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As compiled from Mt. Shasta Police Department/Facebook MT. SHASTA, Calif., — Mt. Shasta Police Department reports that over the last two weeks, July 12 through July 24, officers have responded to 354 calls for service that resulted in twenty-two new cases and five arrests. Comparatively, during the prior two week period the department responded to 365 calls for service that resulted […]
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HEMET — Four people were arrested, and officers seized more than 20 grams of methamphetamine, Fentanyl and Xanax packaged for sales, and ammunition for two types of weapons, when law enforcement officials from multiple agencies served a search warrant at a Hemet apartment complex yesterday evening, Aug. 15. SEE OTHER RECENT HEMET HEADLINES: Reports of gun-wielding man in Hemet lead […]
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HEMET — Several people were detained but later released after Hemet police officers reported hearing gunshots near the east alley of Latham and Hamilton avenues, Wednesday evening, April 10. Officials did not locate or recover any weapons, according to sources at the scene. Officers who heard the gunfire were reportedly on a call involving a man who last weekend fatally […]
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HEMET — One person was hospitalized and another was arrested after the driver of a mini van blew through a stop sign and plowed broadside into a U.S. Mail carrier van yesterday afternoon, Friday, March 29. The driver of the mini van was later determined to be intoxicated and was arrested at the scene. Yesterday’s DUI-related collision, which caused the […]
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LAKE ELSINORE — A registered sex offender is back behind bars today after authorities tracked him down and arrested him, yesterday afternoon, Thursday, March 21. Deputies began searching for the man after learning he had cut off his court-ordered GPS ankle monitor. The alleged suspect was apprehended without incident in the area of W. Graham Ave. and N. Langstaff St., […]
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HEMET — A man who had been using a shovel to break down an apartment door late last night later resisted arrest was rushed to a hospital after reportedly suffering cardiac arrest. Hemet PD has released very little information related to the violent confrontation, which happened near the 100 block of N. Hamilton, between Florida and Latham Avenues. Video shot […]
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HEMET – A traffic accident between two vehicles sent a car careening into a sign and through a residential fence Sunday, May 7. There were no reported injuries related to the two-vehicle crash, that happened at the intersection of N. Hamilton and W. Latham Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Fire and Police personnel responded to the scene of the accident about […]
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Hemet police officers closed down all lanes of traffic on Florida Avenue, between S. Hamilton and S. Western Avenues during the ruptured gas main emergency. Melanie Lee photo HEMET- A major roadway through Hemet was shut down for several hours after a vehicle crashed into a high-pressure, above-ground, main gas line. Florida Avenue between S. Western and S. Hamilton […]
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UPDATE: 11/21/2016 12:15 p.m. HEMET – Hemet police officials have identified the victim who was fatally shot on a Hemet street last night as 32-year-old, Jabarge Singleton. Singleton was shot about 10 p.m., in the 300 block of N. Hamilton Avenue, just north of Rosalia Avenue in Hemet. Responding officers found Singleton unresponsive in the roadway. He was not breathing […]
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Writer’s note: I have definitely caught a lot of grief over an earlier version of this report that referenced the victim as being “elderly”. Although the reference has since been removed, it can still be seen in the title of some of my earlier Facebook shares. This was an update to my original story. The CHP officer I originally spoke with could not […]
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