Sheriff Magrini to step down, take on role as Assistant County CEO

SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — In a surprising move less than two years after being appointed to the top law enforcement official in Shasta County, Sheriff-Coroner Eric Magrini announced he will be stepping down from the position to become assistant CEO for the county. The announcement follows on the heels of his deputies issuing a vote of no-confidence against him earlier […]

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UPDATE: Man shot multiple times, Coachella suspect arrested

UPDATED: Friday, June 11, 10:30 a.m., With additional details, arrest information. Originally Published: Feb. 17, 12:32 p.m. COACHELLA, Calif. — Authorities today announced the arrest of a man suspected of shooting a victim multiple times in Coachella last February. The alleged suspect, Eduardo Lopez, 27, of Coachella, remains in custody in lieu of $1 million bail, on a sole count […]

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Former Shadow Hills High School basketball coach arrested, accused of raping minor

Authorities yesterday announced that former Shadow Hills High School basketball coach Ryan Towner, 35, was arrested Thursday morning, June 10th, after accusations that he raped a teenage girl surfaced last April. The incidents reportedly occurred between August 2017 and July 2018, and although the 16-year-old victim is a former player, it was not immediately clear if Towner was her coach […]

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Three injured, one airlifted, after pair of Anza motocross crashes

ANZA, Calif. — Authorities say three people were injured, including one person who was airlifted with serious back injuries, after two separate and unrelated motocross crashes in Anza yesterday morning, Wednesday, June 9th. The pair of accidents happened at Cahuilla Creek Motocross in the 50100 block of Hwy 371. One of the crashes involved two riders who crashed into each […]

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San Jacinto man arrested for impersonating officer, conducting traffic stop

FRENCH VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a San Jacinto man who had affixed red and blue flashing lights and a siren on his pickup truck and made at least one traffic stop while impersonating an officer in French Valley was arrested at his residence yesterday morning, Wednesday June 9th.  In addition to the alleged suspect’s red and blue lights in […]

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Moreno Valley woman who fatally stabbed ex in chest before driving him to hospital arrested

RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Authorities say a woman who stabbed her ex-boyfriend in the chest and then drove him to a Moreno Valley hospital was arrested after the man died within minutes of being brought into the hospital’s emergency room early Tuesday morning, June 8th. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: “Battered and bruised, but alive,” Hemet PD rescues N. Hollywood kidnap victim, arrests […]

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“Battered and bruised, but alive,” Hemet PD rescues N. Hollywood kidnap victim, arrests murder suspect

HEMET, Calif. — Authorities say a 37-year-old man who was wanted on suspicion of fatally shooting a man during the June 6th kidnapping of a North Hollywood woman was arrested during a traffic stop in Hemet Tuesday afternoon, June 8th. The victim who was fatally shot had attempted to intervene during the woman’s kidnapping, according to the Los Angeles Police […]

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Victim of deadly Redding hit and run ID’d – Driver still sought

UPDATED: Tuesday, June 15, 9:30 a.m. See Original Story below. REDDING, Calif. — Although officials yesterday identified a pedestrian who was fatally struck by a vehicle whose driver fled the scene last Wednesday morning, June 9th, officers are continuing to search for the driver who hit the victim and left him to die in the roadway. The fatal hit and […]

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Inland Empire meth distribution ring shut down, 150 pounds of meth seized

INLAND EMPIRE, Calif. — During a joint agency press conference held in Riverside this morning, officials announced the arrest of twelve of nineteen people accused of operating a methamphetamine distribution ring that trafficked the drug from Mexico and distributed it throughout the Inland Empire. Two additional defendants were charged in separate indictments in March, bringing the total number of defendants […]

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