News From Around The County
HEMET — Details are beginning to emerge after a teenager was shot and injured during a Hemet traffic stop of a stolen vehicle Wednesday evening, Jan. 2. The teen who was shot was treated at an area hospital for his injuries before later being turned over to the custody of his family, according to Hemet PD. The traffic stop and […]
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HEMET — A woman was hospitalized after another driver in a pickup truck ran a Hemet stop sign and plowed into her small sedan earlier this afternoon, Thursday, Jan. 3. The man reportedly told officers he was distracted when he failed to stop at the four-way, stop sign-controlled intersection of S. Palm and W. Acacia avenues. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]
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HOMELAND — Five people were seriously injured and twenty-one residents from six homes were evacuated after a car careened out of control, rolled several times, and severed a main gas line in Homeland Saturday evening, Dec. 29. The solo-vehicle accident happened along a sweeping “S” curve in the 32500 block of Highway 74, near Panorama Cove mobile home park. LEADING […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 1, 8:30 a.m. See original story, 25 photos, and 4 videos below. HEMET — A suspicious residential blaze that left two women dead has been confirmed by fire and police officials to have been a murder-suicide. The pair was reportedly related as aunt and niece, ages 79 and 54, with one of the two acting as caretaker […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 1, 11 a.m., With GoFundMe information and other details. UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 31, 11 a.m. With additional information from Hemet PD See original story and photos below. HEMET — Officials have confirmed that a Hemet man who was shot in the chest and arm last Friday night, Dec. 28 has succumbed to his injuries and passed away. […]
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HEMET — A man saying he wanted to commit “suicide by cop” before shooting at officers who responded to his Hemet home managed to walk away – in handcuffs and with only superficial injuries – after responding officers fired a hail of bullets back at the gun-wielding suspect early Wednesday evening, Dec. 26. Officials are now investigating the standoff and […]
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Three hundred families throughout the Hemet, San Jacinto, Menifee, Murrieta, and Temecula areas, had their Christmas’ brightened a bit this year when they received holiday meal boxes from three area Masonic Lodges. The boxes each contained everything necessary for a memorable holiday meal; including meats, such as ground beef and turkey, bacon, and roasts; two bags of potatoes; corn on […]
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MENIFEE — Menifee City Manager Armando Villa last week announced an addition to his executive team of former Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown to serve as Menifee’s Interim Director of Public Safety. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: DUI with two children in car, man crashes into pumps at Hemet gas station Retired Marine engages Temecula home burglars in fierce gun battle, […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — A Fontana man wanted in connection with the shooting death last Saturday of a victim in Jurupa Valley was arrested at a Hemet home early Sunday morning, Dec. 23. The deadly shooting happened Saturday, Dec. 22, in the 7800 block of Virtue Vista Dr., near Indian Hills Golf Club. The alleged suspect was found early the next […]
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HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested after losing control of his vehicle and crashing into the pumps of a Hemet gas station Christmas eve, Dec. 24. The driver had two children in the car with him when he crashed, but the children were not injured in the collision. LEADING THE HEMET-AREA HEADLINES: Christmas eve kitchen fire displaces two […]
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