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RIVERSIDE – Detectives from the Riverside Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit are seeking the public’s assistance on five homicides from 2015 that remain unsolved. “There are people that have not come forward yet who may have witnessed or have information about those responsible for these murders,” according to a press release from the department. “But more importantly, the families of these […]
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UPDATE: 09/07/2016 8:35 p.m. With Coroner’s release of information The Riverside County Coroner’s office has released the name of the victim killed in last Sunday’s shooting incident as Luis Quintanar, 18, of Riverside. The release listed Quintanar’s time of injury as 1:12 a.m. He was later pronounced dead at the Riverside Community Hospital at 2:09 a.m. No additional information has been released related to this incident. […]
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The 16-year-old victim’s bicycle could be seen in the roadway for several hours after the accident. Image from ABC7 screen shot RIVERSIDE – A 16-year-old girl was seriously injured when she was struck by a Riverside Transit Agency commuter bus on Tuesday, Sept. 6. The girl was reportedly enjoying a morning bicycle ride with her mother before school when she was hit by […]
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RIVERSIDE – A man was seriously injured when he was shot several times during an argument outside a business Monday, Aug. 29. The shooting incident happened in the 2900 block of 14th Street in Riverside. The Riverside Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying the shooting suspect. Riverside Police officers responded to several 911 reports of a shooting that had just […]
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RIVERSIDE – A wanted parolee armed with a loaded handgun and driving a stolen car was arrested Wednesday, August 24 after leading Riverside Police officers on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit before crashing into several cars and a building. The pursuit began in the area of 3rd and Main Streets in downtown Riverside. At the end of the pursuit officers first detained […]
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RIVERSIDE – Two men were arrested for robbing a man and discharging a firearm while pistol-whipping him Aug. 9. The sound of the gunshot led nearby Riverside Police officers patrolling the area to the quick apprehension of three subjects, two of whom were later arrested. Problem Orientated Policing officers from the East Neighborhood Policing Center were in the area of 7th […]
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RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police officers conducting an early morning traffic stop near University Avenue and Douglass Avenue August 8 located a loaded handgun in the possession of a convicted felon. Officers made the stop about 3:45 a.m. and identified the driver as Rigoberto Martinez, 34, of Riverside. Officers conducted a records check and determined Martinez was an unlicensed driver and […]
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RIVERSIDE – Two people were seriously injured and one is in critical condition after a shooting and assault in the 1400 Block of University Avenue in Riverside Sunday, August 7. The location of the attempted murders is only two-tenths of one mile from the University of California Riverside campus. The Riverside Police Department’s Communications Center received several calls at about 2:37 […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Deputies assigned to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Fugitive Warrant Enforcement Team developed information that Joseph Morales was hiding at a relative’s residence in Moreno Valley while trying to elude arrest. Morales was wanted for the stabbing death of Michael Miller Jr. (Click link to see original story) The information the Fugitive Warrant Enforcement Team developed led them to […]
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RIVERSIDE – A man was killed in a fatal crash after he struck several vehicles and fled from police Saturday, July 16. The deadly pursuit ended when the man smashed into a center divider near the 91 and 60/215 freeway interchange, according to Riverside Police Lieutenant Dan Hoxmeier. The man has not been identified, pending the Coroner’s investigation and notification of his […]
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