News From Around The County
HEMET – After receiving a tip about a man spotted driving a stolen vehicle, Hemet police officers swooped in and arrested the driver – who also had several warrants – as he sat inside the car outside a CVS Pharmacy. The short but tense incident, which happened Monday, March 20 in front of CVS Pharmacy, sent several CVS employees and shoppers […]
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HEMET – Hemet police investigators are seeking the public’s help solving the 2016 murder of a Marine Corps Veteran and father of two children. RELATED: Veteran, father of 2, dead after Hemet double stabbing, second victim recovering (Click link to view story.) RELATED: Police still seeking witnesses to June stabbing of Marine Veteran (Click link to view story.) Nicholas Males, 29, of Whittier, died Sunday, June […]
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EAST HEMET – A motorcycle that was abandoned after it caught fire at a gas station forced the temporary closure of the business Sunday, March 19. The blaze erupted at Shell gas station at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Stanford Street in the unincorporated area of East Hemet. Fire personnel responded to the fire after multiple people called 911 […]
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TEMECULA – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, March 14, after he allegedly attempted to pull over another motorist using law enforcement-style flashing lights and a siren. What the man did not realize was that the person he was trying to pull over was an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was travelling in the area of Winchester and Murrieta Hot […]
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HEMET – Police officials are crediting a citizen’s anonymous tip with leading them to identifying and arresting an East Hemet resident who allegedly killed a 66-year-old Hemet resident in a hit and run traffic collision Tuesday, March 7. (Click link to view original story.) The victim, later identified as Danny Silva, was killed about 6:18 p.m., while crossing Florida Avenue in Hemet. […]
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HEMET – A Hemet area transient and convicted felon who attacked a Hemet police officer and tried to stab the official with his own badge Sept. 8, 2016, pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 7 to one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. (Click link to read original story.) The man, who was identified as 46-year-old, Gerald Owen Peachie, was arrested after the violent altercation with […]
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UPDATE: March 9, 9:30 a.m. HEMET – City of Hemet police officials are seeking the public’s help identifying a hit and run driver who struck and killed an elderly pedestrian Tuesday evening, March 7. The victim was fatally struck while he was walking across a busy Hemet Street. The fatal accident happened about 6:18 p.m., in the middle of the roadway […]
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HEMET – A driver was left trapped inside his vehicle after a two-car, injury traffic collision Monday, Feb. 27. The accident happened in the area of Warren Road and Florida Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Fire and Police officials responded to the accident after City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received several calls from other motorists reporting the collision. Callers advised the driver […]
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SAN JACINTO – Two people were injured, one of whom sustained life-threatening injuries, in a two-vehicle traffic collision Monday, Feb. 27. The accident happened in the area of Ramona Expressway near Main Street in San Jacinto. Deputies from the San Jacinto Police Department responded to the injury traffic collision about 5:25 p.m., after numerous people called 911 to report the wreck. […]
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COLTON – Coroner officials have identified a Hemet resident who was killed while reportedly driving the wrong direction on Interstate 215 Freeway in Colton, Friday, March 3. The deadly accident happened on southbound Interstate 215 near Barton and Iowa Roads, according to CHP and San Bernardino County Coroner officials. The man was later identified by coroner officials as 28-year-old Joey Hernandez. California […]
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