News From Around The County
On-Scene Photographs and Video: Miguel Shannon & R. Rippy / Epicenter News HEMET – A Hemet Police K9 handler and a driver suspected of being under the influence were both injured in a traffic collision on Thursday, Mar. 3, when a patrol vehicle was rear-ended while stopped at a red light. The accident occurred at 2:18 a.m, according to a press release from Hemet […]
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HEMET – A traffic stop conducted by Hemet Police officers on Mar. 4, led to the arrest of a Hemet resident after officers located two guns and a considerable amount of illegal drugs, according to Hemet Police officials. Hemet Police officers conducted the traffic enforcement stop at about 10 a.m., in the eastern, unincorporated area of Hemet. Officers made the traffic stop after […]
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HEMET – Detectives from the Hemet Police Department’s Crime Suppression Unit arrested a known felon and probationer on Mar. 5. They arrested the man after they recognized him driving in the 800 block of North Lyon Avenue, according to a press release from Hemet Police officials. Detectives first spotted the subject, identified as John Loyal Runnels, 54, of Hemet, driving a […]
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MURRIETA – Murrieta Police officers arrested a man on Mar. 4, after he allegedly used a handgun to rob a Walgreens in Murrieta. The man reportedly stole a large quantity of prescription medication before fleeing the business, according to Murrieta Police Sergeant Steve Dyer. The Murrieta Police emergency communications center received a 911 call at 5:29 p.m., regarding an armed robbery in progress […]
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Trevor Montgomery Video Footage: Miguel Shannon / Epicenter News CABAZON – A man died on Friday, Feb. 26, after attempting to render aid after finding a car that had struck a light pole and was on fire. Deputies later determined the car was abandoned and unoccupied. Deputies are conducting an investigation to determine who was driving the vehicle involved in the […]
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Trevor Montgomery MURRIETA – Murrieta Police officers arrested two subjects after they allegedly stole over $700 from a Home Depot in Murrieta. One of the subjects reportedly hit and knocked down a female employee while fleeing the location. On Feb. 22, Murrieta Police Dispatch received a call at about 7:30 p.m., from the Home Depot located on Madison Avenue. The […]
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Trevor Montgomery MURRIETA – Toxicology reports from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office and a press release recently issued from the Murrieta Police Department have finally begun to shed new light into a fatal accident in Murrieta that took the lives of three young Hemet residents. The coroner’s office identified the three teens killed in the fatal traffic collision […]
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Trevor Montgomery HEMET – Officers arrested a San Diego man on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, after he attempted to steal a vehicle from an auto dealership and then tried to carjack at least one or more vehicles that were stopped at a light, at the intersection of West Florida and Cawston Avenues. The suspect then allegedly attacked and fought with responding officers […]
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Trevor Montgomery BLYTHE – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials are conducting a homicide investigation after a 6-month-old died under suspicious circumstances on Tuesday Feb. 23. At about 7:15 a.m., deputies assigned to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Blythe-Colorado River Station were contacted by medical personnel from the Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe, regarding a possible child abuse investigation. Doctors, nurses, teachers, law […]
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Trevor Montgomery JURUPA VALLEY – Few details have been released after one victim was killed and another was wounded after a shooting in Jurupa Valley on Saturday, Feb. 20. At about 12:15 a.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s emergency communications center received a 911 call about a shooting in the 4000 block of Pedley Road, in Jurupa Valley. Deputies from […]
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