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Riverside Sheriff’s HDT members go out of their way to prove they are the bomb

April 19, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

Taking a break from their normal, day-to-day operations for a recent day of training, members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Hazardous Device Team, otherwise known as the bomb squad, had a few extra minutes – and clearly some leftover explosive ordnance – and created a video featuring members from the department’s Hazardous Device Team. (See attached video below.) According to sheriff […]

UPDATED: CHERRY VALLEY: Two confirmed dead following standoff with barricaded subject

March 25, 2017 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATE: March 26, 9 p.m. With additional information from sheriff’s department. CHERRY VALLEY – Sheriff’s officials provided more information about Saturday’s deadly barricaded standoff that ended with two people dead, March 25. Authorities are calling the incident a murder-suicide. The victim was later identified as Jose Leon, 46, of Cherry Valley. The suspect was identified as John Malicek, 67, of […]

Hiker, 15, separated from her group, sets off hours-long search

June 15, 2016 Trevor Montgomery

CLEVELAND NATIONAL FOREST – A young hiker became separated from her group while hiking along the Skyline Trail in the Cleveland National Forest, Friday, June 10. She was eventually located and returned home safely to her anxious family after an extensive search of the area, Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Ray Ricken explained in a press release. The hiker, who was only identified as […]