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RIVERSIDE – Police officials are seeking help from citizens identifying a man accused of attempting to lure a 6-year-old girl into a bathroom inside a Food 4 Less, located at 3900 Chicago Avenue in Riverside. Click link for follow up story and arrest information. The incident happened Wednesday, Feb. 15., when an unidentified adult male attempted to lure the young girl into […]
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WOODCREST – A rock-throwing and knife-wielding man was fatally shot by a sheriff deputy during a vandalism investigation Wednesday, March 8. The deadly encounter happened in a residential neighborhood in the 15800 block of Wood Road in the unincorporated community of Woodcrest. The neighborhood is north of Van Buren Boulevard and west of Trautwein Road. At about 3:49 p.m., a […]
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A big-rig carrying a full load of produce jack-knifed and overturned on the 215 Freeway between Van Buren and Harley Knox Boulevards, Monday, March 6. The multiple-vehicle, rollover accident, that happened between Riverside and Moreno Valley near March Air Reserve Base, caused a SigAlert and forced the temporary closure of all southbound lanes and one northbound lane of traffic of the freeway. At […]
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NBC4 Los Angeles photo UPDATED: Feb. 27, 11:45 p.m. With additional information and correction from Riverside Fire Chief Michael Moore UPDATED: Feb. 28, 1:38 a.m. With Photo Gallery and videos (See photographs and videos below) RIVERSIDE – During an initial press conference, Moore said firefighters had confirmed four people were killed in the fiery plane crash. Around 10 p.m., Moore updated […]
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RIVERSIDE – City of Riverside police officers arrested a man they say stole not just one, but two vans from Rest Assured Mortuary Services in Riverside Sunday, Feb. 12. Authorities said the alleged suspect returned the first van he stole after he realized the vehicle contained a dead body inside it. The mortuary where the two vehicle thefts happened is in […]
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RIVERSIDE – Police officials confirmed the arrest of a former Riverside area teacher, who was accused of being involved in an inappropriate, months-long relationship with a student at Encore High School for the Arts in Riverside. According to the school’s website, the Riverside campus is located at 3800 Main Street in Riverside. The teacher, whom officials identified as Camryn Raelynn Zelinger, 32, […]
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UPDATE: Feb. 10, With Coroner’s release of identification (See original story below.) MORENO VALLEY – Officials from the Riverside County Coroner’s office have identified a person who was found deceased Sunday morning, Feb. 5. The man’s body was located down an embankment where homeless are known to camp. Coroner’s officials identified the man as Daniel Chun, 29, of Riverside. […]
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RIVERSIDE – A pedestrian was left in critical condition after being struck by a motorist in an early-morning traffic accident Tuesday, Jan. 24. The collision happened at the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard and California Avenue, just east of Challen Park in Riverside. City of Riverside emergency dispatchers received a 911 call about 5:32 a.m., from a citizen reporting the accident. […]
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RIVERSIDE – A 26-year-old Riverside resident was left in critical condition after a vehicle the man was driving lost control and smashed into two palm trees and a utility pole Tuesday, Jan. 31. The early-morning accident happened in the area of Brockton Avenue and Terracina Drive west of Evans Park in Riverside. City of Riverside emergency dispatchers received multiple 911 calls about […]
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RIVERSIDE – Authorities arrested four people, including two juveniles, while investigating a burglary that happened at Collett Elementary School in June, 2016. The school is located south of Collett Avenue and east of La Sierra Avenue in Riverside. During their initial investigation, officers collected fingerprints and other evidence at the school. “Fingerprints found at the scene were recently matched to […]
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