News From Around The County
BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say a North Hollywood man was arrested after being caught in the act of attempting to steal an elderly woman’s wallet and cell phone from her vehicle after using a flat tire ruse to get the victim to pull over Sunday afternoon, Feb. 20. Officers had already been searching for the suspect after another elderly victim […]
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BANNING, Calif., — New details have been released after a former Banning police officer was arrested for allegedly distributing harmful and obscene matter to a minor, including explicit photos of a sexual nature, earlier this month. The suspect’s booking charges indicate he has also been accused of using a minor to create sexually explicit matter. Officials have since said the alleged […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Newly released video footage of a deadly officer and deputy-involved shooting that occurred in Beaumont last December is helping to shed light on the circumstances that led to the death of a wanted felon. The video also showed the simultaneous and heroic rescue of an officer – amidst heavy gunfire – who was left trapped and injured […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say six people were hospitalized after a vehicle careened off Hwy 79 south of Beaumont Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. Initial and unconfirmed early reports from the scene indicated several people may have been ejected from the small passenger vehicle as it overturned multiple times down a steep and rocky embankment while traveling through Lamb Canyon, just […]
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CALIMESA, Calif., — Authorities say a knife-wielding man who had just slashed several tires outside a Calimesa business was fatally shot after he charged at a responding deputy with his knife Tuesday morning, Jan. 11. No other injuries were reported after the fatal shooting, which happened in the 1000 block of Cherry Valley Boulevard, and the incident remains under investigation. […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities today are continuing to investigate the death of a man whose lifeless body was discovered outside a Beaumont business Thursday morning, January 6. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Bicycle rider, 7, ID’d after fatally struck by truck in San Jacinto Corona private school teacher’s aide arrested for lewd acts with a child younger than 14 Mecca man arrested […]
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Authorities say a multi-agency search for a wanted felon that began in the unincorporated community of Woodcrest as a domestic violence investigation ended several hours later in Beaumont after a deadly officer and deputy involved shooting. The suspect was killed in a hail of gunfire after the wanted man rammed several citizens’ and law enforcement officers’ vehicles with his full-size […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say a Beaumont man was arrested in connection to a months-long, multi-agency child pornography investigation Tuesday morning, Dec. 28. The alleged suspect, 45-year-old John Robert Crone, was released the day after his arrest after posting $10,000 bail or bond and he is scheduled to be arraigned at an unspecified court on Mar. 4. SEE OTHER RECENT […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities today are continuing to search for two suspects who were captured on video surveillance slashing or puncturing vehicle tires in the 500 blocks of Orange and Chestnut avenues during the early morning hours of Dec. 27. Officials have said that at least twenty-three vehicles have already been identified as vandalized but have also said that more […]
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BEAUMONT, Calif., — A Yucaipa motorcyclist has died after a two-vehicle collision involving a pickup truck in Beaumont early Monday morning, December 27. The fatal collision happened at the intersection of Potrero and Four Seasons boulevards and forced the hours-long closure of Potrero Boulevard, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Found dead in Mountain Center with “unexplained injuries”, […]
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