News From Around The County
UPDATED: May 30, 11:56 p.m., With Coroner’s release of information.UPDATED: Tuesday, June 1, 12:20 p.m., With additional details from CHP. Originally Published: Saturday, May 29, 11:15 a.m. PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities today said that excessive speed was a contributing factor in a fatal, solo-vehicle crash and ejection that happened in Perris late Friday evening, May 28. The fatal crash happened […]
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UPDATED: Sunday, May 30, 4:10 p.m. See Original Stories below. PERRIS, Calif. — Officials have identified a teen who passed away five days after being involved in a two-vehicle, major-injury crash in Perris on Saturday, May 23. The teen was one of two youth who were critically injured after crashing into a passenger vehicle while unlawfully operating a side-by-side off […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say a crowbar-wielding man who had just attacked his girlfriend was fatally shot by a deputy after he advanced on the deputy while still armed with the crowbar Friday evening, May 7. Officials today said that deputies contacted the man in a field near the 22000 block of Margarth Street, east of Highway 74 and southwest […]
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UPDATED: April 29, 11:38 a.m., With additional details from witness at scene. MEADOWBROOK, Calif. — Authorities say a man was killed after a three-vehicle collision in the unincorporated community of Meadowbrook, Tuesday afternoon, April 27. Another driver was seriously injured in the crash and remains hospitalized, while the driver who caused the crash was uninjured. The deadly accident, which forced […]
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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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PERRIS, Calif. — No injuries were reported after a fire ripped through a Perris apartment Sunday afternoon, April 25. The blaze, which damaged at least one neighboring apartment, happened in the 200 block of E. 6th Street, between S. Perris Boulevard and S. “F” Street. LEADING THE RCNS HEADLINES: Bewildered would-be burglar nabbed after security gate foils Hemet liquor store […]
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HEMET, Calif. — Although few details have been released, authorities today confirmed to RCNS that an early morning search warrant served at a Hemet residence Friday morning, April 23, resulted in the arrest of a man wanted in connection to a 2020 Perris shooting investigation. Heavy sheriff and police activity at the residence, along with flash bangs that rattled the […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say a motorcyclist was killed after plowing into the back of a pickup truck towing a trailer and being ejected from his motorcycle Sunday evening, April 18. The deadly crash happened on Nandina Avenue, west of Brown Street. Sunday’s fatal accident was the first of two deadly motorcycle related collisions in southwest Riverside County in the last […]
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PERRIS, Calif. — Authorities say one man was arrested and charges are pending against a second person after a multi-agency investigation in an unincorporated area of Perris that targeted an illegal gambling operation Thursday, April 15. Two handguns, a large quantity of narcotics, and thousands of dollars in US currency were discovered and seized during the early morning service of […]
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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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