News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE – Two people were arrested for weapons violations in the 4400 block of Daniel Drive of Riverside Tuesday, Oct. 25. The pair was arrested by Riverside police officers in a quiet, residential neighborhood, located between Challen and El Dorado Parks. Riverside police officers were dispatched to the area shortly after 6 p.m., after a citizen called 911 regarding four people inside […]
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SAN JACINTO – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials announced Wednesday, Oct. 26 that the department’s San Jacinto Police Station has been awarded a $60,000 Special Traffic Enforcement and Crash Prevention (STEP) grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety. The grant will fund a year-long program of special enforcement and public awareness efforts to prevent traffic related deaths and injuries. The San […]
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RIVERSIDE – A woman was arrested after she allegedly attacked and beat a homeowner with his own golf club in the 4300 block of Caroline Court in Riverside Oct. 24. At about 6 a.m., officers responded to a 911 report regarding an assault with a deadly weapon. The caller told emergency dispatchers he had been attacked and beaten outside his residence. When officers […]
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RIVERSIDE – Riverside police officers arrested a man after a vehicle pursuit and wreck that led to a search warrant and recovery of a “significant amount of narcotics,” according to Riverside Police Officials. The incident began in the area of Magnolia Avenue and Overland Street Sunday, Oct. 23 when Riverside police officers attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop at about […]
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A $2,000 reward has been offered for information related to one of two recent Hemet recent Hemet robberies. Officers believe the two robberies were possibly committed by the same three suspects. Surveillance video and photos of the suspects involved was obtained and has been released to citizens in an attempt to identify the suspects involved in the incidents. (See video below.) […]
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HEMET – A man who was reportedly armed with a knife and threatening to scalp another person at a bus stop was detained and later hospitalized Saturday, Oct. 23. The incident happened in the area of Gilmore Street north of Florida Avenue in Hemet. Hemet police officers responded to the location and detained the man – a local area transient. […]
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PERRIS – A man was killed while riding his bicycle when he was hit by a vehicle Monday, Oct. 24. After the fatal collision the driver of the vehicle fled the scene of the accident, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Edmondson. The coroner’s office identified the victim as Steven Marsh, 62, of Perris. A coroner’s release indicated Marsh sustained fatal […]
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RIVERSIDE – CAL FIRE/Riverside County firefighters had to fight a structure fire at the Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center – a place where they are more accustomed to training how to fight fires at – Saturday, Oct. 22. The training facility, which is run by the Riverside Sheriff’s Department, provides law enforcement, fire, and correctional based public safety training courses. It […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A transient who tried to attack sheriff’s deputies with a knife was subdued and arrested for attempted murder of a peace officer and other charges Saturday, October 22. The incident happened outside a restaurant in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Boulevard, according to sheriff’s officials. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Station responded to a […]
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UPDATE: 10/24/2016 4:30 p.m. TEMECULA – Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit and Southwest Station, in conjunction with Cal-Fire’s Arson Unit, announced today that a fire at a Temecula area care facility that killed five people was arson related. Additionally, four of the five people found at the residence after the fire sustained injuries consistent with gun shot wounds, […]
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