News From Around The County
HEMET — Many people driving along Stetson Avenue in the city of Hemet yesterday who noticed what appeared to be a major incident happening at the old K-Mart shopping center were pleasantly surprised to hear the influx of sheriff’s patrol vehicles and K-9 handlers was related to a scheduled day of training for Riverside County Sheriff’s K-9 handlers and their […]
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SAN JACINTO — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle, rollover, traffic accident Tuesday, Aug. 16. The collision happened at the intersection of N. State Street and Cottonwood Avenue/N. Brinton Street in San Jacinto. Sheriff’s deputies, fire officials and paramedics were dispatched to the scene of the accident at 3:33 p.m., after several other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report […]
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SAN JACINTO — A suspicious package, found yesterday morning, Tuesday, Aug. 15, near the Riverside County Department of Child Support Services and County Probation offices brought a flood of law enforcement officials, bomb squad technicians and several bomb squad robots to inspect the item. After inspecting the package, which was found in the 1000 block of State Street in San Jacinto, authorities […]
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LAKE MATHEWS — Several different law enforcement and fire department and emergency-care agencies, including Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Riverside and Corona Police Departments, Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire Department, American Medical Response and three aviation units, worked together to locate and rescue an off-road motorcyclist who sustained major, traumatic injuries when he crashed his motorcycle, Sunday, Aug. 13. A Riverside PD […]
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HEMET — A family of four was displaced by a fire that destroyed their home Tuesday, Aug. 15. The fire erupted at a single-family residence in the 100 block of N. Juanita Street in Hemet. Due to extensive damage to the home, fire officials at the scene called the residence and all the personal belongings inside a total loss. City of […]
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REDDING — Authorities are conducting an attempted murder investigation after a cancer patient reportedly stabbed a wheelchair-bound man multiple times in the head and arms. The violent and bloody incident happened Monday, Aug. 14, in the 1800 block of Stetson Way, south of Highway 299 and west of Shasta View Drive, in Redding. After an investigation, Redding police officers arrested Mark E. O’Neal, 65, of Redding. […]
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CALIMESA — Authorities have arrested a man they say was responsible for shooting a woman “multiple times” with a rifle, Saturday, Aug. 12. The victim died at the scene, according to Sheriff’s officials. The deadly shooting happened at a mobile home park in the 35000 block of Chandler Avenue in Calimesa. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Calimesa Police Station responded to the […]
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MENIFEE — Officials are searching for a man they say was responsible for the shooting murder of two people Sunday evening, Aug. 13. The double murder happened in the 25000 block of Waldon Road, north of Bundy Canyon and west of Murrieta Roads, in Menifee. Based on their investigation, Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit investigators have identified and are searching for Jesus Sanchez Ponce, […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Aug. 13, 6 p.m. ROMOLAND — Officials have identified the driver who died in last Thursday’s accident that happened at the intersection of Antelope and Mapes Roads. The intersection where the accident occurred borders the city of Menifee and the unincorporated community of Romoland. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Irene Perez, 72, of Perris as the victim who perished in the crash. According to […]
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UPDATE: Saturday, Aug. 13, 11:45 p.m. SHASTA LAKE — Unsafe speed has been cited as a contributing factor in an accident between a swimmer and a rented personal water craft that killed a 7-year-old girl Saturday afternoon, Aug. 13. The deadly accident reportedly happened in a cove, northwest of Slaughterhouse Island on the Sacramento River Arm of Shasta Lake. The young […]
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