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Corona police say that three men who knew each other got into a violent tiff Monday that resulted in the death of one. He was not breathing when officers arrived at the scene on Flaming Gorge Road and died at a local hospital.
An ongoing campaign against street hoodlums called SMASH has resulted in 48 arrests in the Barstow area. Among the most serious charges was attempted murder.
In Redlands, a motorist is accused of leading police on a 10-minute chase in a stolen car, attempting to run down one police officer and intentionally ramming another patrol car late Sunday night. Matthew Cory Allen, a 36-year-old transient, is facing an assortment of felonies.
There’s been another in-custody death reported by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department. An autopsy will be held to determine what happened to an inmate at the Southwest Justice Center at French Valley. The prisoner was found Friday night in a housing unit. A terse news release gave no details and did not identify the inmate. It was the fifth in-custody death in less than 6-weeks weeks in Riverside County lockups.
One person was trapped and killed Sunday when a vehicle overturned on the Ramona Expressway. The mishap occurred north of Warren Road between San Jacinto and Lakeview. The coroner identified the victim as Jimmy Ray Sims, 65, of Los Angeles
Nearly 62,000 voters are eligible to cast ballots in Tuesday’s special districts election in Riverside County. The election includes the High Valleys Water District, Idyllwild Water District, Pine Cove Water District, Rancho California Water District and is not a countywide election. It is also an all mail ballot election, so there will be no established polling places.
Riverside City Manager John Russo has directed that all anti-harassment training for city employees be conducted in a live, classroom setting instead of in a combination of live and online training. Russo reasoned the seriousness of harassment in the workplace requires the stepped up live training beginning Tuesday.
Needles, a missing persons report has become a death investigation. Two women reported missing Sunday were found Monday in a field near the AVI Casino. Barbara Purdy was dead and another woman, Gay Dawn Purdy, was suffering from dehydration. An investigation has been mounted, but San Bernardino County authorities found no evidence of foul play.
Prosecutors have cleared sheriff’s deputies of any criminal wrong-doing in last year’s death of a Victorville man. Dante Parker, 37, had resisted arrest in a burglary investigation in Victorville. Shortly after he was Tasered, Parker stopped breathing. An autopsy found he died of acute PCP intoxication.
The Riverside City Fire Department is formulating a long-range, 5-year strategic plan beginning in 2016. Residents are being asked about type of services provided, areas for improvement, perception of the department, interaction with the public and the expectations of the department. An on-line survey is posted until November.
speeding motorist killed in a Sunday crash on Interstate 10 in Ontario has been identified. The coroner says that Christopher Sandoval, 23, lost control of his car which was hit by an SUV.
Redlands police have joined several law enforcement agencies in an 18-day campaign against drunk drivers. It continues through Labor Day. In California during 2013, 867 people died in drunken driving collisions.
The Riverside County Transportation Commission is seeking public input to guide the County’s transportation planning process. A strategic review is underway and the public is invited to attend a series of Transportation Summits. The first is scheduled for Wednesday at the Perris headquarters of the Eastern Municipal Water District.