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Communities in lower-income U.S. counties suffered twice the COVID-19 death rate of wealthier American counties according to a new Poor People’s Pandemic Report, writes Ed Pilkington at The Guardian. 

On Saturday, April 9, 2022, approximately 4:30 PM, Region 2 Gang Task Force Officers conducted a probation compliance check at a residence located in the 700 block of Michigan Ave. in the city of Beaumont. During the compliance check Gang Task Force Officers located two loaded semi-automatic handguns, an illegal switchblade, and illegal narcotics.

On Friday, April 8, 2022, at 10:30 AM, the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team with the assistance of the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) served a search warrant at the 79-000 block of Highway 111, in La Quinta regarding a sex trafficking investigation. The search warrant stemmed from a prior incident where a sex act was negotiated in exchange for money.

On August 9, 2021, about 2:45 PM, Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Deputies were dispatched to a check the welfare call in the 10000 block of Sparrow Court city of Moreno Valley. Upon deputies' arrival, it was determined a 25-year-old female adult was deceased. The case was immediately assumed by the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Overdose Death Investigations and Narcotics Unit (ODIN).

The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a sex trafficking investigation that began in Cabazon. During the investigation, RCAHT members learned Cody Hansen, 31 of Desert Hot Springs, was involved in human trafficking of a minor.