News From Around The County
UPDATE: April 1, 3:30 p.m. Officials determine suspect’s true identity. JURUPA VALLEY – A deputy was injured during an early morning scuffle while taking a combative vehicle burglary suspect into custody Friday, March 31. The man was later determined to be a fugitive from justice. The incident and arrest happened in the 7000 block of Candlelight Drive in Jurupa Valley. During […]
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UPDATE: March 24, 6 p.m. (See original story, photographs and video below) SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials have provided additional information regarding an argument that escalated into a shooting Thursday, March 23. The shooting, which left a 35-year-old victim with major injuries, happened at the Mountain View Garden Apartments at 850 E. Main Street in San Jacinto. At the end of […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Officials announced the re-arrest of a man suspected in at least seven incidents of exposing himself and sexually assaulting females in and around Gateway Park in Sunnymead Ranch in Moreno Valley. The incidents happened over a ten-day period in December and the victims ranged in age from 22 to 40 years old, according to authorities. The alleged suspect, who […]
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COACHELLA – An Indio resident was arrested, suspected of driving under the influence, after his vehicle crashed into a parked vehicle Sunday, Jan. 1. The collision happened in the area of Avenue 52 and Cypress Street in Coachella. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coachella Police station responded to the location about 5:38 p.m., after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received a […]
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HOMELAND – Deputies responding to a disturbance call arrested a felon, accused of being in possession of a firearm and a large quantity of concentrated cannabis Thursday, Dec. 29. The incident and arrest happened in the 25000 block of Avenida Ramada Drive near Alicante Drive in Homeland. The suspect, who was identified as Rodney Alexander Topkov, 34, of Homeland, was arrested […]
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RIVERSIDE – Two freshman students were arrested after authorities uncovered a plot the boys were making to conduct a future attack at the school Monday, Dec. 5. The attack was being planned for the campus of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in the City of Riverside. Riverside Police Department and Riverside Unified School District officials began an investigation after […]
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RIVERSIDE – Four people were arrested for mail theft and other charges today about noon, Tuesday, Nov. 29. The arrests were made after a “very observant citizen” witnessed the subjects allegedly stealing mail in the 5400 block of Glenhaven Avenue in the Victoria neighborhood of Riverside, according to a Riverside Police Department press release. At the end of a traffic stop […]
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RIVERSIDE – More facts are emerging about Riverside County Sheriff’s Deputy Alcide Galley Jr., 49, who caused a nearly 20-hour stand-off Aug. 31 with deputies and members of the Hemet/Murrieta Special Operations Unit (SWAT) at his French Valley home. (Click link to view original report and subsequent updates.) Towards the end of the nearly day long stand-off Galley Jr. was finally […]
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HEMET – Hemet Police officers arrested a man in the area of 225 S. Elk Street Thursday, June 30, at about 2:20 a.m. The arrest came after an officer located weapons, narcotics, and items during a traffic stop. The subject was later booked for eight felonies and one misdemeanor. The officer conducted the traffic enforcement stop after observing a vehicle […]
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HEMET – A citizens’ 911 call regarding suspicious activity at Gibbel park, led to a violent confrontation with a suspect who attacked and injured a Hemet Police officer and led officers on a tense foot pursuit Friday, June 24. The park is located at 2500 W Florida Avenue. Officers eventually located and arrested Jimmie Taylor, a 43-year old transient, who is […]
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