Category: Riverside County and Surrounding Area News

CHP officer arrested on suspicion of workers’ compensation fraud

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — California Highway Patrol today announced the arrest of a 25-year veteran officer on suspicion of Workers’ Compensation insurance fraud and theft. The alleged suspect, 46-year-old Kathleen M. Beardsley, had been assigned to CHP’s San Gorgonio Pass Area Station since 2016. The arrest was the culmination of a seven-month long investigation by CHP’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations […]

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Major injuries reported after Temecula rollover hit and run

TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities today are continuing to search for a man seen fleeing the scene of a major injury, rollover traffic collision in Temecula Tuesday afternoon, June 23. Video and photographs taken by a witness to the crash and later shared to social media showed a man running from the scene of the collision, which happened on Rancho California […]

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Homeland teen arrested after young victim sustains severe head trauma during robbery

CORRECTION: An early version of this article indicated the teen arrested in this incident was located and apprehended within the Highland Palms Senior Estates in Homeland. That information turned out to be inaccurate and police activity in that community on June 22 was related to sa separate, unrelated incident. We appologize for the unintentional error and any confusion it may […]

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UPDATE: Firefighters make quick work knocking down Burney vegetation fire

UPDATED: Tuesday, June 23, 3:20 p.m. See Original Story below. BURNEY, Calif. — A battalion chief at the scene of a small vegetation fire burning off Tamarack Rd. in Burney updated at 3:08 p.m., that the fire had been knocked down and cancelled all other incoming firefighters and apparatus. The official reported that some firefighters already at the location would […]

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Pair injured, dog saved, after fire destroys Hemet duplex

HEMET, Calif. — Two people sustained minor injuries and were displaced after a residential structure fire tore through a Little Lake area duplex late Sunday night, June 21. Although a dog was initially feared lost to the overnight blaze, which happened on the 41000 block of Briarwood Ave. in an unincorporated area of Hemet, the family pet was later found […]

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Multi-agency Anderson probation/warrant sweep nets 16

ANDERSON, Calif. — Sixteen people who were found to be out of compliance with the terms of their probation or had outstanding warrants were arrested during an Anderson multi-agency probation compliance and warrant sweep Thursday, June 18. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Intoxicated man arrested after fatally hitting SR-273 pedestrian – Victim, 61, ID’d UPDATE: Redding bicyclist, 67, ID’d after […]

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Children, 2 & 6, killed – second infant airlifted after I-10 rollover

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif. — Authorities are investigating the cause of a deadly rollover in Thousand Palms that killed two children, critically injured a third child, and left four other victims hospitalized with moderate injuries late Friday evening, June 19. The children killed in the solo-vehicle rollover, which happened on I-10 near Cook St., have since been identified as residents of […]

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Pedestrian dies after Moreno Valley hit and run

MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities are investigating a Moreno Valley hit and run that killed a pedestrian early Sunday morning, June 21. The deadly incident, which happened on Fir Ave. near Cognac Ln., caused the hours-long closure of the roadway and officials are still searching for the driver who struck the victim before fleeing the scene. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: […]

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Menifee motorcyclist, 32, ID’d after deadly Hemet crash

HEMET, Calif. — A Menifee motorcyclist has died after a pickup truck pulling a trailer made a left turn in front of the rider, causing the man to lose control and be ejected from his motorcycle in an unincorporated area of Hemet earlier today, Saturday, June 20. The deadly crash occurred on a winding and narrow mountain roadway at the […]

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Huge Chinese drug trafficking operation taken down in SJ valley

SAN JACINTO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies covering several allied Southern California counties partnered together to dismantle a huge, Chinese run, drug trafficking operation Friday, June 19. During the day-long operation, officials served twenty-three search warrants and arrested nearly two dozen people related to illegal indoor residential marijuana grows, marijuana sales and conspiracy occurring in the […]

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