Riverside police

Anyone who may have information about an unsolved murder in the city of Riverside is being asked to assist the police department’s Cold Case Unit, which now has two detectives permanently assigned to focus exclusively on homicides going back more than 50 years.

A man accused of trying to kidnap a teenage girl from Riverside in August was found dead in a Guatemalan jail cell on Tuesday, authorities announced. Henry “Oscar” Mazariegos-Gonzalez, of Riverside, was arrested on April 19 for allegedly kidnapping and sexually assaulting two girls, one 5 years old and the other 12, and kidnapping a 9-year-old boy in the Guatemalan…

Felony charges are expected to be filed Wednesday against a convicted felon accused of breaking his mother’s arm and hoarding guns — including a high capacity rifle — in Riverside. Shane Nicholas Lastique, 38, was arrested Thursday on suspicion of elder abuse, false imprisonment, battery on a dependent adult, being a felon in possession of a firearm, vandalism and making…

A son allegedly attacked his parents with a knife Saturday at their Riverside home, police said. Officers responded to a family disturbance call at a home on Branding Iron Lane in the Orangecrest neighborhood at about 5 a.m., Riverside City Police Department officials said. There, officers found the parents suffering from severe injuries. They were taken to a hospital where…

Tow truck drivers held a moving tribute for a slain father and fellow tow truck driver, following his funeral procession with their trucks. Tony Shin reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17, 2019.

Dozens of Riverside tow truck drivers rolled out Thursday with horns blaring and lights flashing in a touching tribute to a fellow driver who was killed while on the job.

A tow truck driver was shot and killed on Monday afternoon while towing a vehicle in Riverside, police said.

An officer was injured when a Riverside city police patrol vehicle and a Caltrans trash truck were involved in a head-on crash on westbound State Route 91, which had been closed to traffic due to an earlier incident.

The semi-automatic assault-style rifle that authorities say was used by an Riverside County ex-con to shoot three California Highway Patrol Officers — one of them fatally — was constructed using parts that allowed him to skirt the state’s strict prohibition on such weapons, multiple law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation told NBC News Wednesday.

Mourners paid their respects Tuesday night for a CHP officer killed by a man with an assault-style rifle in a shootout in Riverside.

Body camera footage released Tuesday shows the tense moments a Utah state trooper spotted a kidnapping suspect’s van on Interstate 15 in Cedar City, where the lawman conducted a traffic stop and encountered the suspect, two other adults, and the victims.

It was supposed to be a day of celebration in tribute to the 90th anniversary of one of the nation’s most recognized law enforcement agencies....
Instead, a single bell toll Wednesday morning was part of a solemn California Highway Patrol ceremony for a colleague killed this week when a driver he pulled over grabbed a rifle and opened fire during a...

A California Highway Patrol officer was killed Monday and two other officers were wounded in a shootout off a freeway in Riverside that also left the gunman dead.

Authorities say the suspect has a history of violent crime, including second-degree murder, and domestic violence. Eric Leonard reports for the NBC4 News at 4 p.m. Aug. 13, 2019.

Reports of a man with a gun atop a building in downtown Riverside prompted a major law enforcement response, but the call was a false alarm stemming from a miscommunication, police said.

A 24-year-old man suspected of abducting his two baby daughters in Riverside after a fight with their mother has been located, along with the children, in Utah, police said Thursday.

A young woman who was forced into a vehicle near Riverside Municipal Airport, prompting concerns she was the victim of a kidnapping, was confirmed to be safe Monday, and police determined no crime had occurred.

A domestic violence suspect who led officers on a 60-mile chase from Riverside to Commerce, where he was eventually arrested at a casino, remained behind bars Saturday.