Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Tigran Gabrielian, 61, of Murrieta was arrested at a Newbury Park gas station after the Ventura County Sheriff's Office linked him to more than $113,000 in fraudulent fuel purchases using stolen credit card data. His truck concealed hidden fuel tanks and a pump system.
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Loma Linda University Medical Center will open a round-the-clock advanced urgent care facility at 35100 Makena Ave. in Murrieta by spring 2027, staffed by emergency-trained physicians to handle walk-in injuries and illnesses that don't require an ER visit.
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The Corancho Fire near Murrieta reached 95% containment early Thursday, Oct. 8, with crews moving to patrol status after holding the 35-acre blaze that destroyed one structure in the Temecula-De Luz area.
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A 28-year-old Los Angeles man released on parole 11 days earlier was arrested for the fatal shooting of a Temecula woman and booked at Murrieta's Cois M. Byrd Detention Center on charges of murder and parole violation.
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A 35-acre vegetation fire near the Murrieta area destroyed one structure Tuesday evening before firefighters stopped its forward spread and reached 10% containment by 9:50 p.m., with crews working overnight to strengthen containment lines.
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David Robledo Jr., 38, a former Lake Elsinore Unified School District custodian, was sentenced at the Southwest Justice Center in Murrieta to 30 years to life in state prison after pleading guilty to molesting two girls and possessing child pornography.
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A Saturday wind advisory for Riverside County mountains brings gusts up to 50 mph on top of an extreme heat warning that runs through Oct. 8, raising wildfire danger and prompting Southern California Edison to consider preventive power shutoffs for nearly 10,000 county customers.
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John Tyler Scott, 52, of Wildomar pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder and elder abuse at Murrieta's Southwest Justice Center in the 2025 death of 74-year-old Bonnie Thompson; a felony settlement conference is set for Feb. 25 at the same courthouse.
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The National Weather Service issued an Extreme Heat Watch for Murrieta and the Inland Empire from Friday, Oct. 2, through Wednesday, Oct. 7, with Murrieta's forecast high reaching 102°F on Saturday and overnight lows staying in the low 70s through the weekend.
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John Tyler Scott, 52, of Wildomar is charged with first-degree murder and elder abuse in the death of 74-year-old Bonnie Thompson, with a formal arraignment scheduled for Sept. 29 at Murrieta's Southwest Justice Center.
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The California Department of Food and Agriculture expanded its citrus greening quarantine to cover the Murrieta area on Friday, Sept. 11, restricting how residents and businesses can move citrus plants and fruit within a five-mile radius, with a 10-working-day appeal window now running.
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Nabil Alsalek, 73, of Murrieta was struck and killed while jogging near Whitewood Road and Meadowlark Lane on Sunday, Sept. 13, in dense fog, and police are asking witnesses to come forward.
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Gregory Lilly, 68, of Winchester was arrested on suspicion of felony hit-and-run causing injury after allegedly striking a Riverside County Sheriff's deputy during a traffic stop in Murrieta on Sept. 9; CHP officers say he may have been driving under the influence, and he is due in court in October.
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