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MORENO VALLEY — A distinctively tattooed probationer is in custody after allegedly using a knife to rob a restaurant, Tuesday morning, Feb. 13. The alleged robber, who has visible tattoos covering his face and neck, was tracked down to a Moreno Valley home were he was found hiding and taken into custody. After an investigation officials arrested Francisco Miranda, 24, of Moreno […]
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NORCO — Officials are seeking the public’s help and are hoping surveillance footage assists in identifying and locating a man they allege brandished a knife while robbing a Norco business this weekend. The robbery happened Sunday afternoon, Jan. 28, on the 2700 block of Hamner Avenue. Deputies assigned to the Norco Sheriff’s Office were dispatched to an undisclosed business shortly before 3:30 p.m., after an employee […]
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RIVERSIDE — A person who led officers on a short pursuit after allegedly robbing a gas station was arrested after crashing through a street sign and skidding to a stop in the front yard of a home, early Tuesday morning, Jan. 23. Riverside Police Department responded to a 76 Gas Station on the 3400 block of Central Avenue near the Riverside Plaza shortly before 1 […]
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EASTVALE — A man authorities allege attempted to rob a business of yogurt and cash Tuesday evening, Jan. 16, was arrested the following day, just one block from where the attempted robbery was reported. The incident occurred at Yogurt-Licious, on the 6900 block of Hamner Avenue near Riverboat Drive, in Eastvale. After an investigation, deputies arrested Chibuikem Gregory Ibekwe, 26, of Eastvale, Riverside Sheriff’s […]
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UPDATED: Saturday, Jan. 20 1:30 a.m., With victim’s identification, additional details MENIFEE — A Los Angeles man who authorities say was involved in a parking lot scuffle with loss prevention officers died two days later at a Murrieta hospital. According to officials, the man possibly sustained fatal injuries when loss prevention officers detained him after seeing him stealing merchandise […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — A man officials say robbed a drugstore while armed with a crowbar was arrested after fleeing from deputies, Friday morning, Jan. 12. The robbery happened on the 8000 block of Limonite Avenue in Jurupa Valley. After an investigation, deputies arrested Jose Romero, 21, Jurupa Valley, and he was later booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside on suspicion […]
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EASTVALE — A woman making a late-night run to a grocery store was robbed as she was loading groceries into her vehicle, early Saturday morning, Jan. 6. The strong-arm robbery happened in the Ralph’s grocery store parking lot, southeast of the intersection of Limonite and Hamner Avenues, in Eastvale. SEE RELATED: EASTVALE: Woman, 81, hospitalized after robbed of “large sum of money” in her […]
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EASTVALE — An 81-year-old woman was hospitalized after she was confronted and robbed of her purse after pulling into the garage of her home, Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 10. The robbery and attack happened on the 6200 block of Arcadia Street, southeast of the intersection of Limonite and Harrison Avenues, in Eastvale. SEE RELATED: EASTVALE Woman robbed at gunpoint while putting groceries into vehicle in […]
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REDDING — A career criminal, who has been arrested in Shasta County thirty-two times since 2009 and was out of jail on probation for possession of a controlled substance, was arrested again Friday afternoon, Jan. 5. The man was arrested after allegedly confronting a woman while burglarizing her residence and returning hours later with a metal pipe to confront the homeowner […]
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LAKEHEAD — Two people are in custody and officials are seeking a third subject after the three allegedly kidnapped and robbed an elderly man before leading officials on a pursuit through numerous communities covering two counties, Saturday, Dec. 30. The pursuit ended near a gated community in Tehama County after a Shasta County sheriff’s deputy used a pursuit intervention maneuver to […]
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