Tag: SWAT

UPDATED: RIVERSIDE: Man killed by SWAT members after taking 70-year-old elementary teacher hostage ID’d

UPDATE #3: Tuesday, Nov. 1, 12:30 a.m. See original story, photographs and Riverside PD update below. RIVERSIDE — Riverside Police officials have identified a parent who was fatally shot by SWAT members when they stormed a classroom to rescue a 70-year-old teacher the man had held hostage for more than six hours. The barricaded stand-off and hostage crisis happened at Castle […]

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

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 […]

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UPDATED: Hemet officials explain hours-long standoff that ended with 2 arrested

An armored tactical rescue vehicle from the joint Hemet/Murrieta Special Operations Unit takes up a position behind the residence where the standoff was occurring. Chris Oliver photo UPDATE: 09/06/2016 11:45 p.m. HEMET – Hemet Police officials have provided more details and information about an hours-long SWAT standoff that happened Sunday, Sept. 4. The incident began at about 4:10 p.m. in the 4200 […]

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UPDATE: Sheriff deputy arrested after 20-hour French Valley standoff

UPDATE: 09/02/12:15 a.m. With booking information A jail record search revealed Alcide Galley Jr. was booked into jail on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, inflicting corporal injury on a spouse and resisting or obstructing a peace officer. He is currently being housed at the Robert Presley Detention Center in Riverside. He is being held in lieu […]

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Hemet-Murrieta Police Regional SWAT – formed in 1996 – one of oldest in CA

All photos courtesy of Hemet PD and Murrieta PD.   The Hemet-Murrieta Police Regional Special Operations Unit recently conducted joint operations at an undisclosed location in the city of Hemet, according to a brief release from Hemet PD. The combined operation occurred on April 7. “The Hemet-Murrieta SOU began operating together in 1996. So our joint team is one of the […]

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VALLE VISTA: Man arrested for attempted homicide on New Year’s morning following hours-long stand-off

Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source   VALLE VISTA – In the early morning hours of January 1, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department’s 911 Communications Center received numerous calls regarding several shots heard coming from inside or near a residence in the 24000 block of Tigris Lane in the unincorporated community of Valle Vista. A family member from the residence where the […]

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Riverside, Lake Elsinore, Norco 7-Eleven Robbers Tracked Down And Arrested

Written by Trevor Montgomery Riverside County News Source   Jurupa Valley, Calif., On Sunday, Nov. 1, an armed robbery occurred at a 7-Eleven convenience store located in the 1800 block of Hamner Ave., Norco. At about 2:05 a.m., deputies responded to the business after sheriff’s Central Dispatch Center received a call reporting the robbery. Deputies arrived and secured the area […]

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