On Sunday, January 28, 2024, at 7:28 a.m., the shooting victim, a 40-year-old male resident of Moreno Valley, succumbed to his injuries sustained from the earlier incident. The Riverside County Sheriff’s Central Homicide Unit was notified and assumed control of the investigation. The victim’s identity is currently being withheld pending next of kin notification.
On Saturday, January 27, 2024, at 8:08 p.m., deputies from the Moreno Valley Station responded to a report of a gunshot victim inside a vehicle in the 22800 block of Allies Place in Moreno Valley.
In December of 2023, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office, Gang Intelligence Unit, and Corrections Central Investigations Unit began an investigation into inmates and a member of the public smuggling narcotics into the Cois Byrd Detention Center. During the course of the investigation, two suspects were identified who coordinated smuggling fentanyl and methamphetamine into the Cois Byrd Detention Center.
The Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Investigations Bureau assumed the investigation and identified the suspect as Christian Chavez, a 36-year-old resident of San Pedro.
Southern California home prices dipped from November to December, the second consecutive monthly decline after a period of rising values. The average home price in the six-county region clocked in at $825,621 in December, down 0.3% from the prior month, according to data from Zillow.
Mason Drew Kohler, 31, was booked on felony murder, hit-and-run death, and DUI charges, according to the Riverside County jail roster, which lists a Hemet PD arrest at Palm Avenue and Commonwealth Avenue. Hemet police say two pedestrians on an electric scooter were struck there about 6:55 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 22; one was pronounced dead. Police have not named the driver, and the decedent's identity remains withheld.
The San Jacinto Planning Commission voted 3-0 Tuesday to recommend two sphere-of-influence annexations to the City Council, including Tentative Tract Map 34271 for 151 single-family lots south of Ramona Expressway. Neither file is a completed annexation.
Shooters Sports Bar & Grill at 121 E. Florida Ave. was approved Sept. 22 to open back to full permit status, and the A placard was re-posted. The county report lists a manual score of 92, with no live or dead cockroach activity observed and a surveillance recheck by Sept. 29.