News From Around The County
HEMET – Officers detained a woman after she allegedly hopped into a Hemet resident’s Mercedes Benz and drove off in it Thursday evening, April 27. The car was stolen while it was sitting in the owner’s driveway. Shortly before 10 p.m., City of Hemet emergency dispatchers were notified by a 911 caller that they were following their stolen vehicle after […]
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Deputies converged on a residence after tracking a LoJack signal where they recovered a stolen motorcycle and apprehended a man who was not only charged with theft of the motorcycle, he was charged with an April 12 armed-carjacking. Will Whelan/Hemet Valley Incidents photo SAN JACINTO – Officials from several different local law enforcement agencies worked together while tracking a carjacking […]
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MORENO VALLEY – One person escaped with only minor injuries when their car went over an embankment, flipped over and smashed into a tree Friday, April 14. The early-morning accident happened in the area of Beaumont Avenue and Lamb Canyon Road in an unincorporated area of Moreno Valley, between the cities of Beaumont and San Jacinto. Cal Fire/Riverside County Fire […]
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HEMET – City of Hemet police officials have announced the arrest of two people, accused of shooting two victims including a juvenile, killing one of them. The deadly shooting, which was highly publicized throughout Hemet and the Inland Empire, happened in the area of Acacia and S. Western Avenues in Hemet shortly before 1 a.m. (Click here to view original story.) […]
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Deputies have arrested a woman who allegedly rammed into a man while driving his stolen vehicle Thursday, April 6. The incident happened after the victim used a phone app to track his stolen truck to a rural residence in the 20000 block of Little Valley Road in the community of Good Hope. The truck had been stolen from the City of […]
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HEMET – Several bus riders sustained minor injuries when an RTA bus was involved in a hit and run accident Tuesday, April 4. Details are still emerging, but the accident happened at the intersection of E. Florida Avenue and S. Harvard Street in Hemet. The vehicle that fled the scene after the collision was described as a white sedan, possibly a […]
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HEMET – Details are still emerging, but reports of a 3-week-old that had stopped breathing brought an immediate response from Hemet Police and Fire officials Sunday, April 2. The infant, who was quickly resuscitated and transported to an area hospital in stable condition, had reportedly stopped breathing after choking on vomit. The emergency brought a flood of police, firefighters, paramedics, […]
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Families throughout the Hemet, San Jacinto and French Valleys and surrounding communities will want to mark their calendars for Valley-Wide Recreation and Park District‘s upcoming 2017 Easter egg hunts. Valley-Wide is offering events at three different locations this year. Valley-Wide’s three events are scheduled to be held at the Diamond Valley Lake ball fields at 1801 Angler Avenue, near Domenigoni Parkway in […]
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HEMET – A golfer was hit by what officers believe was a stray round while playing the links at the Hemet Golf Club Wednesday March 29. The golf course is located at 7575 World Cup Avenue, near California Street on Hemet’s west end. “The victim was transported to a local hospital and is expected to make a full recovery,” Hemet Police Lieutenant […]
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HEMET – Firefighters quickly knocked down a backyard fire that damaged a shed and was threatening nearby residences Sunday, March 26. The fire broke out in the 1300 block of Leslie Drive, near S. San Jacinto Avenue in Hemet. Leslie Drive is in a quiet, tree-lined residential neighborhood south of E. Whittier and north of Johnston Avenues. All five City […]
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