News From Around The County
HEMET — Families and children enjoying a Halloween afternoon at Hemet’s Mary Henley Park were sent scrambling for safety when more than a half-dozen officers flooded into the park after receiving reports of a man with a gun at the location. A Hemet area community news reporting group captured video of the tense incident, which they later shared online with […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 31, 11:20 a.m. See original story, photos, and video below. SAN JACINTO — Officials have identified a man who died in a fiery head-on crash into a San Jacinto tree yesterday morning, Tuesday, Oct. 30. The deadly crash happened on N. Alessandro St., south of Ramona Expressway. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified 20-year-old, San Jacinto resident, Jacob […]
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WINCHESTER — Witnesses say two teens are lucky to be alive after the pair were involved in a head-on crash with a repo truck towing a third vehicle in the unincorporated community of Winchester last night. The tremendous impact ripped the entire front of the teens’ sedan off and sheared the motor from the car – launching both the heavy […]
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SAN JACINTO — An allegedly intoxicated driver was arrested in San Jacinto after she plowed broadside into another car, seriously injuring an elderly man. The accident happened early yesterday morning, Saturday, Oct. 27, at the intersection of Ramona Expressway and State St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Officials confirm body pulled from lake missing Menifee man, 34 UPDATED: Four victims […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. With victim’s identification and other details. LAKE ELSINORE — Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have confirmed that a body pulled from Lake Elsinore lake Thursday morning, Oct. 25, was that of 34-year-old, Samuel “Sam” Selay, of Menifee. The announcement has left Selay’s family overcome with grief, Selay’s wife explained after she was notified that sheriff […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Oct. 26, 11:50 a.m. See original story, photos and video below. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who first attempted to escape from Hemet Jail and later fought with officers and hospital staff at Hemet Valley Hospital. SEE ALSO: Officers save woman who hanged herself at Hemet Jail After a request for information about the two violent […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 9:50 p.m. MORENO VALLEY –CHP updated at 9:35 a.m., that the three vehicles involved in this morning’s chain-reaction crash had been towed from the scene. CHP’s incident log also indicated that all official vehicles had left the area and that the incident was being investigated as a minor injury traffic collision. MORENO VALLEY — Authorities […]
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HEMET — A bicyclist was hospitalized with minor injuries after a vehicle pulling out of a Hemet parking lot struck the man this morning, Tuesday, Oct. 23. The collision, which knocked the man off his bike and onto the ground, happened on N. Franklin St., between Florida Ave. and St John Place. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Huge Murrieta active shooter […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Oct. 22, 3:45 p.m., With Cal Fire body cam footage (See below.) SAN JACINTO — A family was displaced by a residential fire that broke out at a San Jacinto home earlier this morning, Wednesday, Oct. 17. No injuries were reported after the fire that left the home, located on the 500 block of Rosario Ave., between Main […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after a small sedan veered off the roadway, mowed down a metal fence outside a Hemet assisted care facility, and smashed head-on into a metal light pole this afternoon, Saturday, Oct. 20. Officials are still working to determine the cause of the crash, which ended up in the parking lot of The Village Assisted […]
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