News From Around The County
TEMECULA, Calif. — An Iowa man who allegedly carjacked the vehicle of a good Samaritan who tried to help him after a single-vehicle crash in unincorporated Temecula Saturday afternoon, Aug. 1 was arrested the next day while trying to re-enter the United States after having fled to Tijuana, according to officials. The crash that led to the carjacking happened near […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Authorities confirmed yesterday that a Jurupa Valley man suspected of kidnapping and killing his wife, before dumping her body in Mexico, was arrested last month. The man was arrested after the victim’s body was discovered in Pueblo Nuevo, a municipality in the northwestern Mexican state of Durango. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: BREAKING: One dead after Hemet stabbing […]
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COACHELLA — A known gang member wanted in connection with last week’s shooting of a Riverside County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop and foot pursuit in Coachella was apprehended in Mexico after an extensive manhunt, officials announced Thursday. See related story: UPDATED: COACHELLA: Search for suspect who shot deputy multiple times continues During a press conference held June 2 at the Riverside County […]
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RIVERSIDE – A Moreno Valley resident was arrested this week by U.S. Marshals on a federal charge of being an accessory to a felony after she allegedly helped her husband flee to Mexico to avoid an October sentencing hearing. Prosecutors have accused 36-year-old Elba Soto of driving Jose Guadalupe Vega-Zuniga, who is a convicted felon and was in the United States illegally, from […]
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