News From Around The County
PERRIS — Officials are investigating a shooting that left a man dead Sunday evening, Apr. 8. The victim was fatally shot on the 2000 block of N. Perris Boulevard in Perris and died later at an area hospital, according to sheriff’s officials, who have released almost no other details regarding the shooting or their ongoing investigation. SEE ALSO: PERRIS: San Jacinto man arrested […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Apr. 10, 9 p.m. SEE ORIGINAL STORY AND PHOTOS BELOW FRENCH VALLEY — An allegedly intoxicated man who officials say ran a red light and plowed broadside into a car was briefly hospitalized and then arrested Sunday, April 8. The DUI-related accident caused a fiery, four-vehicle, chain-reaction accident that killed a Winchester woman. The accused drunk driver remains in custody on $1 million bail. Riverside […]
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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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CORRECTED: Due to discrepancy in Sheriff’s press release regarding date of occurrence PERRIS — Another victim was fatally struck while crossing a busy Riverside County roadway, Monday night, Apr. 2. The deadly accident happened on Ramona Expressway west of Perris Boulevard in Perris, according to police and coroner officials. According to sheriff’s officials the victim, identified only as a 38-year-old Perris resident, was not […]
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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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LAKE ELSINORE — An Irvine motorcyclist, popular online “motovlogger” and well-known face among southern California sport bike enthusiasts died Saturday morning, Mar. 31, after losing control of her motorcycle while traveling on Highway 74. The deadly crash happened east of Morrell Canyon, in an unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. The stretch of highway, also known as the Ortega Highway, passes through the Santa Ana Mountains and connects Riverside and […]
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HEMET — Officials have identified a 20-year-old skateboarder who was fatally struck by a hit and driver late Wednesday night, Mar. 28, at the intersection of Florida Avenue and Girard Streets in the City of Hemet. After fatally hitting the man, the unidentified driver fled the scene of the deadly collision, leaving the dying man’s lifeless body in the middle of the roadway. […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Mar. 26, 2 a.m. MOUNTAIN CENTER — Officials have released some additional details regarding the victim killed last Friday evening, Mar. 24. The deadly crash happened along westbound Highway 74 just east of Scenic Drive, in the Pinyon Pines area of Mountain Center. In a partial coroner’s release, Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner’s officials identified the victim killed in the crash as […]
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MORENO VALLEY — Sheriff’s homicide investigators are heading up an investigation into what officials are calling a “suspicious death” after deputies responding to reports of a suicide found evidence that led their investigation in a different direction. Citing their ongoing investigation, officials have released very few details other than to confirm they are investigating the Sunday, Mar. 18 death. Sunday’s suspicious […]
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MORENO VALLEY — A man who officials allege fatally stabbed his wife inside their Moreno Valley apartment early Monday morning was arrested and now sits in jail on a murder charge, held on $1 million bail. Monday’s murder was the third death in Moreno Valley in as many days, either deemed by sheriff’s officials as homicide or suspicious in nature. In […]
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