News From Around The County
A City of Hemet firefighter from Engine Company 2 – one of the first to arrive at the fire – is seen battling the residential blaze. Courtesy photo from Hemet Fire Department – by Joe Fanaselle HEMET – City of Hemet firefighters and other emergency personnel responded to a residential fire in the area of West Whittier Avenue and South Santa […]
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HEMET – A man was arrested early this morning for several weapons charges after he led Hemet Police Officers on a brief foot chase Sept. 29. The incident began as a traffic stop in the area of Acacia Avenue and Girard Street. After first running from and then fighting with officers and Hemet PD’s K9 ‘Jack,’ Kenneth Alex Hurtado, 20, of San […]
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WRITERS NOTE: THE NAME OF THE DRIVER, WHICH WAS PROVIDED BY A WITNESS AT THE SCENE AND THE DRIVER’S WIFE, HAS BEEN OMITTED FROM THIS REPORT, PENDING VERIFICATION AND RELEASE FROM THE SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT. WRITERS NOTE #2: A PREVIOUS VERSION OF THIS REPORT INCLUDED A STATEMENT FROM THE WIFE OF THE DRIVER INVOLVED IN THIS COLLISION. THAT STATEMENT AND HER […]
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HEMET – A three vehicle traffic accident forced the closure of at least two roads Monday, Sept. 26. The accident happened at the intersection of Devonshire Avenue and Meyers Street. Hemet police officers, City of Hemet firefighters, and American Medical Response emergency medical technicians responded to the accident that was dispatched at 2:50 p.m. The first fire engine company and AMR […]
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UPDATE: 09/26/206 1:35 p.m. SAN JACINTO – More facts are emerging about a fatal two vehicle traffic accident that happened on Sanderson Avenue Sunday, September 25. The accident occurred north of Ramona Expressway and south of Gilman Springs Road in San Jacinto. The deadly accident happened at 2:45 a.m. The driver of a Toyota truck that was struck by an out of control Ford […]
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On Scene photography/videography: William Hayes / Epicenter News/Loudlabs News John Strangis / OnScene.TV HOMELAND – Firefighters battled a late night blaze in a storage lot on Highway 74 near Agnew Avenue Sunday, Sept. 18. Their efforts to knock down the fire were hampered by live power lines that were melting and shooting huge sparks. As the the power lines melted […]
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Firefighters assess the damage to the sedan and bus involved in the collision. Miguel Shannon photo HEMET – A traffic collision between a Hemet Unified school bus and a passenger vehicle this morning left one person injured and backed up traffic for about an hour. The accident happened at the intersection of Sanderson and Devonshire Avenues. CHP officers, Hemet police officers, City of […]
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UPDATE #4: 09/21/2016 4:14 p.m. PERRIS – A Hemet resident has been arrested and charged with murder related to an April 10 traffic collision that killed Wesley Erickson, a 52-year-old Riverside resident in a vehicle versus motorcycle collision. The fiery wreck that killed Erickson happened at about 8:55 p.m. After the fatal accident, sheriff’s investigators had blood drawn from Alvarado to […]
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HEMET – An Orange County man with multiple prior convictions was sentenced Monday, Sept. 19 to 185 years to life in state prison. The man allegedly robbed a Hemet Subway in the 3500 block of Stetson Avenue July 7, 2015 and committed another fast food robbery the day before on July 6, 2015. Raynaldo Sanchez Salcido, 50, of Yorba Linda was arrested […]
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SAN JACINTO – Multiple gunshots fired at a home in the 200 Block of East 6th Street near S. Sheriff Avenue in San Jacinto rattled nerves and left residents feeling frightened to leave their homes Saturday, Sept. 17. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station rushed to the scene of the shooting at about 8:18 p.m. after receiving several 911 calls […]
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