CRIME & SAFETY

The victim in this investigation has been identified as Nilton Jacks Anaya Salcedo, 38 year-old male, resident of the city of Rancho Cucamonga. The investigation is ongoing, and no additional details are currently available. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department encourages anyone with information regarding the incident to contact Central Homicide Investigator Castaneda at (951) 955-2777 or Investigator Newman at (951) 486-6700.

ONTARIO, Calif. - Police sought the public’s help with identifying the man accused of panicking shoppers by falsely reporting an active shooter at the Ontario Mills mall on Memorial Day. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: Ontario Mills: Authorities investigating hoax shooting report at mall. Investigators with the Ontario Police Department released the...

A 68-year-old woman was identified Wednesday by the coroner’s office as one of two people killed in a violent hit-and-run crash in Pomona, allegedly caused by an 18-year-old suspected of stealing a vehicle. Chang Yin Wu was a passenger in the SUV driven by Ming Chih Tsoa, 71, who...

CONCORD, N.H. – A recent federal court ruling announced by U.S. Attorney Jane E. Young stated that a man from California has been sentenced for the trafficking of methamphetamine in California and New Hampshire. The defendant, Robert Perez, Jr. - who previously resided in Perris, California - was handed a 10-year prison sentence and three years of supervised release by U.S. District Court Judge Steven J. McAuliffe. Perez pled guilty to conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine on February 8, 2023.

RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Riverside police Wednesday were seeking the public’s help identifying the suspect or suspects involved in a double shooting that left one person dead. The attack happened shortly after 5 p.m. Sunday in the area of Chicago Avenue and Linden Street, in the city’s Eastside neighborhood, according to the Riverside Police Department.

A 64-year-old man was killed in a multi-vehicle traffic collision in San Bernardino on May 27, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Division. At 10:27 a.m., officers from the San Bernardino Police Department responded to the incident at W. Baseline Street and N. Mayfield Avenue. Bacardo Anderson,...

The latest round of Operation Consequences included felony arrests and the seizing of firearms in Hesperia, Victorville, and the Inland Empire. The single week of targeted crime suppression ended Friday and included nearly a half dozen locations: ...

Upland police said they arrested a man accused of stealing $1,700 worth of LEGOs from a Target store Tuesday evening.After an investigation, authorities said the suspect could be connected to more LEGO thefts in three different counties including, Los Angeles, San Bernardino and San Diego.The total amount stolen could be more than $30,000 worth of LEGOs.The counties are working together to determine if the suspect is linked to all of the incidents. 

A man was fatally injured after being ejected from his vehicle when he drove up a dirt embankment and overturned down the hillside into a dirt wash area east of Coachella, authorities said Tuesday. Fire crews responded at 6:13 p.m. Monday to westbound Interstate 10 near Milepost 63 to a...

Two suspects allegedly involved in an armed robbery outside Westfield Culver City mall were arrested in Upland, police said Wednesday.

MORENO VALLEY (CNS) – The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Monday released the name of the Rancho Cucamonga man killed Saturday in a Moreno Valley parking lot. Nilton Jacks Anaya Salcedo was 38 years old, according to Riverside County sheriff’s Sgt. Ed Baeza. Deputies from the Moreno Valley...

MURRIETA (CNS) – A documented motorcycle gang member who beat and choked his wife during a domestic confrontation at their Temecula home pleaded guilty Wednesday to assault resulting in great bodily injury and was immediately sentenced to three years in state prison. Ty Dehono Rivers, 39, admitted the felony...

A 32-year-old Norco woman accused of physically abusing and allowing her 17-month-old daughter to ingest fentanyl, causing the baby’s death, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and other charges.

One person was hospitalized in critical condition after a four-vehicle collision in Fontana on May 26, according to the Fontana Police Department. The incident occurred at about 9:13 p.m. at the intersection of Foothill Boulevard and Citrus Avenue. The driver of one of the vehicles needed C.P.R. and was taken...

Two men pleaded guilty Wednesday to stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims in Orange County in what investigators initially characterized as a Ponzi scheme.

Families of three inmates who died while in custody at Riverside County correctional facilities filed federal civil rights lawsuits Wednesday against the county and Sheriff Chad Bianco over what the plaintiffs allege were failures to ensure the defendants received appropriate treatment. Relatives of 25-year-old Abel Anthony Chacon, 31-year-old Mario Solis...

CORONA (CNS) – An autopsy was pending Tuesday on a 42-year-old man killed in a motorcycle crash in Corona. Victor Velasquez of Tustin was fatally injured just after 8 a.m. Saturday in the 4400 block of Green River Road, just east of Fresno Street. “The Corona Police Department’s Collision...

A false report of an active shooter drew police to Ontario Mills mall Monday, investigators said.

A man killed in a solo vehicle crash that left the car overturned on the Orange (57) Freeway in Rowland Heights was identified Wednesday by the coroner’s office as 80-year-old Rufino Recinos. The crash occurred around 1:25 p.m. Monday just north of Brea Canyon Road, according to the California...

A Chino Hills man is behind bars and facing multiple charges after he allegedly left a package that he claimed was a bomb in the front yard of a house. David Catalan, 27, left the suspicious package in front of a house in the 6300 block of Sunny Meadow Lane at about 8 p.m. Monday […]