News From Around The County
DE LUZ — A man who officials allege was armed with a gun and holding family members against their will was shot during an hours-long standoff with officials, Thursday, Jan. 4. The standoff and officer involved shooting happened at a 20-acre property on the 47400 block of Sandia Creek Drive in the unincorporated community of De Luz. Deputies from the Riverside County […]
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TEMECULA — Officials arrested a man after he allegedly barricaded himself in a bedroom with an elderly woman and set fire to the residence, Friday afternoon, Dec 29. The bizarre incident happened at a two-story residence on the 32000 block of Corte Carmona, south of Pauba Road and west of Meadows Parkway, in Temecula. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police Station responded […]
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TEMECULA — An elderly man died after suffering a medical emergency in the parking lot of a Temecula Walmart Supercenter, early Monday evening, Dec. 18. The Walmart is located on the 32000 block of Temecula Parkway. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police Station responded to the Walmart at 5:38 p.m., after receiving a 911 call reporting an elderly man who was […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Dec. 11, 7:30 p.m. MURRIETA — Officials have identified a man who died the morning after he was struck by a motorist Sunday, Dec. 3. The man was hit while riding a bicycle on the 24000 block of Washington Avenue, near Davenport Way, in Murrieta. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials later identified Khuda Dad, 43, of Murrieta, as the bicyclist killed in […]
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TEMECULA — A woman who attempted to give an acquaintance a ride home was later carjacked by the man, early Monday morning, November 27. When the victim attempted to stop the carjacking, she was dragged by her own vehicle as the man was stealing it from her. Officials later located and arrested the man in Apple Valley, according to officials. After an investigation, deputies […]
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MURRIETA — Officials are investigating the Wednesday, Nov. 29 in-custody death of an inmate who died while incarcerated at Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta, according to sheriff’s officials. The name of the inmate who died has not yet been released publicly, pending further investigation and notification of the man’s family. Deputies assigned to the detention facility located a Hispanic male adult “unresponsive within the […]
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Sunday, Dec. 10, 8:36 p.m. TEMECULA — UPDATE UPLOADING…PLEASE CHECK BACK. TEMECULA — Officials are investigating the fatal stabbing of a man outside a Walmart Supercenter, Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 29. The Walmart shopping center where the deadly stabbing happened is at 32225 Temecula Parkway, near Meadows Parkway, in Temecula. Officials have not released the victim’s name or any details other than the most basic […]
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TEMECULA — Officials arrested a man they allege broke into and set fire to a woman’s home before carjacking the victim’s vehicle, Saturday morning, Nov. 11. The early morning incident happened at a private residence on the 40100 block of Canton Court in Temecula, according to officials. After an investigation deputies arrested the man, identified as Jack Lee Larrabee, 28, of Corona. He was later booked […]
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MURRIETA — Two suspicious phone calls threatening to blow up Murrieta Valley High School caused school officials to place their campus on lock down for nearly three hours, while officials and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the school’s campus, Wednesday, Nov. 8. The investigation began about 9 a.m., after the campus received the phone calls threatening that the school was going to be blown up, Murrieta Police […]
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TEMECULA — Authorities say they have arrested a man they allege sexually molested his 6-year-old stepdaughter, about two weeks after the victim’s mother notified officials regarding the alleged sexual abuse. The molestation reportedly happened on the 30000 block of Colina Verde, southeast of the intersection of Pauba and Ynez Roads, in Temecula. Officials arrested the alleged suspect, identified as Dana Wilber, 50, of Temecula, at […]
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