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UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 7, 2 p.m., With additional details. Originally published Saturday, Sept. 5: Last seen in Menifee, search for missing FL woman continuing MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities say the search for a critically endangered Florida woman who went missing while visiting family in Menifee ended in tragedy early yesterday morning after officials located the victim on a remote ridge […]
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Room for ImprovementBy: Menifee Police Chief Pat Walsh As we approach the end of our second month as the Menifee Police Department, I am happy to report our staff is performing exceptionally. The moral is high, the solve rate of crime is high and the support of the community is second to none. I have however noticed a trend that […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Aug. 21, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story and Photos below. MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities have announced the arrest this week of two Menifee men, who now stand charged in a February incident that left one man dead and another hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The fatal incident happened at Menifee’s Eller Park and the victims were found about a mile […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 15, 1 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Officials have identified a motorcyclist who died in a two-vehicle, head-on collision while riding on the Ortega Highway (SR-74), just west El Cariso Village, early Friday evening, Aug. 14. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: One killed, two airlifted after motorcycles crash on Hwy 74 Jurupa Valley […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities say a pedestrian has died after being fatally struck by a car at the intersection of Rockport Rd. and Laguna Vista Dr., southeast of Menifee and Newport roads in Menifee, Wednesday evening, July 29. According to officials, a Menifee PD police officer witnessed the deadly collision, and was the first official to arrive at the scene. LEADING […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities say one man is dead and another man is in custody after a fatal shooting at a private residence in the Sun City community of Menifee early Saturday morning, July 4. The deadly incident, which led to a brief standoff and SWAT call out, happened on the 26200 block of Bluebell St., southeast of Menifee and Rouse […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Drunk driving is suspected after a deadly rollover crash in Menifee that killed a man late Wednesday evening, May 6. The fatal accident happened on McCall Blvd., east of Sun City Blvd. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Palm Desert sex offender stabbed two before throwing young daughter off cliff, say officials UPDATED: Driver was DUI, fleeing other crash […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities in Menifee are investigating a suspected murder-suicide after a man fatally shot three family members and before reportedly turning the gun on himself, Monday afternoon, April 6. The apparent murder-suicide happened at a private residence on the 31000 block of Sherman Rd., near Freedom Lane, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, April 4, 10:39 a.m. See Original Story below HOMELAND — Authorities are investigating a triple shooting that left a man dead and two women injured in the unincorporated community of Homeland early Monday morning, March 30. The deadly shooting happened in a residential neighborhood on the 26000 block of Ritter Ave. near Wakefield Ave., just south of Hwy. […]
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MENIFEE — Authorities investigating a January crash that killed two Lake Elsinore sisters and critically injured their mother say they have arrested the man who caused the deadly collision. The women were driving home from their weekly Bingo trip when the accident happened, according to grieving family and friends. At the time of the crash the man accused in the […]
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