News From Around The County
HEMET – A man wanted in connection with an Oceanside murder was shot by a Hemet police officer Friday, Feb. 24. The shooting happened during a traffic stop at a gas station about 3:16 p.m., according to Hemet Police Lieutenant Eddie Pust. Officials later identified Hector Galvez, 30, of Hemet, as the suspect who was shot by a Hemet police […]
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MORENO VALLEY – Deputies are conducting a homicide investigation after three women were shot and one was killed Sunday, Feb. 19. The deadly shooting happened in front of a residence in the 23000 block of Merrygrove Circle in Moreno Valley. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Police station responded to the area about 12:50 a.m., regarding several reports of shots […]
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SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials are investigating the attempted theft of an ATM machine from a business in the 100 block of S. Sanderson Avenue in San Jacinto. The early-morning attempted theft happened Tuesday, Feb. 21. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police station responded to the report of a commercial burglary about 12:48 a.m., according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Vance […]
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WILDOMAR – A woman was arrested Saturday, Feb. 18, after she allegedly burglarized a Wildomar home and stole the victim’s car, according to a sheriff official. After an investigation, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Wildomar Police station arrested Jessica Ryan Spiegel, 30, of Lake Elsinore. She was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on charges related to burglary, vehicle […]
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A burglary suspect was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies and police officers on a pursuit that traveled through several cities and unincorporated communities in southern Riverside County Sunday, Feb. 19. The pursuit began in Temecula and ended in San Jacinto where the man was arrested after fleeing from his vehicle into an apartment complex. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San […]
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HEMET – A driver sustained critical injuries in a two-vehicle collision Monday, Feb. 20. The accident happened at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Hemet Street in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the major-injury crash about 4:00 p.m., after multiple people called 911 to report the wreck. Callers told emergency dispatchers the driver […]
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RIVERSIDE – A Moreno Valley resident died in a single-vehicle accident after a driver plowed into two trees and a light pole Monday, Feb. 20. The deadly wreck happened in the area of University Avenue west of Eucalyptus Avenue in Riverside. Officers investigating the crash believe alcohol intoxication was a contributing factor in the collision, police officials said after their […]
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SAN JACINTO – A driver suffered major traumatic injuries when their vehicle plowed into a tree Sunday, Feb. 19. The accident happened in the area of West Ramona Expressway near Chase Street in San Jacinto. Emergency first responders were dispatched to the wreck about 7:30 a.m., after Riverside County emergency dispatchers received several 911 calls from citizens reporting the major-injury […]
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GREEN ACRES – Members of the joint Riverside Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) task force arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after they uncovered two stolen vehicles, more than a dozen firearms, drug paraphernalia, and a chop shop at his residence in the 33000 block of Keith Avenue in Green Acres Wednesday, Feb. 15. Green Acres is an unincorporated community west of Hemet and north […]
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NORCO – Sheriff’s officials arrested two Norco residents after they located narcotics, drug paraphernalia, and ammunition during the service of a narcotics related search warrant. Authorities arrested the pair at a private residence in the 3000 block of Sierra Avenue in Norco, Thursday, Feb. 16. After the warrant service, authorities arrested Wendy Lee Kennedy, 39, and Robert Renfroe, 55 […]
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