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Articles from the February 23, 2014 edition


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  • Hemet Woman Arrest on Fraud Charges

    Updated Feb 23, 2014

    HEMET - A Hemet woman on federal probation for bank fraud has posted bail on charges of impersonating a peace officer and trying to extort money from a Moreno Valley massage spa, records showed today. Lakeisha Michelle Butler, 29, was arrested Thursday at Wal-Mart shopping center in Hemet and booked on suspicion of felonious attempted extortion and a misdemeanor charge of impersonating a peace officer. She admitted her alleged role in the attempted extortion and impersonating an officer, Riverside County sheriff's Sgt. Brian... Full story

  • Vista: Driver injures passenger after losing control of vehicle

    Updated Feb 23, 2014

    The driver of a Saturn sedan lost control of it and crossed into oncoming traffic on a Vista roadway, and the collision with an oncoming pickup truck injuring her and her passenger, a sheriff's deputy said today. The westbound Saturn was driven by a 22-year-old woman, and it hit the pickup truck at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday, said sheriff's Deputy Frank Stalzer. The crash was in the eastbound lanes of the 1700 block of Hacienda Street, just east of Emerald Drive. The sedan sustained major damage and the Dodge pickup truck's...

  • Wrong Way Drunken Driver Behind Fatal Head-On Crash

    Updated Feb 23, 2014

    MENIFEE - A suspected wrong-way drunken driver plowed his car head- on into an oncoming vehicle on Domenigoni Parkway, killing one person in the second car and badly hurting a 4-year-old girl in it. Gerardo Cornejo, 20, of Nuevo, reportedly crossed over into the eastbound lanes, just west of Leon Road near Menifee. It was reported at about 10:05 p.m. Saturday. Cornejo's 1994 Honda Civic slammed into a 2007 Suzuki RX4 that had three people in it. The front passenger, Amos Yang, 27, of Banning, was taken to Menifee Valley... Full story