November 5, 2007 by PT Rothschild.

THEFT THWARTED BY SCENE REGULARS


Murrieta, CA – Around 2:40 PM on Sunday afternoon, one or more robbers entered the back alleyway behind T-Mobile, Cuppy’s Coffee, The Green Cleaners, the nail salon, and the dentist offices, all part of a small strip mall located across from the Albertson’s shopping center at Winchester and Hot Springs roads and, after breaking the surveillance camera, proceeded to enter the electrical room common to all the businesses. “They probably used a crowbar to open the Edison lockbox, then took the key and got into the (electrical) room”, said the Verizon phone tech there to help restore service to some of the businesses. Ripped from the wall was the circuit box for all the data transmissions and phone lines. Sitting outside between the south retaining wall and building was also a deluxe dentist air compressor and pump, value approximately $15,000, showing the skid marks from having been drug along the pavement on the way to the front parking lot.

The attempted robbery cut power to all the shops with several being somewhat back on line electrically. The robbery was stopped in progress by people who had stopped by the coffee shop around 3:15 PM to pick up some personal belongings left there the night before. Noticing that no power was on in the shop, owner Johnny was called and soon evidence of the attempted robbery was discovered. Police are investigating and have several solid leads to work on. Anyone with any information concerning this devastation and destruction of private property are asked to contact Murrieta PD immediately.

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November 5, 2007 by Bill Gould, Publisher.

Lake Elsinore, California - On Sunday, November 4, 2007 around 4:07pm officers from the Lake Elsinore Police Department responded to an unknown injury collision at the intersection of Lakeshore and Avenue 6 involving two pick up trucks. While en route, officers were informed that one of the drivers of the involved vehicles had fled the scene on foot before getting into another vehicle and fleeing.Upon arriving on scene, officers discovered a deceased male subject pinned underneath one of the involved vehicles. A description of the other involved driver as well as the vehicle that picked him up was broadcast and a search of the area was initiated, which included the assistance of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Helicopter.


The vehicle in which the other involved driver had fled in was spotted by the helicopter crew, which directed officers to its location. The vehicle was stopped and the driver detained. Information was obtained as to the whereabouts of the wanted driver of the other involved vehicle. Officers we able to locate that driver and later detained him at an address in Lake Elsinore. Numerous eyewitnesses were able to positively identify the driver whom fled as well as the truck he had fled in. The driver was identified as Isaac Flores-Palacios, age 32, an undocumented immigrant residing in Lake Elsinore. The Lake Elsinore Police Department’s Traffic Reconstruction Team responded to assume the investigation.

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