News From Around The County
MORENO VALLEY — Authorities arrested a man they say dragged a 61-year-old woman into the back of a Moreno Valley business where he sexually assaulted, attempted to rape, and then robbed the employee Thursday morning, Feb. 21. The victim was hospitalized after the violent and traumatizing encounter, which happened at an unspecified business in the 24000 block of Sunnymead Blvd., […]
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HEMET — A woman who unwittingly led police officers on a short pursuit was later cited and released after she claimed she had no idea that she was being chased by at least two patrol vehicles earlier today, Friday, Feb. 22. Although the woman was being followed by marked, black and white patrol vehicles with their lights flashing and sirens […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after a traffic collision between a school bus and trash truck in Hemet this afternoon, Friday, Feb. 22. No children were on board the bus when the crash happened at the intersection of State St. and Mayberry Ave. LEADING THE HEMET HEADLINES: Snow & icy road leads to Sage Rd. 10-vehicle wreck Suspected DUI […]
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HEMET — Snowfall, black ice, and driving described by CHP as “unsafe for the weather and roadway conditions,” are being called contributing factors in a multiple-vehicle, chain-reaction crash on Sage Rd. yesterday afternoon, Thursday, Feb. 21. The numerous crashes caused at least one vehicle to overturn and sent several others careening off the road and down embankments along a winding […]
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TEMECULA — Teen fans of the 2015 book “Everything, Everything”, which was later turned into a box-office hit of the same name in 2017, are invited to join Temecula’s Novel Knights Teen Book Club next March for a “fun discussion” about the book and its subject. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child […]
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HEMET — A routine Hemet traffic enforcement stop led to the discovery of a significant amount of methamphetamine and heroin, as well as the arrest of a felon who was driving the vehicle and in possession of the drugs, Wednesday evening, Feb. 20. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child seriously injured in […]
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MURRIETA — Officials are at the scene of a two-vehicle accident involving a passenger vehicle and an ambulance that happened earlier this morning, Friday, Feb 22. The accident happened in the 30000 block of Auld Rd., near the Southwest Justice Center Superior Courthouse. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Body of missing Idyllwild man, 62, found Unborn child seriously injured in […]
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RIVERSIDE — A probationer who led Riverside police officers on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit in a luxury electric sports car was arrested after the plug-in car’s batteries died Sunday night, Feb. 17. The pursuit, which wound its way from Riverside’s Eastside neighborhood into Orange County, ended in a felony stop on the 91 Freeway. LEADING THE RIVERSIDE HEADLINES: Unborn child […]
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RIVERSIDE — A pregnant woman whose unborn child suffered “serious injuries” in a two-vehicle accident was hospitalized early Wednesday morning, Feb. 20. Yesterday’s crash happened at the intersection of Monroe St. at Copenhagen Rd., just west of Don Derr Park. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Suspected DUI crash turns out to be medical crisis Hemet man’s kindness praised after helping young […]
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HEMET — Reports of a suspected drunk driver who was seen careening through Hemet’s Seven Hills community this afternoon turned out to be a man who paramedics believe suffered a diabetes-related medical crisis. Officers dispatched to the senior-living community found the semi-conscious driver inside his truck, after it had reportedly smashed into several vehicles and other stationary objects, before becoming […]
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