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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a felon armed with a handgun was arrested after first carjacking a woman’s car and then leading deputies on a dangerous pursuit that ended in the area of Machado Street and Lakeshore Drive, about three miles from where the vehicle was taken at gunpoint late Friday evening, Jan. 8. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Hemet […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Two skydivers were injured and hospitalized, including one who was life-flighted, after a skydiving-related accident in Lake Elsinore Saturday afternoon, Dec. 5. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Two dead, three injured after Aguanga crash Jurupa Valley pedestrian hit by truck critically injured Banning father of four killed, 5 others injured after I-10 rollover Murder investigation continuing after man’s […]
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UPDATED: See Original Story below. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Officials investigating the murder of a Wildomar man in Lake Elsinore Sunday afternoon, Nov. 8, say they have identified and arrested a man they allege was involved in the victim’s murder. The victim, 19-year-old, Blake Paine, was rushed to an area hospital with a gunshot wound where he later passed away; […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a motorcyclist was killed after losing control and crashing into another vehicle in Lake Elsinore Thursday afternoon, October 22. The deadly crash happened on Avenue 6, north of Bancroft Way, according to sheriff’s officials who are continuing to investigate the cause of the fatal collision. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Nuevo man, 79, ID’d after deadly Quail […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities say a deadly shooting in Lake Elsinore Wednesday, Oct. 14, led to the arrest the next day of a 19-year-old man charged in the victim’s death. The fatal incident happened on the 500 block of Quail Dr., northwest of Hwy. 74 and Joy St. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Lake Elsinore burglary leads to deputy-involved shooting at […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Released from jail on his own recognizance for a first degree burglary the day before, a Riverside man who had allegedly just burglarized a Lake Elsinore home was arrested again Saturday morning, October 17. Authorities say deputies who located the suspect in his vehicle at a Lake Elsinore park less than a mile from where the burglary […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Authorities in Lake Elsinore say a “rigorous investigation” into a brutal axe and baseball attack of a local transient last August has resulted in the arrest of three other transients, all of whom were arrested and charged on Friday, Sept. 11. The victim of the bloody attack, which took place early Tuesday morning, Aug. 18, on […]
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LAKE ELSINORE, Calif — Authorities say the arrest of a Lake Elsinore man on Wednesday ended a multi-day crime spree that included assault with a deadly weapon for intentionally running into a construction worker, robbery, theft, and making criminal threats. The man, since identified as John Robert Veitch, 37, of Lake Elsinore, was arrested after a citizen called 911 to report […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, July 11, 1 p.m. See Original Story below. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Hwy 74 has been re-opened after deputies concluded their initial, on-scene investigation into a fatal, three-vehicle collision that happened on Hwy 74 at Riverside St., earlier this morning. No further details have been released regarding the sheriff’s ongoing investigation. Original Story: LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — Law […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, July 11, 1:15 p.m., With coroner’s release of information and other details. LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. — A motorcyclist was killed after a two-vehicle crash on the 15000 block of Grand Ave. in Lake Elsinore yesterday afternoon, Tuesday, July 7. The deadly collision, which forced the hours-long closure of Grand Ave., happened between Highway 74 and Ethlene Drive. LEADING […]
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