News From Around The County
HEMET — Authorities say they have broken up a Hemet-based sex trafficking ring that preyed upon juveniles and forced both women and girls into a life of sexual exploitation and daily emotional, physical, and sexual abuse. During their more than 8-month investigation officials say they identified and rescued fourteen victims, ten of whom were discovered to be juveniles as young […]
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HEMET — Authorities are investigating a traffic collision between a van and a boy who was reportedly riding a bicycle to school. The accident happened this morning, Tuesday, Sept. 4, near West Valley High School, in the area of Morgan Hill and Mustang Way, in Hemet. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Boy 7, who fell into Whitewater River dies after […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 1:50 p.m., With witness interview and statements, photos from the scene. SAN JACINTO — Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle motorcycle crash that killed a motorcycle rider early Tuesday morning, Sept. 4. Authorities say excessive speed was a possible contributing factor in the deadly crash that happened on W. Ramona Expressway near N. State Street. The man’s […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials have recovered the body of a person who died in a paragliding accident this morning, Monday, Sept. 3. The victim died while paragliding at Soboba Paragliding and Speed Flying, on the 900 block of Soboba Rd. in San Jacinto. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: 1 of 4 missing, CA woman, 51, located after Colorado River head-on […]
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HEMET — Bomb squad members were called out to inspect two fire extinguishers a man reportedly placed inside the Hemet DMV office before walking away earlier today. The incident forced the evacuation and closure of the office for about five hours. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: MV “speed contest” leaves multiple ejected – 4 dead, 1 seriously injured Dozens of […]
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A multi-agency task force aimed at disrupting gang operations within Riverside County descended on the San Jacinto and Coachella valleys early Thursday morning and resulted in dozens of arrests. Today’s part of the ongoing, 14-month operation – dubbed Operation Valley Vigilance – targeted individuals suspected of illegally selling drugs and weapons, according to officials. The well planned and highly coordinated […]
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VALLE VISTA — Officials say they are investigating a homicide after the body of a man was found on the driveway of a vacant Valle Vista residence, Tuesday, Aug. 28. The discovery led officials to a home on nearby D. St., and officials spent much of yesterday morning and afternoon between the two locations, which are within short walking distance of […]
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IDYLLWILD — Following a three day search, authorities located and apprehended an Oceanside man last night, alleged to have stabbed an Idyllwild victim multiple times. The violent incident happened Tuesday, Aug. 21, on the 26000 block of State Highway 243, in an unincorporated area south of Idyllwild. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two men fatally shot at MV’s Sunnymead Park RIVERSIDE: […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after a car ended up in a drainage culvert, but officials are trying to figure out how the car managed to end up stuck in the ditch this morning, Monday, Aug. 20. The solo-vehicle accident happened at the intersection of State St. and Domenigoni Parkway in Hemet. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Riverside PD […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Aug. 16, 2:45 p.m. LAKEVIEW — California Highway Patrol has released additional information after a fatal accident that happened early this morning on the 34000 block of Gilman Springs Rd., in the unincorporated community of Lakeview. An Ontario man died in the collision that ripped the roof off an SUV that plowed into a dairy hauling tractor-trailer big-rig. […]
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