News From Around The County
MORENO VALLEY – Deputies are conducting a homicide investigation after three women were shot and one was killed Sunday, Feb. 19. The deadly shooting happened in front of a residence in the 23000 block of Merrygrove Circle in Moreno Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police station responded to the area about 12:50 a.m., regarding several reports of shots […]
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RIVERSIDE – A Moreno Valley resident died in a single-vehicle accident after a driver plowed into two trees and a light pole Monday, Feb. 20. The deadly wreck happened in the area of University Avenue west of Eucalyptus Avenue in Riverside. Officers investigating the crash believe alcohol intoxication was a contributing factor in the collision, police officials said after their […]
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TEMECULA – A Murrieta resident died in a three-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Tuesday, Feb. 14. The deadly wreck happened at the intersection of La Serena Way and Butterfield Stage Road in Temecula. Coroner officials later identified the driver killed in the collision as 47-year-old Marcus Gastiaburu. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police station responded to several 911 calls from citizens reporting […]
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RIVERSIDE – City of Riverside police officers arrested a man they say stole not just one, but two vans from Rest Assured Mortuary Services in Riverside Sunday, Feb. 12. Authorities said the alleged suspect returned the first van he stole after he realized the vehicle contained a dead body inside it. The mortuary where the two vehicle thefts happened is in […]
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UPDATE: Feb. 10, With Coroner’s release of identification (See original story below.) MORENO VALLEY – Officials from the Riverside County Coroner’s office have identified a person who was found deceased Sunday morning, Feb. 5. The man’s body was located down an embankment where homeless are known to camp. Coroner’s officials identified the man as Daniel Chun, 29, of Riverside. […]
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MENIFEE – Despite rescuer’s efforts, a man died while on a mountain biking excursion in the hills near Scenic View Drive and Keller Road in Menifee Friday, Feb. 3. The area where the incident occurred is west of the Interstate 215 Freeway and north of Greer Ranch. Emergency first responders from Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, Murrieta Fire Protection District, American […]
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BANNING – A person died in a residential house fire that also displaced three adults Thursday, Jan. 26. The fire broke out at a home in the 600 block of E. Ramsey Street between Hargrave and Martin Streets in Banning. Officials have not yet identified the victim killed in the fire, pending notification of the person’s family. Firefighters from Cal Fire/Riverside […]
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HEMET – The day after a vehicle was found engulfed in flames in a riverbed east of Castille Canyon, sheriff’s officials announced the discovery of a body near where the burnt-out vehicle had been located. The area where the burned vehicle and body were found is part of the Soboba Indian Reservation in an unincorporated area of Hemet. During their investigation, authorities […]
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UPDATE: Jan. 26, 11 a.m. BANNING – An inmate who sustained critical injuries during a fight with another inmate Saturday, Jan. 21, succumbed to his injuries and was pronounced dead four days after the deadly incident, Wednesday, Jan. 25. Sheriff’s officials have not released the victim’s or the suspect’s names in the fatal confrontation. “The investigation is ongoing,” according to Riverside Sheriff’s […]
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UPDATE: Jan. 24, 10:43 p.m. HEMET – Hemet police officials have provided more information about a dead body that was discovered in a residential back yard in Hemet. The victim had been shot to death, according to a police official. “At about 7:39 a.m., Hemet Police 911 Dispatch Center received a call of a deceased male lying in a backyard […]
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