News From Around The County
SAN BERNARDINO – A community is in mourning and a family is grieving the loss of their beloved, 3-year-old child, after the toddler was run down by an alleged drunk driver Thursday evening, April 27. The child was struck by a pickup truck while he was crossing a busy San Bernardino street with his family. The family was inside a marked […]
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RIVERSIDE – Officials are investigating after a man was fatally shot near the City of Riverside’s Downtown Entertainment District Thursday, April 27. The fatal, early-morning shooting happened less than one-quarter mile from the Riverside Convention Center, on the 3300 block of Fourth Street near Lime Street. The victim, who died at the scene, has not yet been identified, pending notification […]
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LAKE ELSINORE – A woman, who officials believe was under the influence of alcohol, was fatally struck by a vehicle just before midnight, Wednesday, April 26. The woman was hit by a passing motorist after witnesses reportedly saw the inebriated woman walking in the lanes of traffic on Mission Trail near Sylvester Road in Lake Elsinore, according to sheriff’s officials. “Witnesses saw the […]
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HEMET – Officers detained a woman after she allegedly hopped into a Hemet resident’s Mercedes Benz and drove off in it Thursday evening, April 27. The car was stolen while it was sitting in the owner’s driveway. Shortly before 10 p.m., City of Hemet emergency dispatchers were notified by a 911 caller that they were following their stolen vehicle after […]
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TEMECULA – A bicyclist has died after he was struck by a pickup truck Wednesday evening, April 26. The deadly accident happened in the area of Temecula and Pechanga Parkways in Temecula. Despite life-saving efforts, the bicyclist succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead by medical staff at the hospital the today, Thursday, April 27. The victim has not yet been identified, […]
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UPDATE: April 27, 3:30 p.m. See original story and video below. Riverside County Sheriff’s officials provided an update regarding a toddler who was found wandering along the 34000 block of Gilman Springs Road by a passing motorist yesterday, about 4:30 p.m. Luis Navarro first spotted the girl, described as about two to three years old, as she was wandering along the busy roadway. […]
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RIVERSIDE – A barricaded suspect was arrested after he held officers at bay during an early-morning, five-hour long standoff at a Mission Grove-area home Sunday morning April 23. The standoff happened on the 100 block of Port Royal Way, north of E. Allesandro Boulevard and west of Mission Grove Parkway North, in Riverside. The standoff began with the report of a domestic […]
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UPDATE: April 26, 4:45 p.m. BANNING – Banning police and Federal Aviation Administration officials are investigating after a plane suffered a “hard landing” at Banning Municipal Airport Monday, April 24. The crash happened about 1:40 p.m. The pilot and sole occupant of the single-engine, 1981 Cessna 210 aircraft at the time of the crash was not seriously injured, according to Federal Aviation […]
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Deputies converged on a residence after tracking a LoJack signal where they recovered a stolen motorcycle and apprehended a man who was not only charged with theft of the motorcycle, he was charged with an April 12 armed-carjacking. Will Whelan/Hemet Valley Incidents photo SAN JACINTO – Officials from several different local law enforcement agencies worked together while tracking a carjacking […]
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UPDATE: April 25, 3 p.m. HEMET – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have identified the victim killed in yesterday’s fatal motorcycle accident that happened on Mountain Avenue west of Cedar Avenue in an unincorporated area of Hemet. Officials identified the man as Robert Pittenger, 58, of Hemet. Pittinger was pronounced dead at 2:12 p.m., less than twenty minutes after he lost control of […]
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