News From Around The County
Imagine going through life and suddenly having your vision slowly taken away from you. Or being told by one doctor and specialist after another that within months you will most likely be totally blind. That is the terrifying situation Hemet resident Dee Dee Barragan currently finds herself in. Dee Dee is a wife and a mother to two children and […]
Read more
Hemet Police officials brought out their Mobile Command Post during the 2-day enforcement event. Hemet Police Department courtesy photo HEMET – In an effort to address concerns of citizens, the Hemet Police Department conducted a 2-day, high-visibility enforcement detail Tuesday, Nov. 29 and Wednesday, Nov. 30. The enforcement detail focused on quality of life concerns throughout the city. 49 people were […]
Read more
RIVERSIDE – Officials announced the arrest of an alleged pimp who has been charged with human-trafficking of a 16-year-old girl and advertising her services as a prostitute in multiple online publications. The man, identified as Lawrence Gunn Jr., 32, was arrested without incident Nov. 29, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant John Sawyer. The charge of child sex trafficking carries a […]
Read more
Deputies and other sheriff’s officials discuss the multiple hit and run collisions. William Hayes photo William Hayes contributed to this report MORENO VALLEY – Citizens were forced to detain an alleged hit and run suspect after he smashed into four other cars in two separate collisions Wednesday, Nov. 30. The first collision happened shortly before 6 p.m., at the intersection of […]
Read more
Firefighters exit the hospital’s Emergency Room lobby, while wearing specialized breathing equipment. William Hayes photo Written by Trevor Montgomery with William Hayes RIVERSIDE – A man suffering from severe chemical burns to both his arms came into the Emergency Room at the Riverside Community Hospital causing a Hazardous Materials emergency Tuesday, Nov. 29. The incident forced the evacuation and closure of […]
Read more
RIVERSIDE – Four people were arrested for mail theft and other charges today about noon, Tuesday, Nov. 29. The arrests were made after a “very observant citizen” witnessed the subjects allegedly stealing mail in the 5400 block of Glenhaven Avenue in the Victoria neighborhood of Riverside, according to a Riverside Police Department press release. At the end of a traffic stop […]
Read more
JURUPA VALLEY – Deputies arrested a Jurupa Valley resident after he allegedly stole a 1999 Honda Civic from the 5400 block of Highbury Way in Eastvale Monday, Nov. 28. About five hours after the vehicle theft was reported, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Jurupa Valley Special Enforcement Team located the car. It was parked near a vacant lot at 37th and […]
Read more
HEMET – A man wanted for questioning in a domestic violence related incident rammed two police cars while driving a stolen car during a vehicle pursuit Monday, Nov. 28. After the pursuit, James Dean Avalos, a 29-year-old Hemet resident, was arrested for felony evading, two counts of assault with a deadly weapon on a peace officer, possession of a stolen vehicle, […]
Read more
HEMET – A man who viciously attacked a 77-year-old senior citizen with a large metal chain during a vandalism spree in October was sentenced Monday, Nov. 28. Orion Isaiah Heil, a 20-year-old Hemet resident was sentenced to nine months in jail and three years formal probation. However, in lieu of jail, Heil was given the option of enrolling in home detention and […]
Read more
JURUPA VALLEY – A woman was transported to a hospital in critical condition after she was found at the bottom of a pool Friday, Nov. 25. The woman was found about 1:08 p.m., at a residence in the 5900 block of Snowgrass Trail in Jurupa Valley. The victim, who has not been identified, was described only as “elderly” by a fire […]
Read more