News From Around The County
MEAD VALLEY – Riverside County Sheriff’s officials announced the arrest of a member of their own department Friday, March 10, after sexual battery allegations against the sheriff deputy were reported to authorities. Investigators arrested Andrew Chuan Dinh, 37, of Mead Valley, in the area of El Dorado Road and Cole Avenue, in the unincorporated community of Mead Valley. After an investigation, […]
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PERRIS – A man suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol crashed his pickup truck into an occupied home Saturday, Feb. 2. The accident happened on South B Street and West 11th Street in Perris and forced the temporary closure of several streets in the area. “The residents were present when the truck drove into the living room of the […]
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UPDATE #4: 09/21/2016 4:14 p.m. PERRIS – A Hemet resident has been arrested and charged with murder related to an April 10 traffic collision that killed Wesley Erickson, a 52-year-old Riverside resident in a vehicle versus motorcycle collision. The fiery wreck that killed Erickson happened at about 8:55 p.m. After the fatal accident, sheriff’s investigators had blood drawn from Alvarado to […]
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Perris – Distracted driving is such an important safety issue that in California, Police, Sheriff and CHP officials are joining the Office of Traffic Safety, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, and the National Transportation Safety Board, as well as law enforcement throughout the country, working together to focus on education as well as enforcement. “As we rely on our […]
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A Vintage WWII warplane ended up nose down in the dirt after suffering a hard landing during Skydive Perris’ 40th Anniversary event. Pete Torres photo PERRIS – A plane made what accident investigators called a hard landing during the 40th anniversary celebration of Skydive Perris Saturday Sept. 3. The airfield where the accident happened is near Goetz Road and Mountain Avenue in […]
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MEAD VALLEY/WOODCREST – Investigators from the Riverside County Sheriffs Perris Station are seeking the public’s assistance with a missing person case, according to sheriff’s officials. “Juan Ignacio Garcia-Duarte has been missing since June 26th,” according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Glenn Williams. “He was last seen by his family in the Mead Valley/Woodcrest area, driving an older model white Dodge pick-up truck.” […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A man died when he was ejected from his vehicle after he was involved in a major two-vehicle traffic collision Wednesday, August 3. The fatal accident happened on Perris Boulevard, about 100 feet north of the intersection of Canyon Vista Road in Moreno Valley. The man, who coroner officials later identified as Danny Maldonado, 33, of Moreno Valley, […]
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PERRIS – A 52-year-old Perris resident was killed in a single-vehicle multi-injury rollover traffic accident Sunday, July 31. The fatal accident happened in a large, open field adjacent to the 800 block of San Jacinto Avenue in Perris. The field where the accident occurred is south of Dunlap Drive and east of the I-215 Freeway. One passenger, the 52-year-old male, succumbed […]
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MEAD VALLEY – Deputies believe an “ongoing dispute” led to the deadly shooting of a man who was fatally shot, Saturday, June 18. The victim was found dead from at least one gunshot wound in the yard of someone he had been feuding with, in the 19000 block of Robinson Street, in Mead Valley, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Wallace […]
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MORENO VALLEY – A man was seriously injured in a shooting Friday, June 3, according to a Riverside County Sheriff official. The shooting occurred in the area of Dracea Avenue and Sweet Fern Street, near Butterfield Elementary School. The victim, who has not been identified, was struck in the back by at least one bullet while he was driving his SUV. The […]
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