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Co-workers of cop who killed 3 in California removed items from his home before official search

ABINGDON, Va. — Co-workers of Austin Lee Edwards, the Virginia cop who killed the grandparents and mother of a 15-year-old Riverside, California, girl he “catfished” online, removed a sheriff’s truck and a black trash bag from Edwards’ property the night before it was officially searched, according to an eyewitness and…

Los Angeles Times · Dec 9, 2022

Catfishing cop pretended to be 17, ‘groomed’ California girl before killing her family, then himself

LOS ANGELES — The 28-year-old Virginia cop who killed three family members of a Riverside teenager had posed online as a teen to “groom” the 15-year-old girl, the Riverside Police Department said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Dec 1, 2022

Catfishing cop pretended to be 17, ‘groomed’ California girl before killing her family, police say

LOS ANGELES — The 28-year-old Virginia cop who killed three family members of a Riverside teenager had posed online as a teen to “groom” the 15-year-old girl, the Riverside Police Department said Wednesday.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 30, 2022

Three homicide victims found inside burning Riverside home; suspect killed by sheriff’s deputies

LOS ANGELES — Riverside police responding to a house fire on Friday found the bodies of three people killed in what police are investigating as a triple homicide.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 27, 2022

Republican Rep. Ken Calvert defeats Democrat Will Rollins to hold California 41st District seat

LOS ANGELES — Rep. Ken Calvert, the longest-serving Republican member of California’s congressional delegation, won reelection in Riverside County despite being drawn into a less favorable district during the decennial reconfiguring of congressional maps.

Los Angeles Times · Nov 15, 2022

California sheriff’s office stops Black drivers five times more often than white people, data shows

A new report says sheriffs’ patrols spend more time conducting racially biased stops than they do responding to calls for help

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2022

Tributes paid to Stirling County cricket stalwart who died aged 82

Douglas Macgowan, born in Riverside, scored more than 1000 runs in the 1979 season for Stirling County Cricket Club

Daily Record · Oct 11, 2022

Former Cowboys TE Gavin Escobar Died While Rock Climbing

Escobar was one of two victims identified by the Riverside (Calif.) County sheriff’s coroner’s office.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 30, 2022

Riverside County reports its first MPX case in a child under 10

Riverside County, California, has reported its first pediatric case of MPX, in a child under 10 years old.

Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022

Michael Hiltzik: In blow to public health, judge tosses FDA lawsuit targeting a clinic offering unproven stem cell treatments

A federal judge in Riverside, California, declared a stem cell treatment firm operating in the state to be exempt from Food and Drug Administration regulations, opening the door to the further proliferation of clinics offering therapies the FDA says are scientifically unproven and potentially dangerous.

Los Angeles Times · Aug 31, 2022