News From Around The County
CORONA — A Lake Elsinore resident was arrested earlier this week, accused of an attempted bank robbery that happened at Wells Fargo Bank in the 11000 block of De Palma Road in Corona, Friday, Aug. 18. Using evidence collected by sheriff’s officials after the attempted robbery, investigators located and arrested 40-year-old, Jerrad R.D. Schmittle, after serving a search warrant at the […]
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MENIFEE — A Hemet resident was arrested after plowing his vehicle into a cement truck, Thursday, Nov. 9. The DUI-related accident happened on State Highway 74 near Sherman Road in Menifee. After investigating the collision, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Menifee Police Station arrested 20-year-old, Austin Gregory Mikels, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Lamb explained in a written press release after the accident and arrest. […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Nov. 11, 10:57 p.m. REDDING — Officials have identified two teens who died in a two-vehicle wreck that injured four others, Friday, Nov. 3. A Redding resident suspected of driving under the influence was arrested after the deadly collision that happened at the intersection of Churn Creek Road and Hartnell Avenue in Redding. Shasta County Chief Deputy Coroner Lieutenant Randall identified 19-year-old, Erica […]
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MURRIETA — Two suspicious phone calls threatening to blow up Murrieta Valley High School caused school officials to place their campus on lock down for nearly three hours, while officials and bomb-sniffing dogs searched the school’s campus, Wednesday, Nov. 8. The investigation began about 9 a.m., after the campus received the phone calls threatening that the school was going to be blown up, Murrieta Police […]
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LA QUINTA — Officials have identified two drivers who died in a two-vehicle collision, Sunday, Nov 5. The deadly accident happened at the intersection of Washington Street and Eisenhower Drive/Rancho La Quinta Drive in La Quinta. Three other people were injured in the fatal wreck. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials later identified Jerry Heredia, 22, of Indio and Tatham Crawford, 28, of Palm Desert as the two drivers killed in […]
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PERRIS — Two people sustained minor injuries after an alleged dunk driver drove onto a pedestrian walkway during an annual family event; sending parents with children scrambling for safety from the oncoming vehicle, Sunday, Nov. 5. The annual “Day Out With Thomas” event was happening at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris. The event was held Nov. 4 and 5, and […]
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APPLE VALLEY — A barricaded suspect was injured when he was shot with a “less-lethal” bean bag round, Friday night Nov. 3. The standoff happened on the 22600 block of Lone Eagle Road, northeast of Central and Bear Valley Roads in Apple Valley. Deputies responding to a disturbance call about 7:50 p.m., found a man barricaded inside a residence. While deputies tried to take […]
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HESPERIA — Eight people were hospitalized after an SUV ran a Hesperia stop sign and plowed into a bus carrying nearly three dozen high school students, Friday afternoon, Nov. 3. Six of those injured in the crash were juveniles ranging from 4 to 17-years-old. The drivers of the bus and SUV were also injured and hospitalized. According to California Highway Patrol […]
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PERRIS– Authorities are investigating a fatal hit and run traffic collision involving a tractor-trailer semi-truck that struck a motorcyclist, Saturday morning, Nov. 4. The early morning accident happened on eastbound Harley Knox Boulevard near Indian Avenue in Perris. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Perris Police Station and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the deadly collision at 5:53 a.m., regarding a report of a hit […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Nov. 5, 1:35 a.m. RIVERSIDE — Chopper, the 4-year-old, crocodile monitor lizard found sunning itself in a Riverside back yard, was returned safely to its thankful owner Friday, Nov. 3; two days after a Riverside County Animal Services official managed to safely lasso and apprehend the adventurous, five-pound, four-foot long, escape artist. Chopper’s grateful owner, DeWitt “Goldie” Vercher, of Riverside, and a mildly indifferent Chopper were reunited at the […]
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