On September 8, 2022, at about 7:53 p.m., deputies assigned to the Thermal Sheriff’s Station were dispatched to a juvenile medical aid at a residence in the 50400 block of S. Kenmore St., Coachella. Upon arrival, family members directed deputies to a child not breathing.
On September 6, 2022 and September 7, 2022, Investigators from the Central Homicide Unit served several search warrants in connection with this homicide investigation.
On Tuesday, September 6, 2022, at 2:35 PM, deputies from the Cois Byrd Detention Center were notified of an unresponsive inmate. Deputies and medical staff immediately assessed the inmate and initiated medical aid while waiting for paramedics.
On August 6, 2022, at about 9:55 a.m., deputies from the Perris Sheriff Station responded to a report of a shooting near a residence in the 28800 block of Mapes Rd. Deputies arrived within minutes and received information the suspect still at the location.
On September 2, 2022, at 11:51 p.m., deputies from the Thermal Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of a loud party on the 53000 block of Calle Sanborn, in Coachella. Upon arriving, deputies heard several gunshots and saw several people flee from the location of the party.
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.