News From Around The County
UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 17, 10:15 a.m., With victim’s identification. Originally Published: Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1:30 p.m. HEMET, Calif. — Authorities say a homicide investigation is underway after a man’s lifeless body was found in the unincorporated Hemet area of Gilman Springs Rd. and Highway 79 Saturday morning, Sept. 12. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: EPA issues emergency drinking water order to Oasis […]
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UPDATED: Thursday, Sept. 10, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story below. BANNING, Calif. — Officials have identified a 29-year-old Cathedral City man as the inmate they say was beaten to death by other inmates at Banning’s Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on Tuesday. Although authorities have not provided a possible motive for the deadly attack, the inmate, Rosendo Echevarria, was facing […]
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UPDATED: Tuesday, Sept. 29, 1:23 p.m. See Original Story below. AGUANGA, Calif. — Officials have released the names of seven people who were fatally shot at a private residence in the unincorporated area of Aguanga, about 18 miles east of Temecula, early Monday morning, Sept. 7. LEADING THE RCNS AND SCNS STATE HEADLINES: 6 days lost in forest, family thanks rescuers […]
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GREEN ACRES, Calif. — Authorities today are continuing to investigate the murder of a Homeland man who was killed in the unincorporated community of Green Acres, between the cities of Perris and Hemet, yesterday evening, Wednesday, Sept. 2. As of a press release issued early this morning, officials say they have not identified or located a suspect in the deadly […]
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JURUPA VALLEY, Calif. — Officials investigating the murder of a Riverside man in a Jurupa Valley flood control channel Monday, Aug. 17 have arrested a man they say was responsible for the killing. The sheriff’s investigation began when the victim, Jeremy Amerson, 32, of Riverside, was found dead from multiple gunshot injuries. The alleged suspect, Shaun Daniel Tara, 36, of […]
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UPDATED: Friday, Aug. 21, 12:30 p.m. See Original Story and Photos below. MENIFEE, Calif. — Authorities have announced the arrest this week of two Menifee men, who now stand charged in a February incident that left one man dead and another hospitalized with traumatic injuries. The fatal incident happened at Menifee’s Eller Park and the victims were found about a mile […]
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NUEVO, Calif. — Authorities say a 61-year-old San Jacinto man was gunned down outside a popular business in the unincorporated area of Nuevo, east of Perris, Wednesday morning, Aug. 19. Two men have been arrested in connection with the victim’s murder, which happened at the Nuevo Market inside the Nuevo Village shopping center on the 29600 block of Nuevo Rd., according […]
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LAKE MATHEWS, Calif. — Authorities say a man has been arrested in the shooting death of his roommate in a residential neighborhood in the unincorporated area of Lake Hills, north of Lake Mathews, Monday evening, Aug. 17. The deadly shooting and arrest, which happened at a two-story home on the 17000 block of Canyon Creek Ct., between Lakepoint Dr. and La […]
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MORENO VALLEY, Calif. — Although very few details have been released, authorities say an assault with a deadly weapon led to the death of a Moreno Valley man early Saturday morning, Aug. 1. The deadly incident happened on the 24000 Block of Elder Ave., southwest of Perris Blvd and Hemlock Ave., in Moreno Valley, according to officials now investigating the man’s […]
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UPDATED: Friday, July 24, 4:50 p.m., With coroner’s release of information. COACHELLA, Calif. — Authorities are investigating a man’s “suspicious death” after his body was found in Thermal Wednesday morning, July 22. The victim’s body was found at Ave. 49 and Calle Abelia, according to officials now investigating the discovery. Wednesday’s investigation involved the third suspicious death to rock the […]
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