News From Around The County
UPDATED: Sunday, Aug. 16, 2:30 p.m. See Original Story, Photos and Video below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials in Hemet say a man suspected in the fatal shooting of a 29-year-old San Jacinto man last night was fatally shot by officers after the alleged suspect confronted them while armed with a handgun after a police pursuit earlier this morning, Sunday, Aug. […]
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UPDATED: Wednesday, Aug. 5, 5:30 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials say a man who was released from federal prison in September, 2019 after serving 13 years for bank robbery has been arrested and charged with his parent’s murder at their west Hemet home. The couple, who has not yet been publicly identified, was found dead inside […]
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ANZA, Calif. — Details are still emerging after a gunshot victim was airlifted to an area trauma after reportedly being driven to the city of Hemet following a shooting Friday, July 17. During the subsequent investigation, which is active and ongoing, the victim and his brother claimed the shooting happened during a family dispute in the Anza area. LEADING THE […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Thanks to the fast and decisive response of area residents who jumped into action to battle a swift-moving vegetation fire that erupted in a Hemet residential neighborhood Tuesday evening, July 7, no homes were damaged or destroyed and no injuries were reported. Dramatic videos filmed from the scene of the fire, which was immediately threatening a large […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Four people who led Hemet police officers on a short pursuit before fleeing on foot from the SUV they were in were apprehended after the vehicle pursuit and foot chase early Friday morning, July 3. The pursuit, which began in the area of Florida and Palm avenues, ended about a mile and a half later, in the […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, June 27, 1 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Officials continuing to investigate a fatal vehicle versus pedestrian collision that occurred Thursday, June 24 have identified the victim killed in the accident. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials this morning identified Anthony Palacio, 30, of Hemet, as the pedestrian killed in last Thursday’s collision. A coroner’s release indicated […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Two people sustained minor injuries and were displaced after a residential structure fire tore through a Little Lake area duplex late Sunday night, June 21. Although a dog was initially feared lost to the overnight blaze, which happened on the 41000 block of Briarwood Ave. in an unincorporated area of Hemet, the family pet was later found […]
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HEMET, Calif. — A Menifee motorcyclist has died after a pickup truck pulling a trailer made a left turn in front of the rider, causing the man to lose control and be ejected from his motorcycle in an unincorporated area of Hemet earlier today, Saturday, June 20. The deadly crash occurred on a winding and narrow mountain roadway at the […]
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SAN JACINTO VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities from multiple law enforcement agencies covering several allied Southern California counties partnered together to dismantle a huge, Chinese run, drug trafficking operation Friday, June 19. During the day-long operation, officials served twenty-three search warrants and arrested nearly two dozen people related to illegal indoor residential marijuana grows, marijuana sales and conspiracy occurring in the […]
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UPDATED: Monday, June 15, 2 p.m. See Original Story below. HEMET, Calif. — Online jail records indicate officials arrested the man involved in last Friday’s hours-long, armed and barricaded standoff. Jesse Martinez, 36, of Hemet, was taken into custody after officials used lengthy negotiations and flash bangs to convince him to exit a residence where he had barricaded himself following […]
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