News From Around The County
Hemet police officers closed down all lanes of traffic on Florida Avenue, between S. Hamilton and S. Western Avenues during the ruptured gas main emergency. Melanie Lee photo HEMET- A major roadway through Hemet was shut down for several hours after a vehicle crashed into a high-pressure, above-ground, main gas line. Florida Avenue between S. Western and S. Hamilton […]
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UPDATE: March 19, 9 p.m. (See original story below.) UPDATE: March 19, 4 p.m. SEE RELATED UPDATE: BEAUMONT: Four arrested, charged with kidnapping, murder of 21-year-old BEAUMONT – Riverside County coroner officials have identified a woman who was shot and killed while sitting inside a car Saturday, March 4. The victim was identified as Jasmine Zuniga, 21, of Banning. She was shot while […]
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WILDOMAR – A woman was arrested Saturday, Feb. 18, after she allegedly burglarized a Wildomar home and stole the victim’s car, according to a sheriff official. After an investigation, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Wildomar Police station arrested Jessica Ryan Spiegel, 30, of Lake Elsinore. She was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on charges related to burglary, vehicle […]
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A Temecula resident was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit in a stolen Mercedes Benz Feb. 10. The pursuit began in the area of Mission Trail and Malaga Drive and ended on Single Oak Way in Murrieta. After he was apprehended, the suspect was identified as Tyler Nutting, 23, of Temecula. Nutting was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on […]
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HEMET – The day after a vehicle was found engulfed in flames in a riverbed east of Castille Canyon, sheriff’s officials announced the discovery of a body near where the burnt-out vehicle had been located. The area where the burned vehicle and body were found is part of the Soboba Indian Reservation in an unincorporated area of Hemet. During their investigation, authorities […]
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NUEVO – Officials are blaming driver fatigue in an early-morning, single-vehicle, rollover accident that happened Saturday, Dec. 3. The accident occurred in the 29500 block of Nuevo Road near Lakeview Avenue in Nuevo. California Highway Patrol responded to the reported rollover after it was reported to officials at 3:40 a.m. Residents at the home were woken by the sound of the car […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A family and other citizens wrestled an alleged car thief from their vehicle and held him until deputies arrived and took the man into custody Nov. 24. The attempted vehicle theft happened in the 12000 block of Foxdale Drive in Moreno Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police Station were dispatched to the location […]
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RIVERSIDE – A man was arrested by Riverside police officers after a concerned citizen called 911 to report a suspicious vehicle Thursday, Oct. 27. The vehicle had been parked overnight in the area of Kirkmichael Circle and Lochmoor Drive in the Sycamore Canyon Park neighborhood of Riverside. At the end of an investigation, officers arrested Glenn Schaal, 27, of Moreno Valley. […]
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HEMET – A man was taken into custody by Hemet Police officers after leading them on a high-speed vehicle pursuit followed by a foot pursuit, Thursday, Aug. 11. The alleged suspect was eventually located hiding inside a trash can by officers who were searching for him during the foot pursuit. The man was taken into custody in the 800 block […]
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HEMET – A man wanted for stealing a car from a Walgreens in San Jacinto was located and arrested, while parked next to the Hemet Library, directly across from the Hemet Police Station Aug. 1. An officer on routine patrol located the stolen vehicle at about 4:30 pm. It was occupied by one person, who was later identified as 24-year-old […]
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