News From Around The County
RIVERSIDE — As many as five victims and a dog were reportedly plucked from the Santa Ana River during swift water rescues near the Main St. bridge in Riverside, Thursday evening, Dec. 6. The rescue was initiated after heavy rains caused the river bottom to become engorged with fast flowing water, stranding several people who were believed to have been […]
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JURUPA VALLEY — Two officers were injured and a deputy was hospitalized as a precaution after officials apprehended a PRCS probationer following a violent confrontation, arson-fire and deputy-involved shooting, Monday afternoon, Dec. 4. During the incident the suspect, who was later identified as Clinton Jeffrey Althizer, 40, of Jurupa Valley, repeatedly rammed a stolen vehicle into a deputy’s patrol vehicle, led pursuing officials […]
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RIVERSIDE — Police are investigating the death of a man after he was shot in the head by bounty hunters early Sunday evening, Dec. 3. The deadly shooting happened during a violent confrontation between two bounty hunters and a man they had been searching for and conducting surveillance on in the Santa Ana River bottom, just east of Van Buren Boulevard, […]
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UPDATED: 07/02/2016 11:00 a.m. With coroner’s release of identification RIVERSIDE – Riverside County Coroner’s officials have released the name of a 31-year-old Riverside man found buried in a shallow grave. The murder investigation and search for the victim’s body began Saturday, June 18, at about 6 a.m. after the department’s Robbery/Homicide Unit received an anonymous tip about a possible homicide, according […]
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