News From Around The County
SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials arrested a man Thursday, Feb. 16, accused of attempted murder in the shotgun shooting of two victims. The shooting happened at a residence in the 500 block of Palm Avenue southwest of De Anza Elementary School in San Jacinto. Authorities arrested Devin Adriel Smith, 25, of Riverside, after they located him while serving a search warrant […]
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TEMECULA – A Murrieta resident died in a three-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Tuesday, Feb. 14. The deadly wreck happened at the intersection of La Serena Way and Butterfield Stage Road in Temecula. Coroner officials later identified the driver killed in the collision as 47-year-old Marcus Gastiaburu. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police station responded to several 911 calls from citizens reporting […]
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HEMET – Reports of shots fired and two men seen running with guns brought Hemet police officers flooding into the area of E. Devonshire Avenue and N. Franklin Street in Hemet Friday, Feb. 10. The incident also caused Alessandro High School to go into lock-down. Officers responded to the area shortly after 10 a.m., after City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received numerous 911 calls […]
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EAST HEMET – Several East Hemet area schools activated their emergency lock-down protocols Tuesday, Feb. 14, after an anonymous caller reported having a gun near a school in East Hemet. Riverside County emergency dispatchers received the phone call about 11 a.m., according to sheriff’s and school officials. Although the male caller did not specify which school he was near with the […]
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RIVERSIDE – City of Riverside police officers arrested a man they say stole not just one, but two vans from Rest Assured Mortuary Services in Riverside Sunday, Feb. 12. Authorities said the alleged suspect returned the first van he stole after he realized the vehicle contained a dead body inside it. The mortuary where the two vehicle thefts happened is in […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A woman was arrested for attempted murder after she allegedly stabbed a man Thursday, Feb. 9. The early-morning incident happened just after midnight at a residence in the 23000 block of Hemlock Avenue in Moreno Valley. “After a thorough investigation, Tammera Jean Bruns, 47 years of Moreno Valley, was arrested for attempted murder and booked at the Robert […]
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A Temecula resident was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit in a stolen Mercedes Benz Feb. 10. The pursuit began in the area of Mission Trail and Malaga Drive and ended on Single Oak Way in Murrieta. After he was apprehended, the suspect was identified as Tyler Nutting, 23, of Temecula. Nutting was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on […]
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JURUPA VALLEY – A deputy shot and wounded an armed man who advanced on the official during a traffic stop Friday, Feb. 10. The shooting happened during a traffic enforcement stop on Canal Street west of La Rue Street in Jurupa Valley. The incident began about 12:50 p.m., when a deputy from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Police station stopped the […]
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HEMET – Hemet Police officials confirmed they are investigating the death of a 58-year-old Hemet resident as a homicide. The woman was found dead inside her own residence in the 200 block of South Yale Street in Hemet Monday, Feb. 6. The residence is located south of Florida Avenue and north of Acacia Avenue. Officials have identified the victim as […]
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EAST HEMET – A man died after he crashed while riding a small, lawnmower-engine powered scooter Feb. 9. The fatal accident happened in the area of Girard Street and Poppy Drive in the unincorporated area of East Hemet. California Highway Patrol officers, Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters, and AMR medics responded to the scene of the deadly wreck about 1:20 p.m., after the accident was reported […]
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