News From Around The County
HEMET — Officials are investigating after a male was shot in the head inside a Hemet living room earlier yesterday afternoon. Since the incident was first reported, other people who were in the home when the incident happened have provided several different versions of how the victim was shot. Investigators say they are now working to uncover the truth of what […]
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WINCHESTER — Officials investigating last Saturday morning’s murder of a Temecula woman have released additional information about their investigation; including the names of the victim and her boyfriend, who has since been charged with her murder. Deputies found the victim’s lifeless body “in a roadway” in the area of Winchester and Pourroy Roads in the unincorporated area of Winchester, after […]
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HEMET — No injuries were reported after an SUV lost control and overturned, crashing into a wrought iron fence at the corner of a vacant building Sunday evening, Apr. 1. Two occupants who were in the speeding truck when it careened out of control and rolled reportedly fled the scene, but both were quickly located and apprehended. The hit and run […]
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HEMET — An allegedly intoxicated man was arrested Monday afternoon after losing control of his vehicle and crashing through a chain link fence. The non-injury accident happened on N. Gilbert Street just south of Menlo Avenue. City of Hemet Police and Fire personnel along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the location about 1:30 p.m., after receiving reports of a single-vehicle traffic collision. […]
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HEMET — A man who fled the scene after fatally hitting a 20-year-old skateboarder on Florida Avenue, late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, has been arrested, according to Hemet police officials who announced the man’s arrest earlier today. After hitting the victim, who was later identified as Juan “Johnny” Cuevas Jr., of Hemet, the driver never slowed down and continued eastbound on Florida Avenue, […]
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HEMET — An officer investigating reports of a fight between two brothers soon found himself involved in his own fight earlier this afternoon, when one of the siblings resisted the officer during the investigation. Nearly a dozen officers responded – with lights flashing and sirens wailing – to a call for assistance placed by the officer. The person who fought […]
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HEMET — Officials managed to safely take a knife-wielding man into custody after the subject armed himself with multiple knives and barricaded himself inside his home with his terrified wife and her puppy earlier tonight. The standoff happened at a home located on the southwest corner of Imperial Way and El Dorado Lane, northwest of N. Palm and W. Oakland Avenues, in […]
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HEMET — A man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested after being pulled over by Hemet PD earlier this afternoon. The alleged suspect was arrested after pulling into a business parking lot in the area of N. State Street and W. Latham Avenue in Hemet. Officers arrested the man, whose name and information have not yet been released, after a motorcycle officer […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, Mar. 25, 8:30 p.m. HEMET — Officials have identified a man who died after a two-vehicle, rollover traffic collision last night. The deadly accident happened on Ramona Expressway/Mountain Avenue, between N. Hemet and N. Soboba Streets, in Hemet. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified Timothy Gibbons, 23, of Hemet, as the passenger of a Ford Focus who died in the wreck. A coroner’s release indicated […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Mar. 22, With additional information (See original and updated stories below.) HEMET — Details are still trickling in from the scene, but a man who numerous victims and witnesses allege hit several cars before fleeing the scene – was arrested for several charges related to the incident. He was later cited and released with a date to appear […]
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