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SAN JACINTO — In the wake of countless fatal and major injury collisions throughout the San Jacinto valley over the last three years, officials from the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station hosted the first ever “Quality of Life – Traffic Enforcement Saturation operation” yesterday, Feb. 26. Wednesday’s operation yielded 320 citations and 15 arrests, according to officials. Citing more than 2,450 […]
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SOUTHWEST RIVERSIDE COUNTY — Nine people were arrested for various charges and outstanding warrants when officials conducted a two-day “zero tolerance” compliance check of registered sex offenders Feb. 20 and 21. The targeted enforcement operation focused on the unincorporated areas of Idyllwild, Mountain Center, Anza, Aguanga, and Sage. During the operation, officials located and seized four firearms, five grams of […]
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SAN JACINTO — Three people were injured, including one who was left trapped inside the mangled wreck of their car after a two-vehicle, head-on collision involving two vehicles Monday morning, Feb. 17. The major injury crash happened in the area of SR-79/Lamb Canyon and Gilman Springs Rd. in an unincorporated area north of San Jacinto. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Fleeing […]
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HEMET — Authorities last night arrested a man they allege plowed into and knocked down a light pole at the intersection of Florida Ave and Santa Fe St., before fleeing the scene and hitting two additional vehicles. The second, major injury crash happened on Stetson Ave., just west of Lyon Ave., about three miles from the first collision. Several people […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Feb. 2, 5:50 p.m., With release of coroner’s identification. SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a San Jacinto woman who died when her vehicle plowed head-on into a tree in San Jacinto early Saturday morning, Feb. 1. The deadly, solo-vehicle crash happened on Cottonwood Ave., west of Lyon Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Kidnapped from Jurupa Valley, […]
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TEMECULA — A Hemet man was killed when he lost control of his speeding motorcycle and collided head-on with a tractor-trailer big-rig, Thursday evening, Jan. 30. Alcohol intoxication was considered a contributing factor in the deadly crash, which happened on Hwy 79/Temecula Parkway, between Butterfield Stage and Anza roads, in an unincorporated area just east of Temecula, CHP has since […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 30, 8 a.m. See Original Story below. WINCHESTER — Officials have released the names of two drivers who were killed in a head-on collision in Winchester last Friday morning, Jan. 24. The fatal wreck happened around 1 a.m., on Winchester Rd., just north of Scott Rd. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Home Gardens assault leaves one dead Search […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Jan. 6, 3 p.m., With additional details and update from Hemet PD. HEMET — Authorities are continuing to search for a suspect who critically injured a Hemet man while stealing the victim’s expensive camera during a Christmas day robbery. The victim, who is continuing to recover, was dragged several blocks after trying to hold on to his camera […]
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HEMET — Three people were hospitalized after a two vehicle, broadside collision at the intersection of W. Stetson Ave and S. Elk St., Saturday evening, Jan. 5. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Victim, 63, ID’d after deadly Aguanga crash – Suspect on the run Lake Elsinore search warrant yields more than 11 pounds of meth, heroin UPDATE: Four arrested after […]
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MENIFEE — Authorities yesterday announced the arrest of a Bakersfield man they say was responsible for the shooting death of a beloved Menifee coach who was shot in front of his 13-year-old son last June. The fatal shooting happened outside the victim’s home in the 29000 block of Light Sails Court, in Menifee’s Heritage Lake community. The victim, 38-year-old, Claudell […]
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