News From Around The County
UPDATE: 10/05/2016 9:45 p.m. SAN JACINTO – A person travelling in a motorized wheelchair across S. San Jacinto Avenue was struck and killed by a passing motorist Wednesday, Oct. 5, according to sheriff’s officials. The accident happened directly across the street from the San Jacinto Unified School District building, just north of E. Midway Avenue and south of E. Commonwealth Avenue […]
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MENIFEE – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 4, after he allegedly held a woman against her will and assaulted her in a woman’s restroom at the Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Campus at 28237 La Piedra Road in Menifee. The victim defended herself and fought back, managing to flee from the restroom where the incident reportedly occurred. After investigating the […]
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MENIFEE – Three occupants of a Toyota Corolla were critically injured and transported to a local hospital after their vehicle was broadsided by a Ford Explorer in an early morning hit and run traffic collision Thursday, Sept. 29. The hit and run accident happened in the 27000 block of Newport and Bradley Roads in Menifee. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Menifee Police […]
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RIVERSIDE – A pedestrian died after he was hit by a vehicle in the area of Columbia Avenue west of Mulberry Street Saturday, Oct. 1. After the accident the driver of the sedan fled the scene, leaving the victim dying in the roadway. The Riverside Police Department’s Dispatch Center received several calls from citizens reporting the vehicle versus pedestrian traffic collision at […]
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HEMET – A local resident was arrested after allegedly breaking into a home and leading officers on a foot chase Wednesday, Oct. 5. The arrest and incident began in the 300 block of S. Juanita Street. Hemet police officers arrested Ellis Smith, 21, of Hemet, and he was later booked into county jail. According to a press release from Hemet PD, Smith […]
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HEMET/RIVERSIDE – Two women were arrested after they allegedly hit a total of four Target stores throughout the day stealing baby formula. One of the incidents occurred at Target in the 2700 block of Canyon Springs Parkway Wednesday, Sept. 28. Loss prevention officers stopped he two women as they were leaving the store while trying to steal over $1,000 in baby formula from the Canyon […]
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The driver of the Toyota that caused the nearly head-on collision sustained major traumatic injuries. She was later arrested for DUI. Aric Bell photo HEMET – A woman sustained major injuries when a vehicle she was driving drifted into the opposing lanes of traffic and collided nearly head on with a vehicle occupied by a family of five, according to […]
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WILDOMAR – A Cal Fire/Riverside County fire engine sustained major damage while working on a traffic collision call when it was struck by a vehicle on Interstate 15 in Wildomar Sunday morning, Oct. 2. Firefighters were providing medical aid for those injured in the first collision when it was struck from behind. The first accident was reported just before 7 a.m. Paramedic Engine E-94 from the City of Lake […]
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UPDATED: 10/02/2016 1:15 p.m. BEAUMONT – Riverside County coroner’s officials have identified a man who was shot and killed by a Beaumont police officer Saturday, Sept. 17. The deadly shooting happened in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant in the 1600 block of E. Sixth Street near Highland Springs Avenue in Banning. According to coroner’s officials the man was identified […]
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HEMET – Multiple 911 reports of shots being fired in the parking lot of a Chase Bank brought several officers rushing to the scene of what some callers reported as a possible bank robbery Saturday, Oct. 1. The bank is located at 1800 E. Florida Avenue between N. Mayflower and N. Yale Streets The incident was reported to City of Hemet dispatchers at […]
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