News From Around The County
HEMET — Very few details are known and authorities have not yet made an official statement regarding a woman’s “badly decomposing” body that was found this afternoon in the 2000 block of Florida Avenue near N. Yale Street in Hemet. The body was reportedly found about 3:45 p.m., inside a trash enclosure behind the now-closed Millie’s restaurant and near a popular […]
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UPDATE: EAST HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have clarified this afternoon that earlier reports of an armed and barricaded stand-off happening in the area of Stetson Avenue and S. San Jacinto Street in the East Hemet area were unfounded and activity in the area was related to the service of a felony arrest warrant. Officials have not stated what the felony warrant was […]
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REDDING — Officials arrested a Redding resident after he allegedly attacked another man with a knife and a large stick, Monday morning, Sept. 4. The “stabbing and beating” happened at South City Park, near Shasta County’s Redding Main Branch Library in Redding. After an investigation, officers located and arrested Guillermo Jose Peña, 31, of Redding. He was booked into the Shasta County Jail in […]
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SAN JACINTO — Officials are investigating the cause of a single-vehicle collision after a driver smashed into a tree this morning. The driver, described as elderly woman, was hospitalized after the early-morning accident that happened Wednesday, Sept. 6, on S. Santa Fe Street near W. Esplanade Avenue in San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Station, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters […]
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UPDATE: Thursday, Sept. 7, 4 p.m. HEMET — The day after an 8-year-old girl survived after fending off an attack by a parolee who broke into her home, her mother is speaking out and talking about her daughter’s bravery during the “terrifying” ordeal. The second grader was home alone for a few minutes after school, while waiting for an older sibling to return […]
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UPDATE: Wednesday, Sept. 6, 6:30 p.m. FRENCH VALLEY — Officials investigating a fatal, three-vehicle, traffic collision say they have arrested a 51-year-old, Hemet resident for causing a wreck that took the life of a 62-year-old Murrieta woman earlier today, Wednesday, Sept. 6. The fatal crash happened Wednesday, Sept. 6, on Winchester Road near the intersection of Auld Road in French Valley. According to […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. HEMET — Authorities investigating a fatal, multiple-vehicle, traffic collision that happened Thursday, Aug 31, at about 7 p.m., announced the arrest of the driver who caused the DUI-related crash. Hemet police officials arrested Augustin Perala Jimenez, 48, of Hemet, Sunday, Sept. 3. He was arrested about 7 p.m., as he was being released from a local hospital, according to […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. Writer’s note regarding photographs included below. HEMET — A family friend of the 16-year-old victim who was one of two people struck by a car earlier today provided an update regarding the young victim’s condition, explaining the girl has already undergone the first of many surgeries she will have to undergo. Melina Yazmin Villalobos, […]
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REDDING — A man trimming bushes on the south side of Redding’s historic Diestelhorst Bridge found the body of a deceased man face down in the Sacramento River, Saturday morning, Sept. 3. The bridge where the man’s body was found is located directly to the west of and adjacent to the Lake Redding Bridge. According to Redding Police Sgt. Levi Solada, the man did not appear […]
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REDDING — A registered sex offender who was reportedly “touching himself inappropriately” within one hundred feet of classrooms filled with children was arrested in Redding, Wednesday, Aug. 16. He was taken into custody by an officer who witnessed the man’s lewd acts while investigating reports of a vandalism. The incident happened between the Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church and Early Learning Center on the 2000 block […]
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