Wednesday, April 21, 2010

23 arrested in Hemet crime probe

A Riverside County task force arrested 23 people Tuesday after serving search warrants at dozens of locations as part of an investigation into attacks by a suspected white supremacist group against Hemet police, according to law enforcement authorities.

The operation by a local, state and federal task force took the suspects into custody on suspicion of narcotics, weapons and parole violations, the Hemet Police Department said.

The arrests follow what police said were a series of calculated attacks against officers and city property in the Inland Empire city, a place once favored as a slow-paced retirement community before its crime rate started to inch up.

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Woman skydives for 90th birthday

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Woman skydives for 90th birthday

Bonnie Robbins of Joshua Tree treated herself to a tandem skydive for her 90th birthday in February.
By Jimmy Biggerstaff
Hi-Desert Star
Published: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 2:00 AM CDT
JOSHUA TREE — It took perseverance, but Bonnie Robbins collected on her 90th birthday present to herself Saturday, participating in a tandem parachute jump in Perris. “I had been talking with my granddaughter; she wanted to skydive,” Robbins said, explaining the genesis of the birthday adventure.

Robbins’ birthday was Feb. 25, “The Big One” by her account, but “it was just raining buckets” the day she left her home for Skydive Perris and conditions were no better at the airfield.

Three more trips to the jump school resulted in zero successful skydives because of high winds. On the last unsuccessful trip, Robbins said winds were fine on the ground, but instructors determined in the afternoon the winds were not within safe ranges at the jump altitude.

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Victorville mother loses consciousness behind the wheel; two injured

By Stacia Glenn
Posted: 04/20/2010 04:54:33 PM PDT

A Victorville mother apparently passed out while driving a sport-utility vehicle this morning and crashed head-on into oncoming traffic, authorities said.

The 34-year-old motorist, who has not been identified, was flown to Loma Linda University Medical Center and is being treated for several broken bones. Her children - a 4-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy - were properly seat belted in the Chevy Suburban and were not injured.

Witnesses say the woman was driving recklessly on Seventh Street and La Paz just before 10 a.m., moments before she crossed into oncoming traffic near Desert Knoll Drive and hit a GMC Yukon.

The 41-year-old man who was behind the wheel of the GMC remains hospitalized at Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton.

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