News From Around The County
NORCO, Calif. — Authorities say twenty men were arrested as a result of a day-long, Anti-Human Trafficking related prostitution sting at a hotel on the 3000 block of Hamner Ave. in Norco, Thursday, Aug. 13. The 12-hour “sex trafficking demand reduction” operation was conducted by members of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT), in partnership with personnel from […]
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CORONA. Calif. — Hanley Investment Group Real Estate Advisors, a nationally recognized real estate brokerage and advisory firm specializing in retail property sales, announced today that the firm has arranged the sale of two multi-tenant retail buildings at Village Grove Plaza, a Stater Bros. Markets- and Crunch Fitness-anchored shopping center in Corona, California. The sale price was $5.2 million. LEADING […]
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TEMESCAL VALLEY — A sex offender was arrested after a recent audit uncovered that the alleged suspect was living at a Temescal Valley residence and had failed to register his new address, Thursday morning, April 9. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Former Riverside Sears to be second Federal Medical Station site Menifee officials investigating apparent murder-suicide – 4 dead One dead, […]
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NORCO — Already out of jail on bond from another recent crime, a Norco man was arrested again after he was found sleeping with a female companion in a stolen motorhome, early Wednesday morning, Nov. 27. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Eleven suspected prostitutes swept up in Temecula sting Hit by car in Hemet, boy suffers broken leg, other injuries Hemet […]
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NORCO — A wanted Lake Elsinore felon was arrested after he was found asleep in a stolen car in Norco early Wednesday morning, Nov. 20. While speaking with the man deputies learned he had a no-bail warrant for violation of his PRCS probation and he was subsequently booked into jail on felony charges. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Winchester couple, 56 […]
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HOME GARDENS –One person was killed and two others were injured after a car crashed into a tree late Friday evening, Aug. 23. The deadly, solo-vehicle accident happened in the 12700 block of Magnolia Ave., west of Lincoln St., in the unincorporated community of Home Gardens. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Man’s hand blown off after igniting explosive device outside Hemet […]
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NORCO — Reports of a foul odor emanating from an overheated asphalt tank caused the evacuation of at least seventy-five people from five Norco businesses earlier yesterday, Wednesday, Aug. 21. Although officials determined the “strong but unharmful” odor did not pose an immediate danger to those in the area, fire officials and Air Quality Management District officials warned that any […]
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CORONA — Commuters and area motorists traveling through Corona yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, July 2, found the 15 and 91 freeways heavily congested after a tractor-trailer combo transporting dirt and sand overturned while transitioning from the southbound 15 to the eastbound 91. The accident caused a SigAlert and blocked several lanes of the eastbound 91, as well as the southbound 15 […]
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NORCO — A man already on probation for burglary was arrested again Wednesday, May 8, after he was found in possession of counterfeiting equipment and hundreds of dollars in counterfeited US currency. The man, who had a felony warrant for his arrest on an unrelated case, was arrested at his Norco home on the 4100 block of Old Hamner Rd. […]
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UPDATED: May 7, 10:45 a.m., With coroner’s release of information. CORONA –Officials have identified a 17-year-old Corona resident who died after an SUV he was a passenger in plowed into the back of a parked tractor-trailer big-rig while traveling on the 91 Freeway, just west of Green River Rd. The 18-year-old driver of the involved SUV was hospitalized with serious […]
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