Reporting Deputy: Sergeant David Barr
File # MV231020269
Update:
On April 12, 2023, about 06:00 p.m., the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station’s Robbery Burglary Suppression Team (RBST), Special Enforcement Team Gang Unit and Problem Oriented Policing Team, served a search warrant at a residence in the 24000 block of Lamont Drive, Moreno Valley. During the search warrant service, property belonging to the victim and a stolen firearm were recovered. Deputies also recovered a stolen vehicle which was being driven by the suspects during the robbery. Ezekiel Lopez, a 19-year-old resident of Moreno Valley was arrested without incident and booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center.
This investigation is ongoing and anyone with additional information is encouraged to contact Deputy Aaron Sultan at the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station at 951-486-6700.
Details:
On Wednesday, April 12, 2023, about 4:00 P.M., deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Station responded to an armed robbery near the 24000 block of Brodiaea Avenue, in the City of Moreno Valley. Upon arrival, deputies learned three suspects, one armed with a knife, approached the victim and demanded his property before fleeing in a vehicle.

About 4:21 P.M., deputies located the suspect vehicle near the 14000 block of Perham Drive. The investigation is on-going, and no additional information is available at this time.
Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to call Deputy Palacios at the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station by calling (951) 486-6700.
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