MORENO VALLEY: Report of shooting suicide leads to “suspicious death” investigation

MORENO VALLEY — Sheriff’s homicide investigators are heading up an investigation into what officials are calling a “suspicious death” after deputies responding to reports of a suicide found evidence that led their investigation in a different direction. Citing their ongoing investigation, officials have released very few details other than to confirm they are investigating the Sunday, Mar. 18 death. Sunday’s suspicious […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Man arrested after officials say he fatally stabbed wife

MORENO VALLEY — A man who officials allege fatally stabbed his wife inside their Moreno Valley apartment early Monday morning was arrested and now sits in jail on a murder charge, held on $1 million bail. Monday’s murder was the third death in Moreno Valley in as many days, either deemed by sheriff’s officials as homicide or suspicious in nature. In […]

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MORENO VALLEY: Man arrested, charged with murdering girlfriend at apt

MORENO VALLEY — Sheriff’s investigators have arrested a man they allege murdered his 25-year-old girlfriend inside her Moreno Valley apartment, Saturday afternoon, Mar. 17. Saturday’s murder was the first of three confirmed or potential homicides that happened in the city over as many days. Two of those incidents have already resulted in arrests and murder charges, including one incident where a man […]

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FBI statistics indicate Hemet PD’s efforts to clean up city might be working

HEMET — With a new police chief, an increase in police staffing levels, several new, resurrected or enhanced special teams, and new funding secured by recently passed Measure “U” all happening in the last few months, City of Hemet and Hemet Police Department officials were happy to report an overall decrease in total crime and an increase in felony arrests […]

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SAGE: Officials investigating fatal shooting after body found in SUV along rural road

SAGE — Details are still emerging after deputies investigating reports of shots fired and an assault with a deadly weapon found a vehicle riddled with bullet holes this afternoon. Upon closer inspection, deputies found a man’s lifeless body inside the SUV. Investigators are now at the scene outside a home along a dirt road on the 39000 block of San Ignacio Road, […]

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UPDATED: Murrieta woman, 58, rescued by firefighters as roof collapses around them, dies

UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 19, 8 p.m. MURRIETA — A woman pulled from a burning home – even as the roof was collapsing down around firefighters as they pulled her out of the house to safety – later died from injuries she received inside the inferno. Images of the dramatic rescue efforts were captured by Joe Fanaselle, a local freelance photographer. […]

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PERRIS: Six hospitalized after “multiple” victims ejected in rollover accident

PERRIS — Details are beginning to emerge after six people were hospitalized with various injuries when a mini van overturned “multiple” times, ejecting several passengers out the windows of the vehicle, Saturday, Mar. 17. Despite the severity of the crash, the victims’ injuries ranged from minor to moderate and all were expected to survive, according to officials. Emergency first responders […]

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LAKE ELSINORE: Pair arrested after allegedly robbing downtown business

LAKE ELSINORE — Two people were arrested after allegedly robbing a downtown Lake Elsinore business, Friday, Mar. 16, according to officials. Witnesses later helped deputies track the pair to an apartment complex just two streets and barely 2/10th’s of a mile away. After an investigation, officials arrested Bryan Stiven Cruz, 21 and Julianne Rose Smith, 23, Both are residents of Lake Elsinore and both were […]

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UPDATED: Riverside man, 34, killed after “bizarre” crash leaves car suspended mid-air ID’d

UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 18, 11 p.m. RIVERSIDE — Officials have identified a man killed when he lost control of his speeding vehicle, hit a curb and went airborne. The car smashed into a palm tree, leaving the destroyed vehicle suspended in mid-air, wedged between two trees. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified 34-year-old, Ian Barraza, of Riverside, as the sole victim from the […]

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LAKEVIEW: Woman, 29, killed on Ramona Expressway after hitting dairy hauler ID’d

UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 18, 9 p.m. LAKEVIEW — Official have identified a woman who died after crashing into the back of a dairy-hauling big-rig early Friday morning. The fatal accident happened on eastbound Ramona Expressway just west of Bridge Street in the unincorporated community of Lakeview. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Amanda Guzman, 29, of Nuevo, as the driver of the Toyota Prius that […]

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