CRIME & SAFETY
‘We did recover a live firearm’: Southern California school put on lockdown
Panicked parents rushed to a high school in San Bernardino County Tuesday after the campus was put on lockdown in response to a student that had a loaded firearm. Administrators at Oak Hill High School, a part of Hesperia Unified School District, said they were notified about a student who was possibly armed with […]
Train collides with car in San Bernardino
A train collided with a car in San Bernardino on April 19, according to the San Bernardino Police Department. Authorities determined that the driver of the vehicle was traveling at an unsafe speed, resulting in him being unable to stop in time, the San Bernardino P.D. said in a Facebook post.
Indio man tried to kidnap girls as they walked to school, officials say
Authorities have arrested an Indio man after they say he tried to kidnap two young girls as they walked to school. At about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday, the girls reported that a man tried to pull one of them into a vehicle near the intersection of Cactus Avenue and Perris Boulevard in Moreno Valley, the Riverside […]
Woman wanted for assault inside Southern California retail shop
Police in Orange County are asking for the public’s help in locating a woman wanted for assault inside a retail store earlier this year. The incident unfolded on Jan. 30 at a shop in the 1510 block of North Main Street in Santa Ana, according to a social media post by the Santa Ana […]
Sinaloa Cartel crackdown yields 15 arrests, seizure of large quantities of illicit drugs
Riverside police Chief Larry Gonzalez said Wednesday a yearlong joint local-federal law enforcement investigation netting 15 arrests and the seizure of large quantities of illicit drugs.
Missing Camp Pendleton Marine found, NCIS confirms
SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — Marine Corporal Charles Alex Benfield, who was reported missing from Southern California’s Camp Pendleton last week, has been located. Prior to his disappearance, Benfield was detained in downtown San Diego for public intoxication and was later released on Sunday, April 14 from the McAlister Institute Recovery and Bridge Center.
San Bernardino high school student with loaded gun arrested on campus
A San Bernardino high school student, carrying a loaded gun, was arrested Tuesday morning after another student alerted school officials.The Oak Hills High School in Hesperia was on lockdown for about an hour as school police and law enforcement investigated the incident. No shots were fired, and no one was hurt.Hesperia Unified School District Superintendent Dave Olney said the school's police and administration did everything right, exactly what they were trained to do. "We had a student that tipped us there may be a firearm on campus, we immediately went in to our code red protocols," Olney said. "Our school police...
Motorcyclist dies in traffic collision on 210 Freeway on April 21
A motorcyclist died in a traffic collision on the Route 210 Freeway in San Bernardino on April 21, according to the California Highway Patrol. At about 3:45 p.m., a 33-year-old Fontana man was driving a 2015 Toyota Scion on the eastbound 210 at State Street. A 24-year-old Upland man was...
Riverside Sheriff's Deputies Arrest Four in Lake Elsinore Anti-Theft Operation
In a show of force against retail theft, Riverside County Sheriff's deputies descended on a Lake Elsinore shopping complex Tuesday, rounding up a quartet of suspects accused of sticky fingers. The operation, conducted by the Lake Elsinore Robbery-Burglary Suppression Team and Special Enforcement Team, targeted the 18000 block of Collier Avenue, aiming to flush out theft offenders plaguing local businesses.
Detainee dies in cell at Banning jail
An autopsy was pending today on a 53-year-old inmate found dead in his cell at the Smith Correctional Facility, though authorities said his death did not appear to be suspicious. Mack Luther Price of Riverside was discovered not breathing in cell No. 70 of Housing Unit 16 at the Banning jail about 8 p.m. Friday, The post Detainee dies in cell at Banning jail appeared first on KESQ.
Stolen vehicle pursuit in Southern California ends in violent rollover crash
A stolen vehicle suspect who led authorities in Southern California in a high-speed pursuit before it ended in a violent rollover crash was arrested Tuesday in West Covina. Officers with the La Verne Police Department received word from authorities in Upland that a male suspect and a female passenger in a stolen vehicle were […]
Pedestrian is killed in traffic collision in San Bernardino on April 19
A pedestrian was killed in a traffic collision in San Bernardino on April 19, according to the San Bernardino County Sheriff Coroner’s Division. At 3:25 a.m., the San Bernardino Police Department responded to the area of E. Marshall Boulevard and Elm Avenue. The pedestrian, Anthony Sal Molina, a 44-year-old...
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