January of 2023, deputies from the Palm Desert Burglary Suppression Unit began an ongoing investigation related to several commercial, residential, and Desert X vehicle burglaries.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at about 4:05 p.m. deputies of the Lake Elsinore Station responded to a carjacking in the parking lot of a school campus located on the 32000 block of Riverside Drive in the City of Lake Elsinore.
On Tuesday, April 18, 2023, at 11:45 AM, deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to Pigeon Pass Road and Ironwood Avenue regarding a stolen vehicle. Deputies located the vehicle, occupied by two subjects, and attempted to stop it.
On March 16, 2023, approximately 11:20 AM, deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Thermal Station responded to a business in the 48000 Block of Grapefruit Boulevard in the City of Coachella, to investigate a report of diesel fuel theft.
Controversy surrounds the effects of policies to reduce opioid prescriptions on suicide rates. There are concerns that rapid reductions in prescription opioids might provoke increased suicide risk among people who become desperate after they are taken off opioids.