News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Authorities say that a rifle-wielding man who had been chasing his estranged wife while threatening to kill her before leading Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and CHP officers on a dangerous high-speed chase was fatally shot after crashing his vehicle and refusing to surrender Friday afternoon, Jan. 29. The deadly incident began at a business in the […]
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CABAZON, Calif. — Two people were critically injured and remain hospitalized after an argument in Cabazon led to a shooting in a parking lot near the Cabazon Outlet Mall Sunday morning, Jan. 24. The alleged gunman, since identified as Erick Michael Jones, a 43-year-old resident of North Las Vegas, was arrested later the same afternoon, after leading officers in San […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Jan. 27, 11:30 a.m. See Original Story below. PERRIS, Calif. — Riverside County Sheriff’s officials have released additional information regarding their ongoing investigation into the death of a newborn baby, whose lifeless body was discovered at a trash processing center in Perris last Friday afternoon, Jan. 22. The gruesome discovery was made in the 1700 block of Goetz […]
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LAKELAND VILLAGE, Calif. — Authorities and family members say two young children, ages 1 and 2, were killed, while another four victims were critically injured and remain hospitalized after a deadly fire tore through a Lakeland Village home in the Lake Elsinore area yesterday afternoon, Monday, Jan. 25. Three family dogs were also killed in the blaze, which took about […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commissioner Amanda Ray today issued the following statement announcing the CHP would go on tactical alert ahead of the upcoming Presidential Inauguration: “For many months, the CHP has worked closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the outcome of the election will be respected and that any protests which […]
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities have announced the arrest of a man they allege murdered an elderly woman during a home invasion robbery that occurred in Riverside last week. The victim, since identified as 78-year-old, Denise Irene Wong, of Riverside, was found dead inside her residence, in the 200 block of E. Manfield Street, southeast of W. Big Springs Road and Watkins […]
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EASTVALE, Calif. — Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco on Wednesday released several video and audio clips along with new details regarding a barricaded hostage standoff and deputy-involved shooting that occurred in Eastvale early Saturday morning, Nov. 14. In Wednesday’s Critical Incident video release, Sheriff Bianco explained that the incident, which began as an unknown trouble call and ended with the […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Two juveniles and one adult were critically injured in a two-vehicle, head-on, rollover crash in Perris that sent three others to area hospitals with serious injuries early New Year’s Eve, Thursday, Dec. 31. Officials say one of the involved drivers was under the influence and was arrested for DUI after the major-injury collision, which happened in the […]
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MENIFEE, Calif. — Details are beginning to emerge after a stolen vehicle pursuit that began in Hemet ended when the driver of the stolen pickup truck plowed head-on into another vehicle as he fled the wrong way on Interstate 215 early Thursday morning, Dec. 31. The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle that was struck, a woman in a […]
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LA CRESTA, Calif. — Authorities say a “botched” home invasion robbery led to a deadly shootout between the home’s four occupants and three would-be robbers early Saturday morning, Dec. 26 in La Cresta, west of Murrieta and south of Lake Elsinore. Although their investigation is ongoing, officials have said four people were shot, including two who died at the scene. […]
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