News From Around The County
HEMET — Officials are investigating after the body of a person was found deceased inside the bathroom of a local motel. The body was found Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 9, at the Florida Inn. The motel is on the 1000 block of W. Florida Avenue, between Elk Street and Hamilton Avenue, in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency […]
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HEMET — A man who was reportedly walking down the middle of Florida Avenue in Hemet was struck by a motorist and hospitalized, Saturday afternoon, Jan 6. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency medical responders were dispatched to the 2200 block of W. Florida Avenue, between Kirby and N. Gilmore Streets, about 2:15 p.m., after […]
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HOMELAND — A mobile home was destroyed by a fast-moving fire that reportedly spread from the structure into nearby brush, Wednesday evening, Jan. 3. The blaze happened on the 32000 block of Falcon View Lane, just north of Seaview Drive and east of Juniper Flats Road, in the unincorporated community of Homeland. Firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 11, 11:45 p.m. Sheriff’s officials have announced the arrest of four Hemet area residents in connection with last week’s double murder of Lauren Lopez and Patrick Powell Jr. The two men and two women arrested for the double homicide have been booked into jail and remain in custody – two held on bail ranging from $2 to $3 million and two held […]
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HEMET — City and County law enforcement officials and members of the Sheriff’s bomb squad who responded to reports of a suspicious looking package found under a vehicle later determined the box had been empty and posed no danger. Despite that fact it was not immediately known if the empty box, which was found lodged under the driver’s door of […]
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HEMET — A person died after being involved in a two-vehicle, head-on, traffic collision, early Tuesday evening, Jan. 2. The fatal accident happened on Warren Road near Devonshire Avenue in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire officials along with other emergency first responders rushed to the scene of the accident about 5:42 p.m., after other motorists and witnesses called 911 […]
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HEMET — A 73-Year-old Hemet resident died after he was involved in a single-vehicle, rollover accident, late Friday evening, Dec. 29. The fatal rollover happened in the area of State Street and Domenigoni Parkway in Hemet. The deadly crash was one of two deadly wrecks that happened less than six miles apart in Hemet over the New Year’s holiday weekend. SEE RELATED: Hemet man […]
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HEMET — A man believed to have suffered a medical emergency shortly before midnight, New Year’s eve, crashed into two poles supporting a large, lighted, display sign at a Hemet gas station and later died at a local hospital. The accident happened late Sunday evening, Dec. 31, in the area of Lyon and W. Florida Avenues. The fatal collision was one of two deadly wrecks that happened […]
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HEMET — Firefighters successfully knocked down a fast-moving blaze that swept through a home, early Thursday morning, Dec. 28. The destructive fire broke out on the 41000 block of Nona Court, between Stetson and Thornton Avenues, in the unincorporated community of Little Lake. Little Lake is located southeast of the city of Hemet. Firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to […]
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HEMET — Officers arrested at least one person in connection with a robbery that happened at a Hemet Sears, Tuesday afternoon, Dec. 26. The Sears where the incident happened is at the Hemet Valley Mall on the 2200 block of W. Florida Avenue. City of Hemet police officers were dispatched to the business about 1:50 p.m., after receiving reports of a […]
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