Tag: Hemet

HEMET: Helmet cam footage shows eventful, dangerous year for local firefighters

HEMET – During 2016, City of Hemet firefighters responded to nearly 17,000 calls for service. Many of those calls involved vehicle fires, residential blazes, wildland fires, fatal traffic collisions and other deadly incidents. In order to show many of the dangerous calls the firefighters responded to and handled, Hemet Fire Fighters Association, Local 2342 compiled helmet camera footage from throughout the […]

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HEMET: Stolen vehicle recovery sends employees, shoppers scrambling for cover

HEMET – After receiving a tip about a man spotted driving a stolen vehicle, Hemet police officers swooped in and arrested the driver – who also had several warrants – as he sat inside the car outside a CVS Pharmacy. The short but tense incident, which happened Monday, March 20 in front of CVS Pharmacy, sent several CVS employees and shoppers […]

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TEMECULA: Hemet man arrested after attempting to conduct traffic stop on off-duty deputy

TEMECULA – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, March 14, after he allegedly attempted to pull over another motorist using law enforcement-style flashing lights and a siren. What the man did not realize was that the person he was trying to pull over was an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was travelling in the area of Winchester and Murrieta Hot […]

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UPDATE: HEMET: Man who tried to stab officer with his own badge sentenced

HEMET – A Hemet area transient and convicted felon who attacked a Hemet police officer and tried to stab the official with his own badge Sept. 8, 2016, pleaded guilty Tuesday, March 7 to one misdemeanor count of resisting arrest. (Click link to read original story.) The man, who was identified as 46-year-old, Gerald Owen Peachie, was arrested after the violent altercation with […]

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HEMET: New commander brings wealth of experience to Hemet Sheriff’s Station

HEMET – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet Station, located in the unincorporated community of Valle Vista, recently welcomed long-time Hemet-San Jacinto Valley resident Captain Leonard Purvis as their new station commander. With more than 27 years of law enforcement service – covering numerous assignments and responsibilities – Purvis brought a wealth of knowledge and experience to his new assignment. Purvis officially took […]

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HEMET: Driver critically injured in accident

HEMET – A driver sustained critical injuries in a two-vehicle collision Monday, Feb. 20. The accident happened at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Hemet Street in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the major-injury crash about 4:00 p.m., after multiple people called 911 to report the wreck. Callers told emergency dispatchers the driver […]

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GREEN ACRES: 15 weapons, 2 stolen vehicles, drug paraphernalia uncovered during warrant service

GREEN ACRES – Members of the joint Riverside Auto Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID) task force arrested a man Wednesday afternoon after they uncovered two stolen vehicles, more than a dozen firearms, drug paraphernalia, and a chop shop at his residence in the 33000 block of Keith Avenue in Green Acres Wednesday, Feb. 15. Green Acres is an unincorporated community west of Hemet and north […]

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HEMET: Reports of shots fired force lock down of school

HEMET – Reports of shots fired and two men seen running with guns brought Hemet police officers flooding into the area of E. Devonshire Avenue and N. Franklin Street in Hemet Friday, Feb. 10. The incident also caused Alessandro High School to go into lock-down. Officers responded to the area shortly after 10 a.m., after City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received numerous 911 calls […]

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EAST HEMET: Phone call reporting subject armed with a gun causes 5 schools to lock-down

EAST HEMET – Several East Hemet area schools activated their emergency lock-down protocols Tuesday, Feb. 14, after an anonymous caller reported having a gun near a school in East Hemet. Riverside County emergency dispatchers received the phone call about 11 a.m., according to sheriff’s and school officials. Although the male caller did not specify which school he was near with the […]

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HEMET: Woman’s death “being treated as a homicide,” officials confirm

HEMET – Hemet Police officials confirmed they are investigating the death of a 58-year-old Hemet resident as a homicide. The woman was found dead inside her own residence in the 200 block of South Yale Street in Hemet Monday, Feb. 6. The residence is located south of Florida Avenue and north of Acacia Avenue. Officials have identified the victim as […]

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