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UPDATED: Thursday, May 14, 4:30 p.m. See Original Story, photos and video below. HEMET, Calif. — Authorities investigating last Tuesday’s deadly crash, which killed a 27-year-old Hemet man and seriously injured the driver, say driving under the influence and reckless driving may have led to the solo-vehicle accident. The wreck, which is still under investigation, happened on N. Kirby St., […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Although a high-speed pursuit in Hemet was discontinued for public safety reasons, two people were later apprehended after ditching the rental car they had fled from officers in Saturday evening, May 9. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Palm Desert sex offender stabbed two before throwing young daughter off cliff, say officials UPDATED: Driver was DUI, fleeing other crash […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Details are beginning to emerge after a child was struck by a car and seriously injured in Hemet earlier this afternoon, Saturday, May 2. The juvenile was airlifted to an area trauma center after the accident, which happened in the area of Park Ave. and Grove Ln. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Fleeing crimes, naked mom abandons toddler […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Deputies from the Hemet Sheriff’s Station once again teamed up with US Forestry officials and spent the morning and afternoon performing off-highway vehicle (OHV) enforcement April 26. During Sunday’s targeted enforcement operation officials patrolled more than 43 miles on All-Terrain Vehicles, sheriff’s officials reported after the detail. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Landscaper fatally struck in Jurupa Valley […]
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HEMET — Officials investigating the cause of a minor, single-vehicle accident in Hemet earlier this evening suspect the driver may have suffered a medical crisis just before crashing into an electrical box and tree inside a senior living community. The victim of the crash later passed away after being rushed to a Murrieta area hospital. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: UPDATE: […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, March 5, 10:15 a.m., With Coroner’s release of information. HEMET — Officials are investigating after a woman operating a motorized mobility wheelchair was fatally struck while traveling on a Hemet street Monday afternoon, March 2. The deadly accident happened at the intersection of W. Mayberry Ave. and S. Palm Ave. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Go “Behind the Badge” […]
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HEMET — Children, parents, teachers, and administrators from Cawston Elementary School in Hemet spent National Kindness Week proving that “spreading kindness must be contagious” according to Hemet Unified School District spokeswoman Alexandrea Sponheim. “The wonderful students at Cawston Elementary have done an amazing job of spreading kindness on their campus,” Sponheim told RCNS at the end of the week, which […]
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HEMET — Officials investigating the December, 2019 murder of a Winchester resident have arrested a man they say was responsible for fatally stabbing the victim while he sat inside his car outside a Hemet business. Hyder Mahdi Jaffer, 51, of Hemet, now sits in a Riverside County jail on a sole count of second-degree murder, for the stabbing death of […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Feb. 21, 12 p.m., With additional details from Hemet PD and on-scene photos and video from EN Media. HEMET — Southwest Riverside County residents are in shock after learning about the second triple homicide to happen in the area in just three days. The most recent murders that stole the lives of three women, which happened Wednesday, Feb. […]
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HEMET — Authorities last night arrested a man they allege plowed into and knocked down a light pole at the intersection of Florida Ave and Santa Fe St., before fleeing the scene and hitting two additional vehicles. The second, major injury crash happened on Stetson Ave., just west of Lyon Ave., about three miles from the first collision. Several people […]
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