News From Around The County
HEMET – Hemet Police Officers arrested three men for different charges after two of the men allegedly robbed Hemet’s Depot Deli, at 200 W Florida Avenue, Saturday, June 25. The robbery was reported at about 3:20 a.m., according to police officials. An investigation revealed two of three suspects entered Depot Deli and assaulted the employee while in the process of […]
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HEMET – A man and a woman led Hemet Police officers on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit. Thursday, June 23. The pursuit began at about 4:45 a.m. when an officer with the Hemet Police Department attempted to stop a vehicle. Although the driver managed to elude pursuing officers after he fled on foot from the vehicle, he inadvertently left his driver’s license when he fled […]
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HEMET – Two Hemet residents were arrested after Hemet Police officials served a search warrant in the 400 block of Vernal Lane, in Hemet. Members of the Hemet Police Department served the warrant at about 6:30 pm, Thursday, June, 10, according to police officials. Luis Braulio Ojeda, 29, and Desiree Monique Escalante, 31, both of Hemet, were arrested Thursday evening after […]
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SAN JACINTO – Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit and San Jacinto Police Station made an arrest after a 2 1/2 year investigation into the fatal shooting of a 38-year-old San Jacinto resident, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Jeff Buompensiero. The fatal shooting occurred in the 400 block of El Dorado Street, in San Jacinto. “Investigators from the […]
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From San Jacinto PD / Riverside Sheriff’s Department *All arrests are public information and all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in court.* Trespassing/ Receiving Stolen Property On 06/21/16, about 8:34 A.M., deputies with the San Jacinto Police Department arrived at the 1400 block of Conrad Place, regarding trespassing. Arthur Hernandez, a 33-year-old from San Bernardino, was arrested for trespassing […]
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HEMET – A citizens’ 911 call regarding suspicious activity at Gibbel park, led to a violent confrontation with a suspect who attacked and injured a Hemet Police officer and led officers on a tense foot pursuit Friday, June 24. The park is located at 2500 W Florida Avenue. Officers eventually located and arrested Jimmie Taylor, a 43-year old transient, who is […]
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HEMET – Officers responding to the report of a domestic violence incident in the 900 block of Roxanne Drive Friday, June, 24. The officer’s investigation led to a violent confrontation and short but dramatic foot pursuit over fences and through backyards in the residential neighborhood. The suspect – who was later determined to be a 17-year old, juvenile male – has […]
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From San Jacinto Police Department / Riverside County Sheriff’s Department *All arrests are public information and all suspects are innocent until proven guilty in court.* Public Intoxication On 06/13/16, about 12:22 A.M., a deputy with the San Jacinto Police Department responded to the 1300 block of Park Avenue, regarding a disturbing the peace. Darlene Garcia, a 21-year-old female from Hemet, […]
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HEMET – Chief Brown recently took a few minutes out of his increasingly busy schedule to discuss the last two weeks and some of the shocking, deadly crimes and sudden increase of assaults on police officers. “In the two weeks following the election, there have been six violent assaults on Hemet Police officers, four high-speed pursuits, two robberies and an […]
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UPDATED: 06/22/2016 7:30 p.m. With official press release information A Hemet transient – the sixth suspect to violently assault a Hemet Police officer in the last two weeks according to police officials – was arrested after he first assaulted a Hemet business owner near Florida Avenue and Mayflower Street before later attacking and fleeing from an officer. The incident […]
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