News From Around The County
Deputy Chief Robb Webb swears in Hemet Police Department’s newest 13 volunteers. Hemet PD photo HEMET – Hemet Police Department officials welcomed 13 new volunteers into their ranks Wednesday, Nov. 16. The new volunteers recently graduated from the 44th Hemet Police Department’s Volunteer Academy. The new volunteers were sworn in by Deputy Chief Rob Webb during a ceremony in front […]
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HEMET – A young girl, who was found wandering with a small dog in a gated Hemet neighborhood, started a community-wide effort to identify her via social media Tuesday, Oct. 11. The little girl who identified herself as three-year-old Elizabeth was found lost and afraid in the Laurel Park gated community in Hemet. The community is bordered by W. Whittier and […]
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MENIFEE – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, Oct. 4, after he allegedly held a woman against her will and assaulted her in a woman’s restroom at the Mt. San Jacinto College’s Menifee Campus at 28237 La Piedra Road in Menifee. The victim defended herself and fought back, managing to flee from the restroom where the incident reportedly occurred. After investigating the […]
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HEMET – Multiple 911 reports of shots being fired in the parking lot of a Chase Bank brought several officers rushing to the scene of what some callers reported as a possible bank robbery Saturday, Oct. 1. The bank is located at 1800 E. Florida Avenue between N. Mayflower and N. Yale Streets The incident was reported to City of Hemet dispatchers at […]
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A recreational trailer was quickly destroyed as a vegetation fire near Eaton and N. Lyon Avenues grew into a raging blaze. William Whelan photo UPDATE:10/05/2016 2:52 a.m. Officials announced the apprehension of two minors, accused of starting a field fire that quickly grew into a city-wide emergency. The small vegetation fire began Friday, September 30, just after 6 p.m., in […]
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HEMET – A man was arrested early this morning for several weapons charges after he led Hemet Police Officers on a brief foot chase Sept. 29. The incident began as a traffic stop in the area of Acacia Avenue and Girard Street. After first running from and then fighting with officers and Hemet PD’s K9 ‘Jack,’ Kenneth Alex Hurtado, 20, of San […]
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SHARED BY MONICA THOMPSON ON FACEBOOK: Kudos to the lady cop with a blond ponytail that drives the dark grey Crown Victoria police car. This morning about 8 a.m. she pushed another female driver that was broken down over to the side of the road on eastbound Domenigoni Parkway at Sanderson Avenue. Not with her police car but she got […]
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HEMET – An Orange County man with multiple prior convictions was sentenced Monday, Sept. 19 to 185 years to life in state prison. The man allegedly robbed a Hemet Subway in the 3500 block of Stetson Avenue July 7, 2015 and committed another fast food robbery the day before on July 6, 2015. Raynaldo Sanchez Salcido, 50, of Yorba Linda was arrested […]
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HEMET – A man with a realistic-looking replica firearm led Hemet Police officers on a foot pursuit through heavy traffic across Florida Avenue before he was tackled by an off-duty Riverside County Sheriff’s deputy and then subdued by several pursuing officers Thursday, Sept. 15. Officers identified the man as Christopher Lee Mahone, a 27-year old transient from the Los Angeles area. Officers […]
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UPDATE: 09/16/2016 3:45 p.m. See original story below. HEMET – In a move that has left many people shocked, stunned, and even furious, Hemet Police officials and social workers from Child Protective Services determined that no crime was committed during a videotaped incident in which a father appeared to be abusing his son by kneeling onto the boy’s testicles while […]
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