Hemet

A caregiver for an elderly woman was accused of accidentally shooting a gun while intoxicated, killing the woman, police said Saturday.

Hemet Police Department Chief Eddie Pust said Wednesday hardened criminals will be paroled early under Gov. Gavin Newsom’s coronavirus emergency releases and crime will rise in the city and elsewhere as a result. “Communities throughout California were told that decompression measures are taking place in the California prison system to provide health and safety to the incarcerated population,” Pust...

A violent road rage incident leads to the arrest of a driver for attempted murder and child endangerment. 

A violent road rage incident on June 28 led to the arrest of Robert Crain, 37, for Attempted Murder and Child Endangerment.

The 46-year-old daughter suffers from heart issues and recently had a stroke. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, 2020.

A two-day interagency operation in Riverside County resulted in the arrests of nine people for various crimes, including firearm and drug possession, and the charge of one sex offender for a registration violation. Deputies and officers working the operation, which took place Thursday and Friday conducted compliance checks of registered sex offenders in Idyllwild, Mountain Center, Anza, Aguanga and Sage….

Police have identified a 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend who are suspected of killing three of her roommates, who were found dead inside a Southern California home. Hemet’s Interim Police Chief Eddie Pust said Friday that the 20-year-old woman, Jordan Guzman, lived at the home and had a “dispute over a rental agreement” prior to the slayings. Guzman and...

Two days since three women were found dead at a bloody scene in Hemet, a 20-year-old woman and her 18-year-old boyfriend were arrested in connection with the crime. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m., Feb. 21, 2020. 

Editor’s Note: An updated story on the arrests can be found here. Three women, including a 19-year-old, were found dead Wednesday night in a gruesome slaying in a Riverside County home. In a Friday afternoon news conference, Hemet police identified the two suspects arrested Jordan Destinee Guzman, 20, and her boyfriend, 18-year-old Anthony Damion McCloud. Police responded to the scene…

A 19-year-old West Valley High School graduate was one of three women killed at a Hemet home. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020.

Three women were found dead Wednesday night inside a Riverside County home. Annette Arreola reports for Today in LA on Thursday Feb. 20, 2020.

A former welding instructor at Santa Ana College has been charged with molesting a 15-year-old high school student in his class, and investigators put out a call Wednesday for the public’s help in identifying possible additional victims. George Moreno, who is now employed by the Riverside County Office of Education as a welding instructor at Allessandro High School in...

A Hemet man was critically injured in a strong-armed robbery on Christmas. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020.

Sheriff’s officials today said they seized 233 tons of marijuana in 2019 as a result of their yearlong effort to crack down on illegal marijuana grows in Hemet. Deputies from the sheriff’s Hemet Station served nearly 250 searchwarrants related to illegal marijuana cultivation last year, leading to theseizure and destruction of about 280,000 plants and 11,500 pounds of processed marijuana,…

Sixty people were displaced after the apartment fire in Hemet that killed four members of the Moreno family. The community is helping with donations and prayer. Christine Kim reports for the NBC4 News at 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, 2019.

A community vigil and fundraiser are planned at My City Youth Center Tuesday to help the family torn apart by an apartment fire in Hemet pay for the resulting funeral costs.  The event will go on from 8 am until noon.  The community is also coming together in a different way. In front of the apartment complex, some gather...

Attorneys suing the Diocese of San Bernardino on behalf of a man who claims he was sexually abused as a child by a priest in Hemet alleged today that the clergyman was one of dozens permitted to have a free hand with children for decades. During a news briefing in Riverside, attorney Mike Reck said the civil action filed in…

The cause of a fire that tore through a Hemet apartment complex Friday morning, leaving a man and at least two of his children dead, has been determined.

The cause of a fire that tore through a Hemet apartment complex Friday morning, leaving a man and three of his children dead, has been determined. Hemet Fire Department and Police Department determined that the cause of the fire was a result of a Christmas tree sparking an electrical fire. The fire was reported about 1:15 a.m. near Alessandro Street…

Jane Yamamoto reports for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, 2019.