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"Help me," the caller repeatedly whispered to the 911 dispatcher before hanging up.Sheriff's Cpl.Ronald Whitman knew the call came from a woman who lived near an airstrip in the rural California town of Kettenpom , about two hours away from the nearest Trinity County sheriff's station.

A Riverside County sheriff's deputy is in critical condition Friday after getting into a traffic collision in San Jacinto, agency officials said.The deputy, assigned to the department's Hemet station, was en route to a call for service as backup for another deputy, when they collided with a vehicle at Esplanade Avenue and State Street at about 2:16 a.m.

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Two people, including a suspected gunmen, were wounded in a shooting Sunday at a Sikh temple in Sacramento County that took place as crowds gathered to celebrate a traditional festival.Officers received reports of a shooting at around 2:30 p.m. at Gurdwara Sahib Temple on Bradshaw Road in Sacramento, according to Sgt.

With smoke shops popping up in neighborhoods across the city, at least one local panel is formally calling on the state legislature to create clearer language in the current legislation for unlicensed commercial and retail sale of marijuana and other cannabis products.Adult use and retail sale of recreational marijuana was legalized in March 2021 and, on Monday, the state's Cannabis Control Board approved its first batch of 36 dispensary licenses in the state.

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It's amazing what a little paint can do - but when a license plate is your canvas, it becomes DIY registration fraud.Last month, deputies with the Riverside County Sheriff's Department cited a driver who took some creative liberties with renewing their vehicle registration.

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A Monterey County sheriff's deputy survived a shooting Wednesday morning by a man who barricaded himself inside a Salinas residence, according to county authorities.The deputy was involved in "a police-type action" at the time of the shooting, Sheriff Tina Nieto said at a news conference near the scene.

Video of a police raid on a Northern California cannabis farm earlier this month has set off outrage, in part because the 36-second clip shows an officer fatally shooting a grower's dog.That the target of the armed strike held a state cannabis license was equally upsetting for many growers in the region.

Police never searched a Richmond-area apartment belonging to Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed three relatives of a 15-year-old Riverside girl whom police say he "catfished" online.A judge approved Edwards' eviction from that apartment Wednesday.Now that the eviction is official, any evidence that might exist within could be removed or destroyed, if it has not been already.

BOSTON (AP) - The Barnstable County Sheriff's Office in Massachusetts is ending an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that gave deputies the authority to enforce federal immigration laws, civil rights attorneys said Wednesday.The Barnstable department was the last sheriff's office in New England with such an agreement, called a 287(g), according to Lawyers for Civil Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

The moment a Bexar County Sheriff's Deputy is accused of "cueing" his drug-sniffing dog to alert on Alek Schott's pickup truck.Bexar County Sheriff's Office body camera video For decades, American courts have had to take it on faith that drug-sniffing dogs were impartial.Testimony by a dog's handler, along with training records and credentialing by a local K-9 organization, were usually enough.

In 2020, when Dexter Barry learned he would be the recipient of a healthy heart, he most looked forward to the possibility of watching his grandchildren grow up.Janelle King On the day he was arrested for a misdemeanor, Dexter Barry warned Florida police that if he did not take his anti-rejection medication, his heart would fail.

A southern Illinois man has been charged with theft for allegedly stealing a backhoe to drive about 10 miles to an airport to catch a flight, authorities said.Security camera footage shows a Carbondale man arriving at Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois atop a backhoe and leaving it in the airport parking lot Thursday, the Williamson County Sheriffs Office said.

A suspected drunken driver shot and killed a Wisconsin sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop before running into some nearby woods and killing himself, authorities said Sunday.During a conversation about field sobriety tests, Jeremiah Johnson was "evasive," drew a handgun and shot St. Croix County Deputy Kaitie Leising in Glenwood, about 60 miles east of Minneapolis, the state Department of Justice said.

Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin has asked the state's inspector general to investigate the Virginia State Police's hiring of Austin Lee Edwards, the now-deceased cop who killed three family members of a 15-year-old Riverside girl he " catfished " online.Macaulay Porter, a spokesperson for Youngkin, confirmed Thursday that the inspector general will "undertake an independent and thorough investigation of all allegations" surrounding Edwards' hiring.

A candidate running for the only contested position on the Portland Public Schools Board of Education has withdrawn from the race.Less than two weeks before the May 16 special district election, Derrick Peterson announced via his website Wednesday, May 3 that he is pulling out of the Portland school board race.

The Mercury provides news and fun every single day-but your help is essential.If you believe Portland benefits from smart, local journalism and culture coverage, please consider making a small monthly contribution, because without you, there is no us.Thanks for your support!Good Morning, Portland!We're looking at a high of 84 degrees today, and a warm night in the mid-50s.

Two people were killed Friday in a helicopter crash in a hilly, unincorporated area of Riverside County.The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said deputies were called to the crash site near Pulsar View Road and Chastity Road in an unincorporated area of Perris at 12:39 p.m.
Upon arrival, they found a downed helicopter.

A report from the Simon Wiesenthal Center scoring social media platforms based on the proliferation of hate speech found that mainstream sites like TikTok and Twitter fared only slightly better than much smaller platforms like Telegram favored by far-right groups."If you have TikTok at home, you should get rid of it," said the Wiesenthal Center's director of global social action, Rabbi Abraham Cooper.

California's attorney general has opened a civil rights investigation of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office amid allegations of excessive force against detainees and inhumane jail conditions."We all benefit when there is action to ensure the integrity of policing in our state," Atty.Gen. Rob Bonta said.

One day after a historic blizzard warning for the San Bernardino County mountains expired, Riley Ramirez and Cole White began a 10-day backpacking trip on the Pacific Crest Trail through parts of the snow-blasted mountains.The first two days of their journey appeared to go as planned, but on Tuesday - right as a second brutal winter storm was moving into the region - the parents of the 17-year-olds lost contact with them.

Volkswagen acknowledged Friday that a representative of its roadside assistance program made a "serious breach" after declining to provide police with the GPS location of a car carrying an abducted toddler.Lake County sheriff's detectives trying to locate the car Thursday after the child's mother had been carjacked, and then run over with her own vehicle, were told by Volkswagen's Car-Net service that the company would not provide the car's location until Car-Net was paid a $150 fee to reactivate the service, sheriff's office Deputy Chief Chris Covelli said.

With smoke shops popping up in neighborhoods across the city, at least one local panel is formally calling on the state legislature to create clearer language in the current legislation for unlicensed commercial and retail sale of marijuana and other cannabis products.Adult use and retail sale of recreational marijuana was legalized in March 2021, and, on Monday, the state's Cannabis Control Board approved its first batch of 36 dispensary licenses in the state.

One of the men accused of gunning down six members of a Central California family had been embroiled in an "extensive history and feud" with the family and once shot at one of them, according to police records obtained by The Times.Shortly before 10 p.m. on Aug. 6, 2014, Tulare County sheriff's deputies responded to a shooting at the Wooden Shoe RV Park in Goshen.

A judge set bond at $2 million Friday for an 18-year-old Illinois man who is accused of traveling to Michigan to meet a teenager and then stabbing her for refusing to have sex.The 14-year-old suffered severe injuries Wednesday but "seems to be holding her own," Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said.

At least seven people were fatally shot Monday in a Northern California agricultural area and a man suspected in the killings is in custody, authorities and local lawmakers said.California state Sen. Josh Becker, who represents the area, said at least seven people were killed in separate shootings at a mushroom farm and a trucking firm on the outskirts of Half Moon Bay, a city about 30 miles south of San Francisco.

A 15-year-old Crown Point boy, lured into a restroom by another teen he thought was a friend, was brutally attacked while another boy recorded the incident, police said Friday.In a release, the Lake County Sheriff's office said the incident, involving teens who attend Crown Point High School, took place Jan. 8 inside a restroom at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point.

A detainee at the Cook County Jail died by suicide Thursday morning, according to officials.Correctional officers discovered Thomas Pfost unresponsive at 2:12 a.m.Thursday, said Cook County Sheriff's spokesperson Matt Walberg.Pfost was being held in custody on multiple charges, including aggravated robbery, unlawful restraint and violation of electronic monitoring, Walberg added.

A Southern California man accused of callously plowing his car through a group of law enforcement recruits was charged Thursday with attempted murder on peace officers.Nicholas Gutierrez, 22, was detained at the scene Wednesday, the Los Angeles County sheriff's department.About 75 Los Angeles County sheriff's recruits were on a regular training run Wednesday morning in the southeast L.A. suburb of Whittier when a Honda CR-V came barreling the wrong way down the street.