News From Around The County
HEMET — A hit and run suspect led officers on a bizarre, twenty-minute long pursuit that ended about one mile from where the incident began, Sunday morning, Nov. 19. During the early morning pursuit, the man who led officers on the slow-speed chase made about one dozen U-Turns on Florida Avenue, never driving much further than about one mile from […]
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RIVERSIDE — Officers arrested a man they say led them on a vehicle pursuit on a motorcycle Monday morning, Oct. 30. The short pursuit, which covered about three miles, ended when the rider crashed into a fence and was apprehended by officers who had been chasing him. After the pursuit and crash officers arrested Glenn Ian Jenkins, 47, of Riverside. He was transported […]
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REDDING — Officials are searching for a person who managed to elude deputies in a stolen car during a high-speed vehicle pursuit, late Monday evening, Oct. 30. Despite the assistance of a California Highway Patrol helicopter, the subject was not located. Deputies from the Shasta County Sheriff’s Office spotted the stolen vehicle, described as a red Honda sedan, about 11:20 p.m., traveling […]
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GOOD HOPE — A woman in a stolen Cadillac who pointed a handgun at the vehicle’s owner was arrested after leading deputies on a vehicle pursuit. The chase ended when the alleged suspect crashed the stolen sedan. The Tuesday, Oct. 10, incident began in the area of Ellis Avenue and Theda Street in the unincorporated community of Good Hope. After crashing the […]
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HEMET — Details are still emerging and officials have not yet released any information after a dangerous, high-speed pursuit ended when the driver lost control of the vehicle she was fleeing from police in and her sedan overturned. The vehicle rolled on a dirt shoulder near Winchester and Scott Roads in Hemet. The female driver, who has not yet been […]
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HEMET — A sheriff deputy shot and wounded a parolee who authorities say led deputies on an early morning vehicle pursuit before pointing a gun at officials at the end of the chase. The suspect sustained non-life-threatening injuries in the Sunday, Oct. 8 officer-involved shooting that happened west of the intersection of W. Florida Avenue and Warren Road in the city of Hemet. As […]
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WILDOMAR — A woman temporarily eluded deputies but was ultimately arrested after leading authorities on a pursuit through Wildomar Friday morning, Oct. 6. Sheriff’s aviation crew members managed to track the woman when she fled on foot from a stolen Jeep, after deputies on the ground terminated their pursuit when the fleeing woman took the chase off-road, according to sheriff’s officials. The […]
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REDDING — Authorities announced the arrest of two men they say shot a Redding resident Sept. 23, during a dangerous car chase that traveled several miles. The pursuit wound its way through several streets in the downtown Redding area, past the Mt. Shasta Mall, west on Highway 44 and then exited at the Sundial Bridge exit. During the early morning pursuit the tWo alleged […]
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HEMET — City of Hemet police officers are investigating after two men managed to elude capture when they fled from a stolen vehicle at the end of a pursuit, Thursday, Sept. 28. Two women who had been inside the stolen car during the pursuit were detained and one was later arrested for an outstanding warrant. The incident began when a […]
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TEMECULA — A PRCS probationer with a felony, narcotics-related warrant was arrested after leading authorities on a short motorcycle pursuit Friday, Sept. 15. During the pursuit, the fleeing fugitive crashed into a pursuing patrol vehicle and fled into a neighborhood. After his arrest, the suspect was allegedly found to be in possession of a large amount of methamphetamine and heroin. After he was […]
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