News From Around The County
HEMET – At approximately 4:00 pm on 10/1/2016 a Green Chevy S10 was traveling west bound on Florida Ave in Hemet T-Boned a Toyota Avalon at the intersection of Buena Vista and Florida. It is believed that the driver of the Truck blew through the red light hitting the Grey Toyota Avalon. There are unknown injuries however those involved where […]
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VALLE VISTA – A 53-year-old Hemet resident was killed in a violent wreck with a second car, Tuesday, May 10. The victim was reportedly ejected through the sunroof of his Volkswagen Beetle after being struck nearly head-on by a wrong-way driver. The driver of the vehicle that crashed into the Beetle told investigating officers he had fallen asleep just before the fatal […]
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HOMELAND – Cal Fire/Riverside, Riverside County Fire personnel and investigators, Riverside County Sheriff deputies and investigators, Hemet Police officials and ATF agents are investigating a series of Homeland and City of Hemet area fires that appear to be suspicious in nature. Some of the fires include a church that was burned to the ground April 30, as well as a second […]
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HOMELAND – A motorcyclist sustained traumatic injuries in an early morning major vehicle versus motorcycle traffic collision, when the driver of a pickup truck made a left hand turn directly in front of the rider, Saturday, May 7, according to law enforcement officials. The collision was reported to Riverside County and California Highway Patrol emergency communications dispatchers at about 4:40 a.m. The […]
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UPDATED: 05/06/2016 11:00 p.m. HEMET – A man and two dogs were reportedly shot multiple times Thursday, May 5, during a robbery that occurred at a business listed as P.R.E.I. Corporation, according to police officials. The business is in the Alessandro Center, located at 640 N. San Jacinto Street, in Hemet. Police officials believe the shooting was the result of a […]
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SAN JACINTO – Two men tried unsuccessfully to rob a San Jacinto pharmacy Thursday, April 29. No one was reportedly injured during the attempted robbery and the business, a CVS Pharmacy located in the 100 block of South Sanderson Avenue, in San Jacinto, quickly returned to business. Riverside County emergency communications dispatchers received the first of many calls regarding the failed […]
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UPDATED: 04/24/2016 3:50 p.m. PERRIS – A skydiver sustained “moderate injuries” on Thursday afternoon, April 21, after suffering what Riverside County Fire/Cal Fire Public Information Officer April Newman described as a “parachute malfunction.” The victim was transported to an area hospital but was expected to survive, according to Newman. The skydiver reportedly went down at Skydive Perris, located at the Perris Airfield, […]
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BEAUMONT – An early morning accident involving a big-rig tractor-trailer semi-truck and a four-door hatchback injured three people from inside the hatchback. The collision occurred on the I-10 freeway, near the Oak Valley Parkway overpass. Traffic was reportedly backed up and moving at a crawl; as crews worked to free the victims from the wrecked hatchback and clean up debris […]
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HEMET – A Fontana man was arrested by Hemet Police officers on Friday, April 23. The incident that left many residents fearful and traumatized, began after the man allegedly fired several rounds from a handgun near an apartment complex. After the shooting, the man allegedly fled from pursuing officers, attempted to carjack a vehicle, and fought with officers attempting to […]
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HEMET – Officers arrested three Hemet residents and a child was taken into protective custody early Friday morning, following a dangerous, high-speed vehicle pursuit that wound its way through the city and surrounding areas. The pursuit began at about 12:35 a.m., after a Hemet Police officer saw a vehicle driving in the area of Thornton Avenue and Buena Vista Street “at […]
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