News From Around The County
HOMELAND – An early-morning, minor injury traffic collision left the carnage of a trailer, a wrecked and rolled over backhoe construction vehicle and a sedan Friday, Oct.7. The accident happened in the area of 32464 SR74 at the intersection of Joppe Avenue in an unincorporated area on the west border of Homeland and on the east border of Valley Vista. One witness reported […]
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Deputies make a cautious approach to a residence where an elderly man in medical distress fired at least two rounds from an unknown type weapon in an attempt to bring medics to his aid. Robert Carter photo UPDATE: 10/07/2016 9:52 a.m. With additional information from Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. VALLE VISTA – Reports of shots fired from a home in the […]
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UPDATE: 10/05/2016 9:45 p.m. SAN JACINTO – A person travelling in a motorized wheelchair across S. San Jacinto Avenue was struck and killed by a passing motorist Wednesday, Oct. 5, according to sheriff’s officials. The accident happened directly across the street from the San Jacinto Unified School District building, just north of E. Midway Avenue and south of E. Commonwealth Avenue […]
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MENIFEE – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 4, after he allegedly held a woman against her will and assaulted her in a woman’s restroom at the Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Campus at 28237 La Piedra Road in Menifee. The victim defended herself and fought back, managing to flee from the restroom where the incident reportedly occurred. After investigating the […]
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HEMET – A local resident was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home and leading officers on a foot chase Wednesday, Oct. 5. The arrest and incident began in the 300 block of S. Juanita Street. Hemet police officers arrested Ellis Smith, 21, of Hemet, and he was later booked into county jail. According to a press release from Hemet PD, Smith […]
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HEMET/RIVERSIDE – Two women were arrested after they allegedly hit a total of four Target stores throughout the day stealing baby formula. One of the incidents occurred at Target in the 2700 block of Canyon Springs Parkway Wednesday, Sept. 28. Loss prevention officers stopped he two women as they were leaving the store while trying to steal over $1,000 in baby formula from the Canyon […]
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The driver of the Toyota that caused the nearly head-on collision sustained major traumatic injuries. She was later arrested for DUI. Aric Bell photo HEMET – A woman sustained major injuries when a vehicle she was driving drifted into the opposing lanes of traffic and collided nearly head on with a vehicle occupied by a family of five, according to […]
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HEMET – Multiple 911 reports of shots being fired in the parking lot of a Chase Bank brought several officers rushing to the scene of what some callers reported as a possible bank robbery Saturday, Oct. 1. The bank is located at 1800 E. Florida Avenue between N. Mayflower and N. Yale Streets The incident was reported to City of Hemet dispatchers at […]
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A recreational trailer was quickly destroyed as a vegetation fire near Eaton and N. Lyon Avenues grew into a raging blaze. William Whelan photo UPDATE:10/05/2016 2:52 a.m. Officials announced the apprehension of two minors, accused of starting a field fire that quickly grew into a city-wide emergency. The small vegetation fire began Friday, September 30, just after 6 p.m., in […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A man associated with three different former children’s daycare facilities in three different inland empire cities was arrested for child molestation related charges Sept. 22. Riverside County sheriff’s investigators from the Moreno Valley Police Station arrested the man after two victims came forward alleging that they were molested by an associate of one of the former facilities that […]
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