August 3, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Riverside, California - John A. Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), Los Angeles Field Division, has announced a $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible for the firearms theft at Turner’s Outdoorsman gun dealer in Riverside, California.

On May 10, three armed men stormed into the Turner’s Outdoorsman, at 10246 Indiana Avenue, shortly before the 9 p.m. closing time. Video surveillance footage shows three armed suspects, wearing hooded sweatshirts and face masks, running through the store stuffing the firearms into a blue duffle bag. In one and one-half minutes, the suspects were able to steal 20 handguns. A white sedan was observed in the area prior to and immediately following the robbery.Investigators from Riverside Police Department and ATF are seeking the public’s help in identifying the three armed suspects, identifying the white sedan, or providing information on the location of the stolen firearms.

Anyone with information about this crime is encouraged to call the anonymous, toll-free ATF crime gun hotline at 1-800-ATF-GUNS (1-800-283-4867) or the Riverside Police Department by contacting Detective Mike Medici at (951) 353-7104 or Detective Jim Brandt at (951)353-7137.

ATF is the federal law enforcement agency that is charged with regulating federal firearms licensed dealers, like Turner’s Outdoorsman. More information about ATF and its programs is available at: www.atf.gov.

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August 3, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Hemet, California - On Thursday, August 2, 2007, at about 5:24 am, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station were dispatched to 23333 Soboba in reference to a robbery.Deputies arrived at about 5:29 am and were informed an employee of the casino, Rolando Luda Ramos, 25, a resident of Hemet, had robbed his place of employment. Ten employees were either tied or gagged by the suspect. No guests of the establishment were aware of the incident and none were injured. An undisclosed amount of cash was taken.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Rolando Luda Ramos is encouraged to call the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station at 951-791-3400.

UPDATE, 8/3/07: On Friday, August 03, 2007, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department arrested Eric Alan Aguilera, age 23, a resident of Hemet, in connection to the Soboba robbery. Aguilera was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center.

Rolando Luda Ramos is still outstanding and considered armed and dangerous.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Rolando Luda Ramos is encouraged to call the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Hemet Station at 951-791-3400.

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August 3, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Since we started this website in 2002, we have had many different looks and seen many different faces come and go as reporters, reviewers and photographers. A few of us have been here the whole time, PT Rothschild, Jeney Kingsbury and Me (Bill Gould) and we are thrilled with the results of our work.


As some of you might know, in January of this year (2007) we launched FullValueTV.com an online TV station featuring videos of local news stories, lots of music related stuff and a few random videos. Little did we know at the time how popular this was going to be. Readership of our e-zine has gone up over 1000% since the beginning of the year and the videos have been very popular as well. When CNN.com posted video of the Menifee fire that we shot on Sunday, the response was amazing. Thousands of people flooded our sites and viewed videos and read stories about our local community. Local websites posted stuff about our video (menifee247.com) and of course with more attention comes some critics, but that is to be expected.

What we have here is a new adventure to announce. FullValueTV.com has begun shooting is first pilot episode of ‘Your Town Rocks‘ a music and travel documentary that will feature musicians in their home towns showing us around and performing live. As we get more of this show filmed, we will be posting video teasers of the first episode.

I wanted to personally thank every reader we have had, every reporter who has worked for us and every photog who has shot great pictures for us - without the whole group of you none of what has happened in the past or what the future hold for us would be possible.

Thank you all,

Bill Gould
Publisher

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