News From Around The County
LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a road rage incident involving an off-duty San Bernardino Police Department employee ended with gunfire being exchanged between two drivers Saturday evening, Feb. 20, and the later arrest of a Mission Viejo man. Officials did not specify if the SBPD employee was an officer or civilian after the shooting, which happened along Hwy 74 – […]
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SAN JACINTO VALLEY, Calif. — In the wake of numerous recent major-injury and fatal traffic accidents along Ramona Expressway, California Highway Patrol conducted a traffic enforcement operation and speeding crackdown along the dangerous stretch of roadway Thursday, Feb. 11. Thursday’s operation yielded a total of 23 citations, where speeding was the primary violation cited, according to CHP. LEADING THE RCNS […]
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BADLANDS, Calif. — CHP says several roadway construction workers are lucky to be alive after two vehicles wrecked while passing through a construction zone in the Badlands area of SR-60, between Moreno Valley and Beaumont last week. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Corona man who once drove to Arizona to have sex with “teen” charged with having sex with sexually trafficked […]
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WHITEWATER, Calif. — A CHP motorcycle officer was seriously injured and remains hospitalized with major injuries after he was sideswiped by a car and thrown from his motorcycle Saturday afternoon, Feb. 6. The crash, which led to two other vehicles colliding, happened on the westbound I-10 near state route 62, in the unincorporated Riverside County area of Whitewater, according to […]
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Highway Patrol (CHP) Commissioner Amanda Ray today issued the following statement announcing the CHP would go on tactical alert ahead of the upcoming Presidential Inauguration: “For many months, the CHP has worked closely with local, state, and federal law enforcement agencies to ensure the outcome of the election will be respected and that any protests which […]
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A new statewide initiative recently issued by California Highway Patrol and the State of California encourages drivers to “Slow The Fast Down” and understand the dangers of speeding. Saying that excessive speeding went way up during the beginning of the state’s mandated COVID-19 public health crisis related stay-at-home orders in March, CHP recently announced that between March 19 and April […]
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WRITER’S NOTE: This is a breaking story with few verified facts, other than details gathered from official radio traffic at the time. None of the involved agencies has released any official details regarding this pursuit, crash or shooting as of this breaking story. As such, some of the facts and details could change as more information becomes available. -TM HEMET, Calif. […]
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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — California Highway Patrol today announced the arrest of a 25-year veteran officer on suspicion of Workers’ Compensation insurance fraud and theft. The alleged suspect, 46-year-old Kathleen M. Beardsley, had been assigned to CHP’s San Gorgonio Pass Area Station since 2016. The arrest was the culmination of a seven-month long investigation by CHP’s Workers’ Compensation Fraud Investigations […]
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SACRAMENTO — Caltrans announced today a joint effort with the California Highway Patrol (CHP) and the California Office of Traffic Safety (OTS) to urge drivers in the state to slow down given a recent 87% increase in citations for speeding in excess of 100 mph that coincides with decreased traffic volumes during the COVID-19 pandemic. From March 19 when the […]
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SAN JACINTO — A CHP officer and juvenile Explorer Scout on a ride along were both hospitalized but later released after an “errant driver” lost control of his pickup and plowed into their parked patrol vehicle, early Wednesday evening, Jan. 22. The officer and explorer had been assisting other officers at the scene of another, unrelated collision and were preparing […]
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