News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a five-vehicle, chain-reaction crash left one woman dead and another driver arrested for DUI in Riverside Sunday morning, Dec. 5. Officials have since said that heavy, early morning fog may have played a contributing role in the fatal collision. The deadly crash, which happened after a motorist stopped on the freeway due to a flat […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — A slow-speed pursuit led to the arrest of a wanted parolee after a police K-9 was used to apprehend the combative and uncooperative man Friday evening, December 3. Although the wanted suspect sustained minor dog bite-related injuries while being apprehended, no other injuries were reported after the incident, which ended at a Circle K convenience store at […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — One person was killed and three others were hospitalized after a 19-year-old Compton man lost control of his vehicle and plowed into a Riverside retaining wall Thursday afternoon, Dec. 2. The impact with the wall caused the sedan to burst into flames and overturn on top of another vehicle, crushing its roof in. Another vehicle was also […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a months-long investigation into several allegations of past sexual assaults involving three victims at a Riverside High School has led to the arrest of a former Riverside man. The alleged sexual assaults occurred at Martin Luther King High School during the 2018-2019 school year when the suspect, 20-year-old Thailar Christian Patterson, was in his senior […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say an intended carjacking victim was able to fight off her attacker, a man with multiple arrest warrants, who was later arrested after fleeing from and then resisting officers who responded to the violent incident. The attempted carjacking happened at a Riverside Walgreens, in the 8900 block of Trautwein Road, Wednesday evening, Nov. 17. The alleged […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say a car-to-car shooting and subsequent vehicle pursuit and foot chases in Riverside led to the arrest of two men they say were responsible for the violent encounter Tuesday evening, Nov. 16. The shooting, which did not result in any injuries, happened in the area of Magnolia and La Sierra avenues, according to Riverside Police Department. LEADING […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Officials remain active at the scene where a person’s lifeless body was discovered outside a Riverside business this morning. The discovery was made outside the Furniture and Mattress Warehouse, just southwest of the intersection of Indiana Avenue and Tyler Street. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Local woman, 22, ID’d after deadly head-on wreck in Temecula Riverside pedestrian, 67, […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Authorities say an elderly man was killed while crossing a Riverside street by a driver who then fled the scene early Tuesday evening, Nov. 16. No suspects have been identified in the fatal hit and run, which occurred in the area of Indiana Avenue and Monroe Street, and officials have asked that anyone who may have information […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif., — Six people were injured and a woman was killed in a two-vehicle traffic collision in Riverside Thursday morning, Nov. 11. Early reports from the scene indicated that at least one child who suffered serious head trauma was injured in the deadly crash, which happened on the transition road from the eastbound SR-60 to southbound I-215 Moreno Valley […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Oct. 31. 11:55 a.m. Originally Published: Friday, Oct. 29, 11:46 a.m. See Original Story below. RIVERSIDE, Calif., — The Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s Office has identified a man who died as a result of a solo-vehicle crash that happened in the Orangecrest area of Riverside early Friday morning, Oct. 29. Although officials had earlier listed the victim’s age as […]
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