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TEMECULA – A motorcyclist died in a head-on collision with another vehicle Friday, April 7. The deadly accident happened in the area of Ynez Road, between Tierra Vista and Rancho Vista Road, in Temecula. Emergency first responders rushed to the scene of the deadly crash about 5:35 p.m., after several people called 911 to report the two-vehicle collision. When sheriff and fire […]
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TEMECULA – A Temecula motor officer suffered facial injuries while trying to subdue a probationer who was acting erratically and disrupting businesses Tuesday, March 21. The violent encounter happened near Promenade Temecula in the area of Ynez and Winchester Roads in Temecula. Devynald Joseph Morrison, 22, of Temecula, was arrested and booked into the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion […]
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TEMECULA – A woman was seriously injured while hiking in an area known as “Bum River” or “Bum Creek” Saturday, March 18. The area – which is in the hills just west of Temecula Parkway and Old Town Front Street – is part of the Santa Margarita Ecological Reserve. The victim was airlifted from the hills before being transported to […]
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TEMECULA – A Hemet resident was arrested Tuesday, March 14, after he allegedly attempted to pull over another motorist using law enforcement-style flashing lights and a siren. What the man did not realize was that the person he was trying to pull over was an off-duty Riverside County sheriff’s deputy. The deputy was travelling in the area of Winchester and Murrieta Hot […]
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Written for Valley News. Click link for full story. TEMECULA: Three arrested after ATM “skimming” investigation
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TEMECULA – Sheriff’s investigators arrested a man Thursday, Feb. 9, after he allegedly engaged in sexual acts with a teenage boy. The multiple sex-related charges stemmed from an incident that allegedly happened inside a restroom at the Ronald H. Roberts Temecula Public Library on the 30000 block of Pauba Road in Temecula. After an investigation, authorities arrested Garrett Christian Gooch, […]
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TEMECULA – Sheriffs and school officials are seeking the public’s help identifying and locating a man suspected of burglarizing a Temecula area charter school, according to Riverside Sheriff’s Sergeant Steve Fredericks. The early-morning burglary happened Monday, Jan. 9, at the Julian Charter School in the 29000 block of Vallejo Avenue in Temecula. The school is a public charter school serving […]
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TEMECULA – A woman sustained minor injuries and firefighters had to perform a water rescue when the victim’s car went off the right-hand shoulder of Interstate 15 Freeway. The accident and subsequent rescue happened north of Rancho California Road in Temecula. Cal Fire/Riverside County firefighters and other emergency first responders were dispatched to the scene of the accident about 11:15 a.m., […]
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TEMECULA – A Murrieta resident died in a three-vehicle, rollover traffic accident Tuesday, Feb. 14. The deadly wreck happened at the intersection of La Serena Way and Butterfield Stage Road in Temecula. Coroner officials later identified the driver killed in the collision as 47-year-old Marcus Gastiaburu. Deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Temecula Police station responded to several 911 calls from citizens reporting […]
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A Temecula resident was arrested after leading sheriff’s deputies on a dangerous, high-speed pursuit in a stolen Mercedes Benz Feb. 10. The pursuit began in the area of Mission Trail and Malaga Drive and ended on Single Oak Way in Murrieta. After he was apprehended, the suspect was identified as Tyler Nutting, 23, of Temecula. Nutting was booked into the Southwest Detention Center on […]
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