News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE – Riverside police officers arrested a man after he allegedly stabbed a person at the City of Riverside’s downtown bus station Sunday, Dec. 4. The bus station is in the 3900 block of University Avenue in Riverside. After an investigation, officers arrested Anthony James Pearce, 28, of Riverside. He was later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in […]
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COACHELLA – Firefighters found themselves having to battle yet another pallet fire in Riverside County Wednesday, Dec. 7. The fire broke out at a pallet company in the 52000 Block of Grapefruit Boulevard in Coachella. Wednesday’s pallet blaze was the third pallet-related fire that Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters have had to battle in the last 18 days. There have also […]
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SAN JACINTO – Traffic was left backed up for several miles after a tractor-trailer big-rig towing hay bales rolled over onto its side Wednesday, Dec. 7. The rollover accident happened as the semi-truck was turning from eastbound Ramona Expressway onto northbound Sanderson Avenue. CHP officers, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the […]
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FOUNTAIN VALLEY – A Hemet resident was arrested over the weekend for lewd acts and violation of probation after he was caught masturbating in an alley behind a shopping center by Fountain Valley police officers Sunday morning, Dec 4. The incident and arrest happened in the rear alley of 18533 Brookhurst Street at the intersection of Ellis Avenue in Fountain […]
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RIVERSIDE – A man who allegedly used a popular online dating site to meet women and then rob them was arrested Monday, Dec. 5. During an investigation conducted by Riverside police officers and detectives assigned to the department’s Central Neighborhood Policing Center, officials identified Oscar Mandujano-Quinonez, 29, of Perris. Riverside police officials began their investigation into Mandujano’s alleged criminal activities […]
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Epic cop responds to noise complaint call… Pizza party and dance-off ensues! NEW BRITAIN, CT – New Britain Police Officer Matthew Sulek in Connecticut is doing everything he can to bring his community together, one dance move at a time. A video showing the dancing officer has received millions of views online. Sulek has been a New Britain officer for […]
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RIVERSIDE – Two freshman students were arrested after authorities uncovered a plot the boys were making to conduct a future attack at the school Monday, Dec. 5. The attack was being planned for the campus of Martin Luther King Jr. High School in the City of Riverside. Riverside Police Department and Riverside Unified School District officials began an investigation after […]
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UPDATE: 12/09/2016 3:51 p.m. SAN JACINTO – Addressing the concerns of its students, faculty, and other staff members, Mt. San Jacinto College release a second and then third press release through its website. “Mt. San Jacinto College, the Campus Safety Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department are aware of a photograph being circulated on social media of the threat […]
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WILDOMAR – Deputies found themselves having to pursue one of their own patrol vehicles after a man allegedly stole the marked police car Saturday, Dec. 3. The police vehicle was stolen from the Inland Valley Medical Center in the 36400 block of Inland Valley Drive in Wildomar. After the pursuit, deputies arrested 31-year-old, Alvin James Smith Jr., according to Riverside Sheriff’s Public Information […]
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UPDATE: 12/05/2016 5:38 p.m. SAGE – California Highway Patrol officials concluded their initial investigation into this morning’s fatal traffic collision and provided additional details about the deadly accident. Investigating officers determined that drug and/or alcohol intoxication were contributing factor(s) in this collision, according to CHP Public Information Officer Darren Meyer. During their investigation officers determined Tracie Bell, 53, of Riverside […]
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