On November 8th, 2020, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Station responded to the 100 block of Riley Street to investigate a report of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located an adult male who appeared to have been shot. The victim was transported to a local hospital where he died from his injuries. The victim was identified as Blake Paine, a 19-year old male from Wildomar.
On November 6, 2020, at 8:08 a.m., deputies from the Hemet Station responded to a man down call at a mobile home park in the 21100 block of State St., unincorporated San Jacinto. Upon arrival, they found a male in front of a residence, with obvious trauma. Emergency medical aid was provided, but the male succumbed from his injuries. Deputies secured the area as a crime scene, and began the investigation.
On Saturday, October 31, 2020, at 1:35 AM, deputies from the Moreno Valley Station responded to a shots fired call in the area of the 21000 Block of Dracaea Avenue in Moreno Valley. Upon arrival the deputies located a male deceased.
On September 21, 2020, at 1:00 p.m., the third suspect in this investigation, Joseph Goldsmith, turned himself in at the Moreno Valley Sheriff Station. Goldsmith was arrested for his outstanding warrant for Murder, and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center.
On Sunday, September 20, 2020, at 10:46 PM, deputies from the Moreno Valley Station responded to the 22000 Block of Adrienne Ave in Moreno Valley reference a report of gunshots in the area.
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.