News From Around The County
EAST HEMET — Two people who were sleeping inside their car on an East Hemet area street were jolted awake when two men dragged the driver out of the vehicle and began to beat, punch and kick him during an attempted carjacking early this morning, Friday, July 14. One person was apprehended after the attempted carjacking, that happened in the 42000 […]
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Deputies converged on a residence after tracking a LoJack signal where they recovered a stolen motorcycle and apprehended a man who was not only charged with theft of the motorcycle, he was charged with an April 12 armed-carjacking. Will Whelan/Hemet Valley Incidents photo SAN JACINTO – Officials from several different local law enforcement agencies worked together while tracking a carjacking […]
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COACHELLA – A Coachella resident attempted to carjack an elderly male in the 52400 block of Morgan Street in Coachella Wednesday, August 24. The suspect then carjacked a mail carrier’s vehicle after a USPS mail carrier intervened on the older man’s behalf. Deputies eventually located and apprehended Hernan Ortega, 32, of Coachella. He was later booked into the Larson Correctional Facility in […]
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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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