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UPDATED: Monday, Nov. 13, 3 p.m. SAN JACINTO — Officials have released the name of a San Jacinto woman who died in the street after she was shot multiple times Sunday afternoon, Nov. 12. The deadly shooting happened on the 100 block of N. Dillon Avenue between W. Cedar and Main Streets. Riverside County Sheriff-Coroner officials identified Anna Meza, 31, of San Jacinto […]
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UPDATED: Monday, Sept. 4, 10 p.m. Writer’s note regarding photographs included below. HEMET — A family friend of the 16-year-old victim who was one of two people struck by a car earlier today provided an update regarding the young victim’s condition, explaining the girl has already undergone the first of many surgeries she will have to undergo. Melina Yazmin Villalobos, […]
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SAN JACINTO — A woman who was struck by an ambulance while darting across a busy San Jacinto street was hospitalized with critical injuries Monday evening, Aug 21. The vehicle versus pedestrian traffic accident happened in the 600 block of S. State Street, north of W. 7th Street, in San Jacinto. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s San Jacinto Police Station responded to […]
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SAN JACINTO — Three people were injured in a two-vehicle, rollover, traffic accident Tuesday, Aug. 16. The collision happened at the intersection of N. State Street and Cottonwood Avenue/N. Brinton Street in San Jacinto. Sheriff’s deputies, fire officials and paramedics were dispatched to the scene of the accident at 3:33 p.m., after several other motorists and witnesses called 911 to report […]
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UPDATE: Friday, Aug. 4, 5 p.m. Officials release photos of “person of interest” in brutal, concrete-slab attack SAN JACINTO — Authorities have released images of a man they say is a “person of interest” in the brutal, concrete-slab attack that left a 44-year-old San Jacinto man in critical condition. The victim’s identity has not been released by officials. The violent […]
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John Strangis contributed to this report. HEMET – Two women were injured in a two-vehicle, rollover traffic accident following a possible road-rage incident Tuesday, May 9. The minor-injury wreck happened at the intersection of Stetson Avenue and State Street in Hemet after the driver of an SUV allegedly made repeated attempts to run a motorcyclist off the roadway. Stewart Sarringar was riding his […]
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HEMET – A City of Hemet police patrol vehicle was heavily damaged and a second vehicle sustained moderate damage when the two vehicles collided. The accident, that left both vehicles inoperable, happened on the 1400 block of S. State Street near W. Thornton Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire personnel, California Highway Patrol officers and other emergency first responders […]
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UPDATE: Jan. 25, 5 p.m. HEMET – Officials have provided additional information about yesterday’s murder-attempted suicide investigation. The investigation began Tuesday, Jan. 24, about 2:47 p.m., after the Hemet Police Dispatch Center received a 911 call from a subject who told dispatchers that a family member, later identified as Vincent James Marples, 33, of Hemet, had called and told her that […]
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HEMET – Hemet police officers arrested a man who was reportedly armed with a gun and acting erratically Saturday, Dec. 17. Officers arrested the man for being under the influence of a controlled substance after the subject fled on foot from an officer. The incident happened in the 700 block of N. State Street in Hemet. Officers were dispatched to the area when […]
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HEMET – Hemet police officers managed to safely take a knife-wielding, suicidal subject into protective custody Saturday, Dec. 17. The volatile incident began shortly before 2:45 p.m. in the 200 block of S. State Street in Hemet. The incident began when City of Hemet emergency dispatchers received a 911 call from a frantic citizen reporting a suicidal subject who was cutting […]
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