News From Around The County
UPDATED: Thursday, Jan. 11, 11:45 p.m. Sheriff’s officials have announced the arrest of four Hemet area residents in connection with last week’s double murder of Lauren Lopez and Patrick Powell Jr. The two men and two women arrested for the double homicide have been booked into jail and remain in custody – two held on bail ranging from $2 to $3 million and two held […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Dec. 29, 3:52 p.m. INDIO — Officials have identified a man who reportedly died while in custody after suffering an unspecified medical emergency, Wednesday, Dec. 27. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Michael Mijarez, 44, of Coachella, as the inmate who died after being transported to an area hospital. The victim was rushed to the hospital after correctional staff working at […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Dec. 27, 9:15 p.m. PERRIS — Officials are investigating a fatal, vehicle versus pedestrian, hit and run traffic collision that took the life of a 68-year-old, Moreno Valley resident, early Christmas morning, Monday, Dec. 25. The man was found unconscious along the side of the road in front of Camper Resorts of America, on the 300 block of Ramona Expressway, in Perris. The […]
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NUEVO — Sheriff’s officials are investigating after the charred remains of a body were found by firefighters after extinguishing a dumpster fire, Tuesday, Dec. 26. The body was found inside a dumpster at the Four Winds Pheasant Club in the area of Bridge Street, north of Ramona Expressway, in the unincorporated community of Nuevo. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Perris […]
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MURRIETA — Officials are investigating the Wednesday, Nov. 29 in-custody death of an inmate who died while incarcerated at Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta, according to sheriff’s officials. The name of the inmate who died has not yet been released publicly, pending further investigation and notification of the man’s family. Deputies assigned to the detention facility located a Hispanic male adult “unresponsive within the […]
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WINCHESTER — Sheriff’s and fire officials are investigating the cause of a fatal fire after the bodies of two people were found by firefighters, Wednesday, Nov. 22. The victim’s bodies were discovered by firefighters after extinguishing an early morning, recreational vehicle fire The deadly fire happened on the 31000 block of Olive Avenue, between Leon Road and Memory Lane, in the unincorporated […]
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MEAD VALLEY — Sheriff’s officials are investigating after a body was found by firefighters while extinguishing a vegetation fire, early Friday morning, Nov. 24. The deadly fire happened in the area of Cajalco Road and Haines Street in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters responded to the scene of the early morning fire at 5:32 a.m., after a […]
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UPDATE #3: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 12:30 a.m. See original story, photographs and Riverside PD update below. RIVERSIDE — Riverside Police officials have identified a parent who was fatally shot by SWAT members when they stormed a classroom to rescue a 70-year-old teacher the man had held hostage for more than six hours. The barricaded stand-off and hostage crisis happened at Castle […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — Officials are investigating after a parachutist died after suffering a “hard landing,” Wednesday, Sept. 27. According to officials, the victim was making his first, solo parachute jump when the fatal accident happened in an open field, north of Skylark Field Airport, in Lake Elsinore. Skydive Elsinore operates from the airport, which is west of Cereal Street and north of Corydon […]
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PERRIS — Authorities are investigating after a woman’s body was found Thursday morning, Sept. 21. The body was found in the 2500 block of Goetz Road near Mapes Road in Perris. The investigation into what officials have called a “fatal, traffic-related incident” began about 7 a.m., when deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Perris Police Station “responded to a report of a deceased female,” Riverside Sheriff’s […]
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