News From Around The County
JOHNSON PARK — Firefighters from multiple area stations and agencies battled a house fire that erupted around the corner from a Cal Fire station, Sunday, Mar. 4. Although the residents were home when the destructive blaze broke out, they escaped injury, according to officials. “The crews from several different agencies worked together and did what needed to be done,” Burney Fire Chief […]
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Compiled from the Hemet Sheriff’s Station, San Jacinto Police Department and Hemet Police Department Click any thumbnail to open full-size image Hemet Sheriff’s Station Hemet Sheriff’s Deputies Graham, Stoyer, and Waters recently participated in a training session with southern California’s REACH Air Medical Services. RSO deputies never miss an opportunity to train and learn something new! Deputy Rutigliano recently made a […]
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HEMET — A woman was hospitalized after she reportedly rode her bicycle into the street and was hit by a pickup truck, Friday evening, Mar. 9. The woman reportedly suffered minor to moderate injuries and is expected to make a full recovery. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the intersection of Lyon […]
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BANNING — A 21-year-old Beaumont man alleged to have murdered a woman inside a Banning apartment two weeks ago pleaded not guilty today to murder and child endangerment charges. After Friday’s court appearance Devonta Eugene Leonard was returned to Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility in Banning, where he remains in custody on $1 million bail. His next court date for a felony settlement […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — With the Sheriff Department’s investigation into yesterday’s fatal shooting of a wanted parolee continuing, City of Riverside Police officials have released additional details regarding the events that led to the man’s death in a quiet Jurupa Valley residential neighborhood. The man, whose name has not been released, was wanted in connection with a shooting last year, Riverside PD spokesperson Officer Ryan […]
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CABAZON — About 100 stores at Desert Hills Premium Outlets in Cabazon were evacuated this morning after a construction crew reportedly hit and ruptured an outdoor natural gas line. The rupture, which officials at first believed could be quickly mitigated, forced hundreds of store employees to wait in the area for an all-clear signal that had still not come more than seven hours after the leak […]
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MEAD VALLEY — Authorities are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death after they determined a 48-year-old Nuevo resident who appeared to have died in a vehicle crash earlier this morning actually died from injuries not related to the accident. California Highway Patrol initially responded to reports of a single-vehicle traffic collision at the intersection of Cajalco Road and Harvill Road in Mead Valley. When […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A family of five escaped injury after a man fired a handgun into their vehicle as they drove past him along a busy business and restaurant lined Moreno Valley street, Tuesday evening, March 6. A deputy who happened to witness the man standing in the middle of Alessandro Boulevard near Elsworth Street indiscriminately shooting at passing vehicles managed to apprehend the alleged shooter on the spot. The man, later […]
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THERMAL — A police pursuit of a vehicle believed to have been involved in a Coachella-area robbery ended when the alleged suspect’s sedan smashed broadside into a commercial pickup truck earlier this afternoon. The major-injury wreck, which resulted in a woman suffering serious injuries after being ejected from the fleeing car, happened Mar. 7, on Airport Boulevard, between Harrison and Tyler Streets, in Thermal. […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — An off-duty Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputy was run down by three people trying to flee the scene of a suspected vehicle burglary earlier this morning in the area of Edgewood Drive and McVicker Canyon Park Road in Lake Elsinore. The injured officer opened fire on the trio, injuring one of them, according to officials. Although injured as well, […]
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