News From Around The County
IDYLLWILD — A very special Riverside County Sheriff’s K-9 is being hailed a hero after locating a “critical missing” 80-year-old man who had become lost Thursday, Sept. 13, after wandering away from an Idyllwild campground. Already missing for seven hours by the time Deputy George Scott and his faithful, four-legged partner K-9 “Copper” were called in to assist, the dynamic […]
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Today’s Lighter Side of the News… That moment when you’re trying to off-load drugs and accidentally call, and then deliver, a heap of heroin to the police MURRIETA — City of Murrieta police officers were taken by surprise earlier this week after answering a call from an unknown person, only to be offered a deal on drugs so good […]
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PAYNES CREEK — Emergency personnel are at the scene of a major injury, rollover traffic collision that happened on SR-36, just west of Paynes Creek and 23 miles east of Red Bluff. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Supervisors unanimously vote to add 20 mental health beds at SRMC APD/RPD sting nets 5 men who believed they were meeting teen for sex […]
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From Murrieta PD/Facebook – The Parole Probation Compliance Team #PPCT contacted Joseph Szymczyk Wednesday morning while he was on an early morning stroll. There’s not many people walking around at 4:00 a.m. so this peaked the team’s curiosity. The officers immediately recognized Joseph Szymczyk from previous contacts. Unfortunately for Mr. Szymczyk, he had five misdemeanor warrants, narcotics paraphernalia and a […]
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REDDING — Shasta County Board of Supervisors unanimously voted Tuesday, Sept. 11, to adopt a resolution designating Shasta Regional Medical Center as an inpatient psychiatric facility to help meet the mental health needs of the community. The move will add twenty new – and local – mental health beds to the sixteen beds currently offered at Restpadd Psychiatric Health Facility […]
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NORCO — Authorities are seeking the public’s help identifying and locating a hapless, would-be robber, who last week attempted to rob a Norco business. The man, who officials are now seeking to identify and locate, allegedly entered a Circle K Saturday, Sept. 8, while armed with what appeared to be a handgun while wearing a Halloween style mask. The unidentified […]
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HEMET — In an effort to remove blight caused by inoperable, abandoned, and unregistered vehicles, Hemet Police Department is launching a new program designed to address vehicles left abandoned on city streets. Informally titled “Operation Eyesore,” the plan outlines a strategy to locate and remove abandoned vehicles as well as cars left parked on the city’s streets that fail to […]
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BEAUMONT — Multiple people were injured this morning in a five car pile-up that happened in Lamb Canyon near California Avenue after a woman reportedly became distracted while reaching for a lighter she had dropped while driving. Officials have reported multiple major injuries in the Thursday, Sept. 13 crash that caused SR-79 to be temporarily closed while CHP investigated the […]
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JOHNSON PARK — CHP and other emergency personnel have just arrived at the scene of a two-vehicle, non-injury accident between a passenger vehicle and a tractor-trailer semi-truck pulling a load of hay, a CHP incident log has indicated. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: City of Shasta Lake probation compliance check nets 5 Suspect unknown after bodies of two transients found at […]
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CITY OF SHASTA LAKE –Authorities say they arrested five people during a probation compliance check at a City of Shasta Lake home Wednesday, Sept. 12. The compliance check happened at a private residence on the 1800 block of Shasta St., between Shasta Dam and Grand Coulee boulevards. LEADING THE SCNS HEADLINES: Suspect unknown after bodies of two transients found at […]
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