Category: Riverside County and Surrounding Area News

Banning officer resigns after arrested for sending obscene images to minor, using minor to create sexually explicit matter

BANNING, Calif., — New details have been released after a former Banning police officer was arrested for allegedly distributing harmful and obscene matter to a minor, including explicit photos of a sexual nature, earlier this month. The suspect’s booking charges indicate he has also been accused of using a minor to create sexually explicit matter. Officials have since said the alleged […]

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CHP: Mother, 27, and child, 3, were not wearing seatbelts when fatally ejected in Thousand Palms rollover crash

THOUSAND PALMS, Calif., — Authorities say a mother and her young child were killed when a vehicle they were in was involved in a rollover traffic accident in Thousand Palms Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. The deadly solo-vehicle crash happened on Varner Road, east of Monterey Avenue, according to officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: $2 million bail each for Orangecrest parents accused […]

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$2 million bail each for Orangecrest parents accused of ongoing, years-long sexual abuse of son and daughter

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Shocking allegations involving the ongoing and years-long abuse of a brother and sister at the hands of the children’s father and stepmother have emerged after the arrest of a Riverside couple as part of a criminal investigation that began late last year. Officials say the parents, both of whom remain in custody in lieu of $2 million […]

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Video reveals chaotic Beaumont shooting as officials race to save officer crushed underneath overturned vehicle

BEAUMONT, Calif., — Newly released video footage of a deadly officer and deputy-involved shooting that occurred in Beaumont last December is helping to shed light on the circumstances that led to the death of a wanted felon. The video also showed the simultaneous and heroic rescue of an officer – amidst heavy gunfire – who was left trapped and injured […]

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Six injured after vehicle careens off Hwy 79 while traveling through Lamb Canyon

BEAUMONT, Calif., — Authorities say six people were hospitalized after a vehicle careened off Hwy 79 south of Beaumont Tuesday morning, Feb. 15. Initial and unconfirmed early reports from the scene indicated several people may have been ejected from the small passenger vehicle as it overturned multiple times down a steep and rocky embankment while traveling through Lamb Canyon, just […]

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Driver booked for murder after fatal DUI crash south of Corona

TEMESCAL VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist was killed in a two-vehicle DUI collision in the unincorporated Temescal Valley area south of Corona early Saturday morning, Feb. 12. The driver who reportedly caused the fatal crash, which happened on the northbound I-15 at the Weirick Road offramp, was later arrested for murder and DUI-related charges. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Lake […]

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Lake Elsinore teen ID’d after fatal Menifee crash

MENIFEE, Calif., — Although details are continuing to emerge, officials today confirmed that a Lake Elsinore teen was killed in an apparent single-vehicle crash in Menifee Sunday morning, Feb. 13. The deadly crash happened in the area of Briggs and Curzulla roads, according to Menifee PD and Cal Fire officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Homeland man arrested in fatal hit […]

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Search for big-rig driver continuing after fatal Riverside hit and run crash kills Pico Rivera man, 58

RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist was killed after crashing into the back of a tractor-trailer combo on the southbound I-215 at the University Avenue off-ramp in Riverside late Friday evening, Feb. 11. Officials are continuing to search for the driver of the big rig, who did not stop at the scene of the crash and has not yet […]

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Suspected DUI driver killed, passenger seriously injured, after crash into Corona tree

CORONA, Calif., — Authorities say a motorist has died after a solo-vehicle DUI-related crash in Corona Thursday evening, Feb. 10. The deadly accident, which sent another person to the hospital with serious injuries, happened near the intersection of East Sixth Street and South Promenade/Magnolia Avenue. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two injured after truck crashes in wash tunnel under Menifee street […]

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Patrol deputy discovers victim’s body after deadly Moreno Valley hit and run – Suspect remains sought

MORENO VALLEY, Calif., — Authorities are continuing to search for a driver who fled the scene of a collision that killed a local man early Saturday morning, Feb. 12. The victim’s lifeless body was discovered by a sheriff’s deputy conducting routine patrol, according to officials. Investigators are now asking for the public’s help identifying and locating the driver who fled the […]

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