News From Around The County
HEMET — Reports of a group of people fighting inside a Hemet neighborhood led to shots being fired, with one man who was struck by gunfire and hospitalized Saturday afternoon, Feb. 23. The fight and shooting happened on the 300 block of Jade St., between Gilbert and State streets. The shooting victim sustained non-life threatening injuries and is expected to […]
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BURNEY — After years of planning, fundraising, and hard work spearheaded by Friends of the Intermountain Libraries Inc., the tiny mountain community of Burney could soon see the town’s small library move from its current, one-room location on Siskiyou St. to a newer, more modern, and much larger building, centrally located downtown on Main St. The decision whether or not […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Authorities arrested a man they say dragged a 61-year-old woman into the back of a Moreno Valley business where he sexually assaulted, attempted to rape, and then robbed the employee Thursday morning, Feb. 21. The victim was hospitalized after the violent and traumatizing encounter, which happened at an unspecified business in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Blvd., […]
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HEMET — A woman who unwittingly led police officers on a short pursuit was later cited and released after she claimed she had no idea that she was being chased by at least two patrol vehicles earlier today, Friday, Feb. 22. Although the woman was being followed by marked, black and white patrol vehicles with their lights flashing and sirens […]
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HEMET — Snowfall, black ice, and driving described by CHP as “unsafe for the weather and roadway conditions,” are being called contributing factors in a multiple-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Sage Rd. yesterday afternoon, Thursday, Feb. 21. The numerous crashes caused at least one vehicle to overturn and sent several others careening off the road and down embankments along a winding […]
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From Murrieta Police Department: In today’s “Lighter Side of the News…” – Officer Power responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked along a busy road. The caller informed dispatch that the car had been parked in the same spot for several minutes and was occupied by a female. Officer Power contacted the female driver to see if her […]
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TEMECULA — Teen fans of the 2015 book “Everything, Everything”, which was later turned into a box-office hit of the same name in 2017, are invited to join Temecula’s Novel Knights Teen Book Club next March for a “fun discussion” about the book and its subject. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child […]
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HEMET — A routine Hemet traffic enforcement stop led to the discovery of a significant amount of methamphetamine and heroin, as well as the arrest of a felon who was driving the vehicle and in possession of the drugs, Wednesday evening, Feb. 20. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child seriously injured in […]
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MURRIETA — Officials are at the scene of a two-vehicle accident involving a passenger vehicle and an ambulance that happened earlier this morning, Friday, Feb 22. The accident happened in the 30000 block of Auld Rd., near the Southwest Justice Center Superior Courthouse. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child seriously injured in […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Feb 22, 12 p.m. RIVERSIDE — Detectives investigating the stabbing death of a 51-year-old man at Riverside’s Shamel Park announced the arrest of a felon they say was responsible for the fatal stabbing. Authorities had previously released that Brian Byrd, of Riverside, was found deceased at the park, located just southeast of Arlington and Brockton avenues. The victim […]
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