News From Around The County
UPDATED: Monday, Nov. 5, 4:30 p.m., With GoFundMe link and other information CORONA — Family members, friends, and others, who knew and loved the man they all called “TJ” are mourning today after a single-vehicle rollover crash and ejection that killed Jerome “JT” Ereth II, 29, of Lake Elsinore shortly before midnight last night. The Sunday, Nov. 4, accident that […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Nov. 3, 12 p.m. LAKE ELSINORE — Authorities are hoping to calm area residents’ concerns after speculation, rumors, and reports that a child died after consuming tainted Halloween candy proved false, following an investigation into the girl’s tragic death. Coroner officials have determined the victim died from “pre-existing medical conditions,” Riverside Sheriff’s Sgt. Brett Seckinger explained yesterday afternoon. […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. With victim’s identification and other details. LAKE ELSINORE — Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have confirmed that a body pulled from Lake Elsinore lake Thursday morning, Oct. 25, was that of 34-year-old, Samuel “Sam” Selay, of Menifee. The announcement has left Selay’s family overcome with grief, Selay’s wife explained after she was notified that sheriff […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:15 p.m., With confirmation of victim’s identity, additional details. MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating after a man’s lifeless body was found in a large, open, Menifee field earlier today. Family members later confirmed to RCNS that the body found was that of Rick Flasco, a 64-year-old, missing Menifee man. According to his family, Flasco had not […]
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NUEVO — Authorities are investigating the murder of a man who was fatally shot inside a Nuevo residence last night, Thursday, October 18. The deadly shooting happened near the 22500 block of Porter Street, southwest of Central Ave. and Menifee Rd., in an unincorporated area of Nuevo. According to Riverside Sheriff’s officials, two men were reportedly seen running from the […]
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From Riverside County DA’s Office: RIVERSIDE — Riverside County District Attorney Mike Hestrin announced today Oct. 15, 2018, that a former Temecula man has been exonerated of a 1998 murder conviction and two men have now been arrested for the crime. On Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office dismissed all charges against 60-year-old Horace Roberts for […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A 17-year-old Temescal Canyon High School student has been identified after suffering fatal injuries when she crashed head-on into a telephone pole Saturday morning, October 13. The deadly accident happened on Railroad Canyon Rd. near Church Rd. in Lake Elsinore. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Man’s lifeless body found on bench at Eastvale Gateway South Man in truck […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Oct. 11, With correction and additional details. LAKE MATHEWS — CHP is at the scene of a major-injury crash involving a person who was ejected from an SUV that slammed head-on into a utility transformer, went airborne and overturned, and then burst into flames. The single-vehicle crash happened on Lake Mathews Dr., near Richey Dr. and Eagle View […]
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MEAD VALLEY — A horse was killed and three people were injured – including a girl celebrating her Quinceañera who suffered major injuries – when a speeding BMW plowed into the teen and a horse she was riding last night, Saturday, Sept. 22. The major injury accident happened on the 21000 block of Markham Street, between Clark and Haines streets, […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 18, 12:30 p.m. See original story, video, and all photos below. PERRIS — Authorities announced last night the arrest of a Moreno Valley man they allege was responsible for the shooting death of a Perris man early last Sunday morning. The deadly shooting happened Sept. 16, near the intersection of B St. and Red Maple Pl. in […]
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