Category: Riverside

UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: 20-year-old pedestrian struck, killed while crossing street ID’d

RIVERSIDE – Officials have identified a man who as killed while crossing a Riverside street Wednesday afternoon, April 26. The fatal vehicle versus pedestrian accident happened on Martin Luther King Boulevard west of Douglass Avenue. According to officials, the victim was not inside a marked cross walk when he was struck while crossing the street. Riverside County Coroner officials later identified the […]

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RIVERSIDE: Man fatally shot near Riverside’s Downtown Entertainment District

RIVERSIDE – Officials are investigating after a man was fatally shot near the City of Riverside’s Downtown Entertainment District Thursday, April 27. The fatal, early-morning shooting happened less than one-quarter mile from the Riverside Convention Center, on the 3300 block of Fourth Street near Lime Street. The victim, who died at the scene, has not yet been identified, pending notification […]

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RIVERSIDE: Man arrested after domestic violence incident leads to hours-long standoff

RIVERSIDE – A barricaded suspect was arrested after he held officers at bay during an early-morning, five-hour long standoff at a Mission Grove-area home Sunday morning April 23. The standoff happened on the 100 block of Port Royal Way, north of E. Allesandro Boulevard and west of Mission Grove Parkway North, in Riverside. The standoff began with the report of a domestic […]

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RIVERSIDE: One hospitalized after two-vehicle, head-on wreck

RIVERSIDE – One person was hospitalized after a two-vehicle, early-morning, head-on collision Sunday, April 23. The wreck happened on Sycamore Canyon Boulevard north of Central Avenue in Riverside. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the wreck about 5:45 a.m., after other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the head-on collision. […]

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WOODCREST: Man critically injured after catching fire, burned across 100% of his body

WRITER’S NOTE: I am looking for family or friends willing to discuss this incident and share some thoughts, memories and/or anecdotes about the victim with me. I am working to put together enough information for a follow-up story to this tragic death; however, I need some back ground information. We can either speak on the record or off. I can be […]

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Riverside attorney, girlfriend, convicted of more than 60 counts of extortion, other charges

UPDATED: Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. See original story below. RIVERSIDE — A Riverside attorney and his wife were convicted Monday, Dec. 3, of more than 60 counts of extortion, grand theft, burglary, and stalking. Some of the allegations were considered by the jury as hate crimes because the couple targeted small businesses owned by minorities and immigrants, typically Asian […]

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RIVERSIDE: Man extricated from overturned SUV after two-vehicle wreck

RIVERSIDE – One person was left trapped inside his overturned SUV, after an early-morning, two-vehicle accident Sunday, April 16. Firefighters had to use the “Jaws of Life” to extricate the victim from their wrecked vehicle. The accident happened in the 4400 block of Clarksdale Drive at the intersection with La Sierra Avenue in Riverside. Riverside Fire and Police personnel responded to […]

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UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: Man who attacked woman in Downtown Entertainment District parking garage arrested

UPDATED: April 15, 7 p.m. RIVERSIDE – Riverside police officials announced the arrest of a man who was wanted for allegedly attacking a woman in the City of Riverside’s Downtown Entertainment District. The suspect punched the woman in the face, causing her to suffer “significant injuries,” after she “rebuffed his sexual advances toward her,” according to police officials. The victim’s name has […]

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RIVERSIDE: Moreno Valley man arrested after tossing stolen assault rifle during stolen car pursuit

RIVERSIDE – A Moreno Valley resident was arrested after leading police on a dangerous vehicle pursuit along city streets and a local freeway Thursday, April 13. During the pursuit, the fleeing man allegedly tossed a stolen assault rifle out of his stolen car. Officers later located and recovered the discarded weapon. After the vehicle pursuit and a subsequent foot pursuit, […]

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UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: 22-year-old Corona resident, killed in 3-vehicle, head-on collision, ID’d

UPDATE: April 13, 5:50 p.m. (See original story below.) RIVERSIDE – Coroner officials have identified the victim killed Tuesday evening in a three-vehicle, head-on collision. The victim was identified as Jayson Garcia, 22, of Corona. Garcia was pronounced dead at 10:19 p.m., less than ten minutes after the deadly wreck was reported. Although officials have stated the cause of the accident was Garcia’s […]

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