News From Around The County
EAST HEMET – One man died and another was airlifted after a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision, Monday, May 8. The fatal accident happened on the 47000 block of Highway 74 just east of Doe Canyon Road and the San Bernardino Forest Service’s Cranston Station #54, in the unincorporated area of Valle Vista. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim as Bernardo Santana-Brito, 52, of […]
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Robert Carter of Public Safety Incidents contributed to this report. HEMET – A man was arrested for driving under the influence after he attempted to flee from an early-morning wreck, Tuesday, May 9. The accidents happened on S. Santa Fe Street near Mayberry Avenue in Hemet. Officials have not released the name of the alleged drunk driver, who was described as […]
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HEMET – Several Hemet area schools were placed on temporary lock down today, after law enforcement officers received “911 calls” in connection with one of the schools, Monday, May 8. Officials lifted the lock downs just after 1:20 p.m., according to a school district official. There were no reported injuries or incidents related to the short lock down. The incident […]
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SAN JACINTO – A motorcyclist was injured in a two-vehicle crash Sunday, May 7. The head-on accident happened in a residential neighborhood at the intersection of Savory Lane and Avena Way southwest of N. Ramona Expressway in San Jacinto. After the accident, the motorcyclist was transported to an area hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San […]
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HEMET – A traffic accident between two vehicles sent a car careening into a sign and through a residential fence Sunday, May 7. There were no reported injuries related to the two-vehicle crash, that happened at the intersection of N. Hamilton and W. Latham Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Fire and Police personnel responded to the scene of the accident about […]
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UPDATE: May 4, 6 p.m. HEMET – Sheriff’s officials announced they located a Hemet resident who had been reported missing the previous day. “Hartzler was reunited with her family,” Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Robert Duckett said in a written follow-up Thursday, May 4. “Deputies from the Hemet Sheriff Station located Stephanie Hartzler in the area of State Street and the Ramona […]
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HOMELAND – Details are still emerging after a pedestrian was fatally struck earlier tonight. The victim was hit while walking in the area of Highway 74 and Juniper Flats Road in the unincorporated community of Homeland, between the cities of Hemet and Perris. California Highway Patrol and Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire officials were dispatched to the scene of the major-injury, […]
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SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s investigators conducting surveillance related to reports of a “sexual predator” seen prowling in a San Jacinto neighborhood arrested a man they reportedly caught “peeping” into house windows, Wednesday morning, May 3. Authorities made the early-morning arrest on the 300 block of Hazeldell Avenue in San Jacinto. The neighborhood where the man was arrested is west of […]
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SAN JACINTO – Just days after a woman’s lifeless body was discovered on the side of a San Jacinto road Saturday, April 29, sheriff’s officials announced the arrest of two men, accused in the victim’s shooting death. (Click link to view original story and initial updates.) The victim’s body was found on the 2600 block of Esplanade Avenue. Although sheriff’s officials […]
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UPDATE: May 3, 7 p.m. Coroner’s officials have identified the pedestrian who was killed while crossing San Jacinto Avenue, Tuesday morning, May 2. Officials identified the victim as Darrick Peters, 21, of Hemet. According to officials, Peters died after he was struck by an SUV. Peters was pronounced dead at the scene of the traffic accident at 5:31 a.m. Officials are […]
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