Tag: Chopper

UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: Chopper, the 5-pound, 4-foot long, crocodile monitor returned home

UPDATED: Sunday, Nov. 5, 1:35 a.m. RIVERSIDE — Chopper, the 4-year-old, crocodile monitor lizard found sunning itself in a Riverside back yard, was returned safely to its thankful owner Friday, Nov. 3; two days after a Riverside County Animal Services official managed to safely lasso and apprehend the adventurous, five-pound, four-foot long, escape artist. Chopper’s grateful owner, DeWitt “Goldie” Vercher, of Riverside, and a mildly indifferent Chopper were reunited at the […]

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Riverside PD’s AIR-1 makes dangerous “one-skid landing” rescue from Sugarloaf Mtn

If page fails to load properly or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   RIVERSIDE – Riverside Police Department’s Aviation Support Unit made an incredibly difficult rescue of a stranded hiker look easy when the helicopter’s pilot made not one, but two separate mountainside “one-skid” landings during a Friday, May […]

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SAN JACINTO: “Seriously injured” hang glider rescued after mountainside crash

If page fails to load properly, or displays as a plain-text document, try refreshing the page. I am working to resolve the problem. -TM   SAN JACINTO – A hang glider suffered major injuries this morning and had to be airlifted from the side of a steep and rugged, mountainous area near the Soboba Flight Park Sunday, May 21. The sports […]

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