Menifee man dead after Homeland shooting – Investigation ongoing

HOMELAND, Calif. — Authorities say a homicide investigation is underway after a Menifee man was fatally shot in the unincorporated community of Homeland, east of Perris, Friday afternoon, April 23. No arrests have been made related to the deadly shooting, which happened in the 25000 block of Echo Valley Road. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Bewildered would-be burglar nabbed after security gate […]

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Fleeing minor crash, man fatally hits teen on ATV, flees again

MEAD VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities say a man who was fleeing the scene of a non-injury crash involving a second vehicle ran over and killed a teen who was riding a quad in Perris residential neighborhood Thursday evening, April 1. Although the suspect then fled the scene of that collision, which happened in the 20700 block of Myron Street, between […]

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Hemet man ID’d as victim of Sage murder

UPDATED: Friday, April 9, 12:18 p.m. See Original Story below. SAGE, Calif. — Officials have identified a man whose lifeless body was discovered in the rural and unincorporated community of Sage, south of Hemet and east of Temecula, early Saturday morning, April 2. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials have since identified the victim as 30-year-old, Guadalupe Diaz, of Hemet. Officials have […]

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UPDATE: New details of Burney murder released – Man arrested

BURNEY, Calif. — Shasta County Sheriff’s officials who last Sunday confirmed exclusively to SCNS that a murder investigation was underway after the beating death of a Burney man have announced that a suspect has been identified and arrested in the ongoing investigation. The victim, 61-year-old, Mark Anderson, who was affiliated with the Burney Church of Christ as a caretaker and […]

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BREAKING: Homicide investigation underway after Burney man’s death

BURNEY, Calif. — Although Shasta County Sheriff’s Office officials have said they were not yet ready to release any specific details or information, an SCSO Sergeant confirmed to SCNS this afternoon that a homicide investigation is underway in the small, Intermountain area town of Burney. The victim, confirmed as Mark Anderson, of Burney, recently died after an unspecified altercation that […]

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Discovery of woman’s body in Temecula leads to Murrieta man’s arrest

UPDATED: Monday, March 22, 2 p.m. See Original Story below. TEMECULA, Calif. — Authorities say the discovery of a Murrieta woman’s body inside a vehicle that was found down a steep embankment in Temecula has led to the arrest of a Murrieta man. Deputies made the discovery in the area of Camino Estribo and Pujol Street, south of Temecula’s Old […]

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Hemet shooting leads to murder, kidnap charges

HEMET, Calif. — Authorities say a man was arrested after reports of a shooting that left another man dead in an unincorporated area of Hemet Thursday morning, March 18. The fatal incident happened at a residence with a large property in the 40500 block of Newport Road, east of State Street LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Impairment suspected in deadly I-215 crash […]

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Trial starts for man who propped dead wife on sofa with sunglasses while kids opened Christmas presents nearby

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Nearly ten years after 26-year-old Za’Zell Preston’s dreams of becoming a domestic-violence counselor ended when she was murdered on Christmas Eve, 2011, the trial against her husband, William Wallace, now 39, began this week.  Officials at the time referred to the homicide as a “sickening and brutal” case of a man who murdered his wife sometime on […]

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Second man arrested after French Valley girl dies from fentanyl overdose

UPDATED: Sunday, Feb 28, 4:32 p.m. Originally Published: Feb. 26, 12:55 p.m. See Original Story below. FRENCH VALLEY, Calif. — Authorities investigating the fentanyl-related death of a 16-year-old French Valley girl who died late last month say they have arrested a second man in connection with the girl’s passing. Officials had earlier announced the arrest of an 18-year-old, French Valley […]

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Three men arrested after Hemet murder

HEMET, Calif. — Authorities have announced the arrest of three men in connection with the murder of a Hemet man late last year. The victim’s lifeless body was discovered in the 34000 block of Bautista Road, in an unincorporated Riverside County area in the hills southeast of Hemet, Nov. 30, 2020. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Missing San Jacinto man, 21, […]

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