Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Four City Vehicles Torched In Hemet

Four Hemet city code enforcement pickups were torched late Tuesday night, and police suspect the incident is related to three previous attacks on police officers.

The fires were reported to police at 11:30 p.m. off Florida Avenue at City Hall, across the street from the Hemet Police Department and the former Gang Task Force office that was targeted twice before. A Gang Task Force Officer was targeted in a third assassination attempt on his vehicle...

Mark Zaleski/The Press-Enterprise ATF agents investigate the scene where four city of Hemet code enforcement vehicles were set on fire in the parking lot behind City Hall.