News From Around The County
HEMET — Two people were injured and an allegedly intoxicated driver was arrested after reportedly running a red light and plowing into the back of another vehicle early this morning. The impact caused the allegedly drunk driver’s small SUV to overturn before it came to rest back on its wheels. The two-vehicle, rollover accident happened at the intersection of W. […]
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HEMET — A man who plowed into a fire hydrant before crashing through a home’s chain-link fence and brick wall was apprehended after fleeing from the scene of the crash, Sunday afternoon, Feb. 25. In spite of fleeing and attempting to alter his appearance, officers were not fooled and arrested the subject for DUI, hit and run and other charges. City […]
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HEMET — There were no reported injuries after a car plowed into the back of an SUV Friday evening, Jan. 26. The non-injury traffic collision happened on Stetson Avenue between Girard and San Jacinto Avenues in Hemet. City of Hemet Police and Fire Departments along with other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the crash shortly before 6:45 p.m., […]
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HEMET — Two people died in a fiery, two-vehicle, head-on crash, Friday, Sept. 29. The deadly, early morning wreck happened on Stetson Avenue, between Warren Road and Cawston Avenue near Hemet-Ryan Airport, in Hemet. City of Hemet Fire and Police officials were dispatched to the scene of the fatal collision about 4:49 a.m., after several motorists and witnesses called 911 to report the accident, Hemet Police Lieutenant Glen […]
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UPDATE: EAST HEMET — Sheriff’s officials have clarified this afternoon that earlier reports of an armed and barricaded stand-off happening in the area of Stetson Avenue and S. San Jacinto Street in the East Hemet area were unfounded and activity in the area was related to the service of a felony arrest warrant. Officials have not stated what the felony warrant was […]
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REDDING — Authorities are conducting an attempted murder investigation after a cancer patient reportedly stabbed a wheelchair-bound man multiple times in the head and arms. The violent and bloody incident happened Monday, Aug. 14, in the 1800 block of Stetson Way, south of Highway 299 and west of Shasta View Drive, in Redding. After an investigation, Redding police officers arrested Mark E. O’Neal, 65, of Redding. […]
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HEMET — Details are still emerging and officials have said very little after at least three people, including an on-duty Hemet police officer, were injured in a three-vehicle crash that CHP officials confirmed was possibly caused by street racing Monday, July 24. The accident – that destroyed all three vehicles and left one almost beyond recognition – happened in the 3000 […]
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HEMET — Three people were hospitalized with minor injuries after a two-vehicle crash, Tuesday, May 30. The minor-injury traffic collision happened at the intersection of S. Lyon and W. Stetson Avenues in Hemet. Hemet Police and Fire Departments were dispatched to the scene of the crash about 2 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the accident. According to 911 […]
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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 – City of Hemet firefighters made quick work knocking down a blaze that destroyed an abandoned vehicle Friday, April 22. The fire was reported on Kirby Street near the intersection of Stetson Avenue in Hemet. Hemet Fire and Police personnel responded to the vehicle fire about 6 p.m., after several citizens called 911 to report seeing the fire or seeing thick, choking, […]
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