News From Around The County
MENIFEE — A felon was found in possession of a loaded handgun and over an ounce of methamphetamine during a Menifee traffic stop yesterday afternoon, Thursday, Dec. 27. Members of Menifee PD’s Special Enforcement Team who made the discovery later served a search warrant at the driver’s home and uncovered another handgun, ammunition, and “additional drugs,” according to sheriff’s officials. […]
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TEMECULA — A probationer who allegedly accosted a girl near Vail Ranch Park, in the area of Vail Ranch Parkway and Harmony Ln. in Temecula, was located and arrested, Thursday morning, Dec. 27, according to Riverside County Sheriff officials. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: Christmas eve shooting in MV leaves one injured, one dead Man wanting “suicide by cop” shoots […]
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HEMET — A man saying he wanted to commit “suicide by cop” before shooting at officers who responded to his Hemet home managed to walk away – in handcuffs and with only superficial injuries – after responding officers fired a hail of bullets back at the gun-wielding suspect early Wednesday evening, Dec. 26. Officials are now investigating the standoff and […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Dec. 29, 4:30 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. HESPERIA — A Lake Elsinore man was fatally struck by multiple cars while reportedly running in the lanes of traffic on Interstate 15 early Sunday morning, Dec. 23. The fatal collisions happened in the Cajon Pass, just south of Oak Hills Rd. in Hesperia, according to California Highway Patrol. […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Two people are in custody after an officer-involved shooting in Jurupa Valley that happened earlier today, Wednesday, Dec. 26. The shooting occurred in the area of Camino Real and Limonite Ave., according to a Tweet from Riverside County Sheriff’s Media Information Bureau. The Tweet explained all suspects involved in the incident were in custody and that there […]
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Three hundred families throughout the Hemet, San Jacinto, Menifee, Murrieta, and Temecula areas, had their Christmas’ brightened a bit this year when they received holiday meal boxes from three area Masonic Lodges. The boxes each contained everything necessary for a memorable holiday meal; including meats, such as ground beef and turkey, bacon, and roasts; two bags of potatoes; corn on […]
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MENIFEE — Menifee City Manager Armando Villa last week announced an addition to his executive team of former Hemet Police Chief Dave Brown to serve as Menifee’s Interim Director of Public Safety. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: DUI with two children in car, man crashes into pumps at Hemet gas station Retired Marine engages Temecula home burglars in fierce gun battle, […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — A Fontana man wanted in connection with the shooting death last Saturday of a victim in Jurupa Valley was arrested at a Hemet home early Sunday morning, Dec. 23. The deadly shooting happened Saturday, Dec. 22, in the 7800 block of Virtue Vista Dr., near Indian Hills Golf Club. The alleged suspect was found early the next […]
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VALLE VISTA — A Valle Vista resident was hospitalized with minor injuries after a kitchen fire broke out at a home east of Hemet, Christmas eve, Dec. 24. Monday night’s fire happened in the area of Chicago and Olive avenues and displaced two adults and a dog. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Retired Marine engages Temecula home burglars in fierce gun […]
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MENIFEE — The city of Menifee announced that it has been named as a 2018 Top Workplace in the Inland Empire by the Press Enterprise. Menifee was ranked a “Top Workplace” in the small business category within 40 businesses out of over 800 surveyed. “This award serves as well-deserved praise of our public employees in light of being recognized as […]
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