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Two deputies were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries after a traffic collision at Margarita Rd. and Temecula Parkway. Bill Williams photo TEMECULA – Two Riverside County sheriff’s deputies and another driver suffered minor injuries when they were involved in a two-vehicle traffic collision Friday, April 21. The accident, that sent both deputies to the hospital with unspecified injuries, happened […]
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EAST HEMET – Several East Hemet area schools activated their emergency lock-down protocols Tuesday, Feb. 14, after an anonymous caller reported having a gun near a school in East Hemet. Riverside County emergency dispatchers received the phone call about 11 a.m., according to sheriff’s and school officials. Although the male caller did not specify which school he was near with the […]
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Trevor Montgomery MORENO VALLEY – A two car collision in Moreno Valley sent five people to the hospital with moderate to major injuries on February 20. One victim was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by firefighters using the jaws of life. The Riverside Sheriff’s emergency communications center received several 911 calls regarding the major injury traffic […]
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Trevor Montgomery Miguel Shannon / Epicenter News Photographer UPDATED: Feb. 20, 3 a.m. WRITER’S NOTE: Please keep in mind, just because the Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit is investigating this case, does not mean this tragic incident WAS an actual homicide. CHU handles SIDS deaths as well as many NON-CRIMINAL death investigations. SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials have announced that […]
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UPDATED: 2/15 @ 10 a.m. Writer’s note: An earlier version of this report listed the area where the vehicle and deceased were found as Valle Vista. The incident actually occurred in the unincorporated area of East Hemet. TM EAST HEMET – Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet-Valle Vista Sheriff’s Station located a woman just before 8 p.m., after […]
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Trevor Montgomery JURUPA VALLEY – Officials are asking for the public’s help in identifying a vehicle and driver involved in a fatal hit and run traffic collision that took the life of an elderly pedestrian on Monday, Feb. 8. The fatal accident occurred at 12:01 a.m., when a car struck a pedestrian who was crossing the roadway in the 3000 block […]
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Trevor Montgomery LAKE ELSINORE – Deputies assigned to the Special Enforcement Team from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Lake Elsinore Police Station organized and conducted a warrant sweep operation in the area of Riverside Drive and Lakeshore Drive on January 30. As a result of the warrant sweep, deputies made the following arrests: Antonio Mendoza, 27, arrested for two misdemeanor […]
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Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source MORENO VALLEY – A man was shot multiple times in Moreno Valley on Sunday, January 10. The victim later died from his injuries and has not yet been identified by coroner’s officials. No arrests have been made and no motive has been announced yet in the fatal shooting incident. According to Sgt. Raymond Huskey […]
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Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source LAKE MATHEWS – A Riverside Police sergeant was arrested and charged with two felony counts of child abuse relating to a September incident involving a teenage boy in the unincorporated area of Lake Mathews. On Dec. 11, Sgt. Benjamin Shafer, of the Riverside Police Department, was charged with child abuse likely to result in great bodily injury and assault likely to result […]
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Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source For Valley News MENIFEE – On December 16, a 59-year-old Perris resident was killed in a rollover traffic collision when his vehicle left the I 215 and smashed over the freeway’s sound wall and into a utility pole adjacent to the freeway. At about 11:20 p.m., Riverside County Sheriff deputies, officers from California […]
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