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UPDATE/CORRECTION: 11/25/2016 5 p.m. According to an official press release from Hemet Police Lt. Eric Dickson, only one vehicle was involved in this traffic collision, not two vehicles as was earlier reported. The second vehicle initially believed to be involved in the accident was later determined to be a passing motorist who stopped to assist the victims after the accident. […]
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SAN JACINTO – Very few details have been released regarding a man who was reportedly shot Thanksgiving day, Thursday, Nov. 24. The shooting happened in the 300 block of Santo Drive near S. Jordan Avenue in San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station responded to a 911 call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon […]
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HEMET – A Hemet resident was killed in an accident that was reported to Hemet police emergency dispatchers just before midnight, Wednesday, Nov. 23. The fatal accident happened on Simpson Road east of California Avenue in Hemet. The location where the accident occurred borders the unincorporated community of Winchester. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim killed in the accident as […]
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ROMOLAND – A Romoland resident was taken into protective custody and hospitalized after a shooting incident involving sheriff’s deputies Monday, Nov. 21. The shooting happened during a reported domestic disturbance in the 24300 block of Briggs Road in the unincorporated community of Romoland. The man was later identified as 20-year-old, Austin Garcia. “Garcia was taken for a mental health evaluation and […]
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VALLEY VISTA – Excessive speed and wet roads have been listed as contributing factors in an early-morning, two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision that killed a Hemet resident Monday, November 21. The accident happened about 3:50 a.m., on Highway 74, near the Hwy 74 Discount Outlet, about 100 feet west of Calvert Avenue in Valley Vista. Valley Vista is an unincorporated community located just […]
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HEMET – Two people were arrested after a short pursuit when the vehicle the pair were in lost a tire and nearly smashed into a family of eight when the out of control car hurtled through a stop sign Sunday, Nov. 20. The pursuit began in the area of Mayberry Avenue and Yale Street and ended less than two minutes later […]
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UPDATE: 11/21/2016 12:15 p.m. HEMET – Hemet police officials have identified the victim who was fatally shot on a Hemet street last night as 32-year-old, Jabarge Singleton. Singleton was shot about 10 p.m., in the 300 block of N. Hamilton Avenue, just north of Rosalia Avenue in Hemet. Responding officers found Singleton unresponsive in the roadway. He was not breathing […]
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HEMET – Two people were rescued from Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet after their boat capsized, dumping both men in the water Sunday, Nov. 20. According to a fire official at the scene, one of the victims was an 85-year-old man who was left clinging to some rocks in the frigid water. Temperature at the lake was listed at 59 degrees at […]
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HEMET – A a barn filled with horses and at least one outbuilding were destroyed when a fire broke out at a residence in the 43000 block of Cedar Avenue Friday, Nov. 18. The property where the blaze occurred is south of the Mountain View Mobile Home Park and located between Cedar Avenue, Ramona Expressway, and Mountain Avenue in an unincorporated area of Hemet. […]
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HEMET – A man who led officers on a wild pursuit in a stolen car was arrested after leading them through the cities of Hemet and San Jacinto, into unincorporated Hemet, and then back into San Jacinto again. During the pursuit the hood on the stolen car came loose and flipped up, blocking the driver’s view making the pursuit even […]
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