Tag: Police

UPDATE: Drugs and alcohol contributing factors in crash that killed 3 Hemet teens in Murrieta, officials announce

Trevor Montgomery   MURRIETA – Toxicology reports from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Coroner’s Office and a press release recently issued from the Murrieta Police Department have finally begun to shed new light into a fatal accident in Murrieta that took the lives of three young Hemet residents. The coroner’s office identified the three teens killed in the fatal traffic collision […]

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Man arrested in Hemet after attempted carjacking and fighting with officers

Trevor Montgomery   HEMET – Officers arrested a San Diego man on Tuesday, Feb. 23rd, after he attempted to steal a vehicle from an auto dealership and then tried to carjack at least one or more vehicles that were stopped at a light, at the intersection of West Florida and Cawston Avenues. The suspect then allegedly attacked and fought with responding officers […]

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BREAKING: Man drives himself to police station after being shot in Hemet

Trevor Montgomery Photographer – J.P. Kemp / Epicenter News   HEMET – A shooting victim drove himself to the Hemet Police Department after he was injured when his vehicle was shot multiple times on Feb. 21. The shooting reportedly occurred while the victim was sitting in his white SUV. The victim, who has only been identified as an adult male, told Hemet […]

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Two car collision in Moreno Valley sends 5 to hospital

Trevor Montgomery   MORENO VALLEY – A two car collision in Moreno Valley sent five people to the hospital with moderate to major injuries on February 20. One victim was trapped inside the vehicle and had to be extricated by firefighters using the jaws of life. The Riverside Sheriff’s emergency communications center received several 911 calls regarding the major injury traffic […]

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HEMET – Probationer arrested after home invasion robbery, officials say

Trevor Montgomery HEMET – Deputies arrested a Hemet resident who was on probation, after he allegedly committed a home invasion robbery and burglary. The incident occurred on Thursday, Feb. 18, according to Riverside Sheriff Sergeant Agcaoili. At about 8:05 a.m., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hemet-Valle Vista Station, with assistance from Hemet Police officers, responded to the report of a […]

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SAN JACINTO – UPDATE# 3: Toddler’s death being investigated by sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit, officials say

Trevor Montgomery Miguel Shannon /  Epicenter News Photographer UPDATED: Feb. 20, 3 a.m.   WRITER’S NOTE: Please keep in mind, just because the Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit is investigating this case, does not mean this tragic incident WAS an actual homicide. CHU handles SIDS deaths as well as many NON-CRIMINAL death investigations.   SAN JACINTO – Sheriff’s officials have announced that […]

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RIVERSIDE: Citizen’s report of mail theft leads to vehicle pursuit and arrests

Trevor Montgomery   An observant citizen who saw what he believed was suspicious behavior led to a vehicle pursuit that began in Riverside and ended in Norco on Feb. 9. Officers detained four subjects after the end of the pursuit, leading to the arrest of three adults. Officers released a juvenile occupant from the vehicle to the custody of his parents. The […]

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12 recent arrests by Riverside Police

Residential burglary and possession of stolen vehicle On Feb. 9, officers responded to the 3900 Block of Polk Street after receiving a 911 call about a residential burglary in-progress. A homeowner called 911 after they found an unknown female inside the kitchen of their residence. The suspect was alegedly gathering food and other items and putting them into a bag. The homeowner […]

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Retired Hemet Police officer arrested for embezzlement from local synagogue

Trevor Montgomery   HEMET – A retired Hemet Police officer, identified by sheriff’s officials as Gerald Max Beamesderfer Jr, 64, of Hemet, has been arrested for embezzlement after an exhaustive and thorough investigation that lasted more than a year, according to sheriff’s officials. Investigators from Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Station arrested Beamesderfer on Feb. 9 for his alleged involvement in the embezzlement. […]

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Corona bomb scare forces evacuations of nearby school, apartments and mobile home park

Trevor Montgomery   CORONA – A man found unresponsive inside a rented van that contained a note warning of a bomb and “deadly gas” inside the vehicle led to the evacuation of a nearby school, apartment complex, and mobile home park. The incident also forced the closure of several nearby streets and lasted over eight hours. In addition to hundreds of students […]

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