News From Around The County
UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 27, 1 p.m. With victim’s identification and other details. LAKE ELSINORE — Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have confirmed that a body pulled from Lake Elsinore lake Thursday morning, Oct. 25, was that of 34-year-old, Samuel “Sam” Selay, of Menifee. The announcement has left Selay’s family overcome with grief, Selay’s wife explained after she was notified that sheriff […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Oct. 27, 11 a.m., With victim’s ID and additional details. WILDOMAR — Officials have identified an elderly Wildomar resident killed in a two-vehicle crash that happened Thursday afternoon, Oct 25. The deadly collision occurred at the intersection of Bundy Canyon Rd. and Harvest Way, at one of the main entrances to the community known as the Farm. Riverside […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Oct. 26, 11:50 a.m. See original story, photos and video below. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who first attempted to escape from Hemet Jail and later fought with officers and hospital staff at Hemet Valley Hospital. SEE ALSO: Officers save woman who hanged herself at Hemet Jail After a request for information about the two violent […]
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BANNING — Officials are searching for a gunman after a teen was shot during what witnesses described as an “out of control brawl” at a Banning apartment complex early Wednesday evening, Oct 24. The fight and shooting that left a 16-year-old with a non-fatal gunshot wound happened at the Peppertree Apartments, between E. Nicolet and E. Williams streets, and west […]
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RIVERSIDE — Officials today announced they are conducting a death investigation after an inmate was found deceased in a Riverside jail cell nine days ago. The male inmate, whose name has not yet been released, was discovered unresponsive inside his cell, Monday evening, Oct. 15, according to Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. Officials are calling the case a death investigation as […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 1 p.m. See original story and photos below. JURUPA VALLEY — Authorities last night announced the arrest of a Jurupa Valley man they allege was intoxicated when he lost control of his vehicle and slammed head-on into another car, killing all four occupants. The deadly wreck, which happened late Tuesday night, Oct. 23. at the intersection […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Oct. 24, 9:50 p.m. MORENO VALLEY –CHP updated at 9:35 a.m., that the three vehicles involved in this morning’s chain-reaction crash had been towed from the scene. CHP’s incident log also indicated that all official vehicles had left the area and that the incident was being investigated as a minor injury traffic collision. MORENO VALLEY — Authorities […]
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ANDERSON — A Cottonwood teen who has remained in critical condition since losing control of his SUV and crashing into an Anderson tree last week succumbed to his injuries and passed away yesterday, Monday, Oct. 22. The crash that ultimately proved fatal happened on Rhonda Rd. near Lynn Hart Dr., according to CHP. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Ejected victim dies […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Oct. 23, 7:15 p.m., With confirmation of victim’s identity, additional details. MENIFEE — Authorities are investigating after a man’s lifeless body was found in a large, open, Menifee field earlier today. Family members later confirmed to RCNS that the body found was that of Rick Flasco, a 64-year-old, missing Menifee man. According to his family, Flasco had not […]
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One person sustained minor injuries this morning after a pickup truck pulled out onto Highway 299E and was struck broadside by a vehicle that had been traveling along the rural, two-lane highway. The accident happened just east of mile marker 21.00, between the unincorporated communities of Beiber and Juniper Junction, in Lassen County. The crash was just one of three […]
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