Tag: Armed

RIVERSIDE: Distraught man claiming to have gun safely detained after surgical center standoff

RIVERSIDE — Officials successfully apprehended a distraught man who locked himself inside a surgical center bathroom and threatened to shoot officers, Tuesday evening, Dec. 12. The tense situation forced the evacuation of Riverside Community Hospital’s DeAnza Surgery Center, on the 4400 block of Magnolia Avenue, in Riverside. Several officers responded to the surgical center about 6 p.m., after receiving reports of a man […]

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UPDATE: EAST HEMET: Reports of incident involving armed and barricaded suspect unfounded

UPDATE: EAST HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have clarified this afternoon that earlier reports of an armed and barricaded stand-off happening in the area of Stetson Avenue and S. San Jacinto Street in the East Hemet area were unfounded and activity in the area was related to the service of a felony arrest warrant. Officials have not stated what the felony warrant was […]

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HEMET: Suicidal man, armed with numerous weapons, safely detained after short, but tense stand-off

Writer’s note: The armed and suicidal man in this incident was not pictured or named, due to his status as a “victim.” All suicidal subjects are considered victims, not criminals or suspects. HEMET – After a brief, but tense standoff, City of Hemet police officers managed to safely detain a suicidal man who was reportedly armed with a handgun and […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Two adults, 1 juvenile arrested after armed robbery, pursuit

MORENO VALLEY – Two adult men and a juvenile female were arrested after they were allegedly involved in an armed robbery and police pursuit Monday, Dec. 13. The robbery happened at a business in the 25900 block of Iris Avenue in Moreno Valley. At the end of the pursuit, deputies arrested the three suspects who allegedly robbed the business. The […]

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RIVERSIDE: Hours-long standoff ends with arrest of armed felon

RIVERSIDE – Police officers arrested a man who had been standing in front of his residence while armed with a rifle Thursday, Nov. 10. The seven-hour long standoff happened in the normally quiet, tree-lined, 9700 block of Belmont Drive in the Arlington area of Riverside. At the end of the standoff officer arrested the suspect, who was identified as Tommy […]

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UPDATED: Armed man on I-215 freeway in Perris who forced closures ID’d

UPDATE: 07/25/2016 7:30 p.m. The man who caused the I-215 freeway and Ethanac Road to be closed for more than five hours after he was seen running up and down the center of the freeway while armed with a loaded rifle has been identified as 27-year-old Antonio Caesar Lopez. After he was taken into custody, Lopez alluded to a bomb […]

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Man with loaded gun arrested during violent confrontation at Hemet CVS

HEMET – Officers arrested a Hemet area resident, during a violent encounter at a CVS Pharmacy, Friday, May 6. The pharmacy is at 3055 W Florida Avenue, in Hemet. The man, who was later identified as Luis Alvarado, 34, a resident of unincorporated Hemet, was found to be armed with a loaded handgun and two knives. He was arrested following a violent confrontation […]

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Hemet woman fights back against knife-wielding burglar – suspect arrested

  HEMET – A sleeping Hemet resident who awoke to the sight of a knife-wielding burglar entering her bedroom as she slept refused to become a victim and fought back, according to Hemet Police Sergeant Glen Brock. The burglary occurred Friday, April 29. Although the young man entering into her bedroom was armed with a knife and approaching the victim in […]

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Hemet man arrested for weapons and drug charges after traffic stop

HEMET – A Hemet resident was arrested after police officers found narcotics, narcotics-related paraphernalia and an illegal and loaded assault-style weapon during an early-morning traffic enforcement stop, Wednesday, April 20, according to a Hemet Police official. The arrest came after a Hemet Police officer saw a vehicle in the area of Santa Fe Street and Whittier Avenue at 1:30 a.m. When […]

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Man arrested for armed robbery after he allegedly robbed a Murrieta Walgreens

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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