Child Abuse – Assault Likely to Produce Great Bodily Injury 

July 4, 2023 - Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on July 2, 2023, at 12:39 p.m., the Sheriff’s dispatch center received a call of a domestic incident at a residence in the 400 block of Mistletoe Avenue, in San Jacinto. The caller reported that Brian Eugene Hawkins, a 44-year-old resident of San Jacinto, committed an assault on two children at the location. Investigators from the Hemet-San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station and Special Victims Unit assumed the investigation. Hawkins was arrested and booked at the Cois Byrd Detention Center. The investigation into this incident is ongoing. Additional information is not available at this time.

Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to call Lead Investigator Ruben Martinez at the Hemet Sheriff’s Station by calling (951) 791-3400.

Reporting Deputy:  Sgt. Anthony Pelato 

File #  I231830053

Source & photo: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office