On August 24, 2022, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Central Homicide Unit assumed a homicide investigation initially commenced by the Hemet Police Department on August 22, 2022.
On Saturday, August 20, 2022, at 3:48 PM, deputies from the Perris Station responded to a call of an unconscious male in the 100 block of Perry Street in Perris. Upon arrival, they found a deceased male adult. Deputies secured the area and began an investigation.
On August 14, 2022, deputies from the San Jacinto Station responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call at First Street and Sheriff Avenue in San Jacinto. Upon deputies' arrival, they learned a male may have been shot and fled on foot into an empty field near the dead end of Sheriff Avenue.
On August 14, 2022, at 12:52 a.m., deputies from the Perris Sheriff Station responded to the area of Saddleback Wy. and Pillar Ct., Perris, regarding a report of shots fired in the area. Deputies arrived within minutes and located an adult male with multiple gunshot wounds.
On Thursday, August 4, at approximately 8:49 pm, the Hemet Public Safety Communications Center received a call requesting a welfare check on an elderly female in a residence in the 1900 block of Calle Amargosa. Officers arrived at the location and discovered a deceased elderly female with visible injuries.
The Sept. 21, 2026 Valley-Wide agenda packet lists a Winchester Zone 33 parks-tax maximum of $1,697 per single-family unit and an Annexation 14 WQMP maximum of $175. Landowner election results and final adoption are not confirmed in posted minutes.
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.