UPDATED: PERRIS: DUI and excessive speed suspected in solo-vehicle wreck that killed Moreno Valley man

UPDATE: April 10, 3 p.m. (See original story below.) PERRIS – Coroner officials have identified a man who died after the driver lost control of his speeding car and smashed broadside into a traffic signal pole Saturday, April 8. The wreck, which one official called a “violent and unnecessary traffic collision fatality,” happened at the intersection of Indian Avenue and Markham Street in […]

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GOOD HOPE: One killed, two injured in solo-vehicle rollover

GOOD HOPE – One person was killed and two other were injured in a single-vehicle, roll-over accident Saturday, March 25. The deadly accident happened in the 22000 block of Ellis Avenue, near Marshall Street, in the unincorporated community of Good Hope. Good Hope is located southwest of Perris and north of Lake Elsinore. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim killed […]

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UPDATED: CHERRY VALLEY: Two confirmed dead following standoff with barricaded subject

UPDATE: March 26, 9 p.m. With additional information from sheriff’s department.   CHERRY VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials provided more information about Saturday’s deadly barricaded standoff that ended with two people dead, March 25. Authorities are calling the incident a murder-suicide. The victim was later identified as Jose Leon, 46, of Cherry Valley. The suspect was identified as John Malicek, 67, of […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Driver killed after vehicle smashes into power pole, trees

MORENO VALLEY – A driver died when their car smashed into a telephone pole and several trees Saturday, March 25. The early-morning, single-vehicle wreck happened in the 17700 block of Lasselle Street between Avenida Classica and Via De Anza, near Rancho Verde High School, in Moreno Valley. Moreno Valley Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the […]

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MENIFEE: Teen dies in early-morning, head-on crash

MENIFEE – A teenager died in an early-morning, head-on traffic collision after he tried to pass slower moving traffic on Scott Road, east of Merrit Road, in Menifee, according to California Highway Patrol officials. The deadly accident happened just after midnight, Tuesday, March 21. Coroner’s officials later identified the victim as Peter Ely Sakr, 18, of Menifee. Sakr died about one […]

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DE LUZ: Woman killed when ejected from car after crashing into tree

DE LUZ – A woman who was ejected from her car after crashing into a tree died Thursday morning, March 23. The deadly, solo-vehicle crash happened in the 43400 block of De Luz Road, between Tierra Linda and Via Vaquero Road, in the unincorporated community of De Luz. Although a California Highway Patrol official described the accident as a “totally […]

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HEMET: Police seek help solving 2016 fatal stabbing of Marine Veteran

HEMET – Hemet police investigators are seeking the public’s help solving the 2016 murder of a Marine Corps Veteran and father of two children. RELATED: Veteran, father of 2, dead after Hemet double stabbing, second victim recovering (Click link to view story.) RELATED: Police still seeking witnesses to June stabbing of Marine Veteran (Click link to view story.) Nicholas Males, 29, of Whittier, died Sunday, June […]

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Knife-wielding man attacking woman fatally shot by deputy

A man who was armed with a knife and physically assaulting a woman was fatally shot by a sheriff’s deputy Sunday, March 19. The deadly shooting happened in the area of Dillon Road and Johnson Road southeast of Desert Hot Springs, in the unincorporated community of Desert Edge. The incident began about 9:20 a.m., when deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Palm Desert […]

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ORANGE: Dramatic, fatal officer-involved shooting caught on camera

ORANGE, Calif. – A man who was armed with a knife while sitting inside a locked minivan with a can of gasoline and a lit cigarette was fatally shot by City of Orange police officers during a violent, early-morning incident, Monday, March 13. The deadly shooting happened during a traffic stop near a 24-hour laundromat, a convenience store, several restaurants, and other […]

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UPDATED: HEMET: Authorities make arrest in hit and run that killed 66-year-old

HEMET – Police officials are crediting a citizen’s anonymous tip with leading them to identifying and arresting an East Hemet resident who allegedly killed a 66-year-old Hemet resident in a hit and run traffic collision Tuesday, March 7. (Click link to view original story.) The victim, later identified as Danny Silva, was killed about 6:18 p.m., while crossing Florida Avenue in Hemet. […]

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