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RIVERSIDE – A man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested Monday, Jan. 30, after he brought a stolen vehicle he was driving into a Riverside automotive business where a City of Riverside police officer was having his patrol vehicle serviced. The officer was at the business having his vehicle inspected and serviced about 11:20 a.m., “when he was alerted by a […]
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RIVERSIDE – A 14-year-old juvenile is in critical condition after being struck by a motorist in front of the boy’s school Tuesday, Jan. 24. The accident happened directly in front of Arlington Regional Learning Center, in the area of Arlington Avenue and Weaver Street in Riverside. The Riverside Police Department’s Dispatch Center received several 911 calls about 10:34 a.m., from citizens […]
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UPDATE: Jan. 26, 2:10 p.m. RIVERSIDE – Coroner’s officials have identified the 17-year-old driver who was killed when his truck smashed into a utility pole Wednesday, Jan. 25. Officials identified the victim as Paul Napier, a resident of Jurupa Valley. Napier was transported to Kaiser Permanente Hospital in Riverside with major traumatic injuries. According to the coroner’s release, Napier succumbed to […]
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RIVERSIDE – A 39-year-old man was critically injured in an early-morning, vehicle versus pedestrian accident Tuesday, Jan. 24. The collision happened at the intersection of Van Buren Boulevard and California Avenue in Riverside. City of Riverside Police and Fire personnel responded to the intersection about 5:32 a.m., after Riverside emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a citizen reporting the vehicle versus […]
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RIVERSIDE – Officers arrested a man who fired a weapon at an innocent eyewitness who attempted to intervene during a domestic disturbance Sunday, Jan. 22. After the shooting, the alleged suspect fled to a nearby residence where he barricaded himself inside the residence prompting a SWAT call-out. The shooting happened in a parking lot at an AM/PM mini-mart in the 4900 […]
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RIVERSIDE – A man driving a stolen Mercedes Benz was arrested after he led officers on a wild pursuit Tuesday, Jan. 17. The pursuit began in the area of Lincoln Avenue and Madison Street in Riverside and ended on the 91 Freeway, just west of 14th Street. During the pursuit a woman, who was “an unwilling passenger” according to police officials, leaped […]
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CORONA – Authorities arrested two subjects after a dangerous pursuit wound its way from the city of Corona to the city of Riverside Sunday morning, Jan. 15. The pursuit eventually ended in the area of La Sierra and Indiana Avenues after the fleeing suspect crashed into another car and the two occupants fled from the disabled vehicle on foot into a […]
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RIVERSIDE – A naked man who was walking in traffic stating he wanted to die was safely detained by officers Monday, Jan. 16. The man was hospitalized for his own protection after he was apprehended. The incident happened in the area of Martin Luther King Boulevard and Chicago Avenue in Riverside. Officers responded to the area about 6:20 p.m., after City […]
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RIVERSIDE – Police officials are investigating reports of an attempted kidnapping after a woman told authorities two men attempted to pull her into their truck Sunday, Jan. 15. The victim managed to break free and run away from the two men involved in the incident, which occurred in the area of Market Street near the river bottom bridge, north of Rivera […]
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UPDATE: Jan. 15 2:30 a.m. RIVERSIDE – City of Riverside police officials have provided additional information about a body found floating in a Lake Evans retaining pond at Fairmount Park in the city of Riverside. The body was discovered Saturday morning, Jan. 14, “along the north shore of Lake Evans,” an official said in a press release from the department. “The […]
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