down a steep and rocky embankment along Vista Del Valle, a mountainous roadway with many sharp curves in the Hemet foothills Thursday afternoon, June 11. The victim, Brian Darrell Grangaard, 45, of Hemet, had been missing since May 25, after he left his home […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A dangerous pursuit involving a stolen pickup truck and loaded trailer wound its way through Hemet before ending with an officer involved shooting overnight, Friday, June 12. The alleged suspect, who was not struck by the officer’s gunfire, was arrested and transported to an area hospital “as a precaution”, according to officials who are now investigating the […]
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