HEMET: Car smashes head-on into concrete light pole after two-vehicle crash

HEMET – Two drivers sustained minor injuries and a concrete power pole was sent crashing down into a backyard after a two-vehicle traffic collision Tuesday, April 18. The minor-injury accident occurred at the intersection of W. Devonshire and N. Lyon Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the accident shortly before noon, […]

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HEMET: Courtyard Apartments evacuated due to palm tree fires

HEMET – Numerous residents have been evacuated from the Columbia Courtyard Apartments and Columbia Street has been closed between E. Devonshire and E. Florida Avenues after several palm trees were reportedly set ablaze by an unknown man Sunday, Nov. 13. The apartments that were evacuated are located at 157 Columbia Street in Hemet. Calls began flooding into City of Hemet emergency dispatchers about […]

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HEMET: Three vehicle wreck shuts down traffic on two streets

HEMET – A three vehicle traffic accident forced the closure of at least two roads Monday, Sept. 26. The accident happened at the intersection of Devonshire Avenue and Meyers Street. Hemet police officers, City of Hemet firefighters, and American Medical Response emergency medical technicians responded to the accident that was dispatched at 2:50 p.m. The first fire engine company and AMR […]

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UPDATE: 6th suspect in 2 weeks attacks Hemet officer, flees on foot, arrested

UPDATED:  06/22/2016 7:30 p.m. With official press release information   A Hemet transient – the sixth suspect to violently assault a Hemet Police officer in the last two weeks according to police officials – was arrested after he first assaulted a Hemet business owner near Florida Avenue and Mayflower Street before later attacking and fleeing from an officer. The incident […]

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UPDATE: 6th suspect in 2 weeks attacks Hemet officer, flees on foot, arrested

Numerous Hemet Police officers responded to the foot pursuit and attempted carjacking. Oscar Ramirez / Hemet Valley Incidents   UPDATED:  06/22/2016 7:30 p.m. With official press release information   A Hemet transient – the sixth suspect to violently assault a Hemet Police officer this week according to police officials – was arrested after he first assaulted a Hemet business owner near […]

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