On Thursday, July 13, 2023, Deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to the report of multiple gunshots fired in the area of Iris Avenue and Lasselle Street in the City of Moreno Valley. Deputies arrived quickly and located evidence of a shooting behind two of the nearby businesses.
In June 2023, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station responded to a sexual assault on a minor, call for service. The Lake Elsinore Investigation Bureau was notified and assumed the case.
During the course of this investigation, a suspect was identified as Ruben Esquivel, 34 years of Coachella. Esquivel is currently in custody on an unrelated homicide. Today, new charges of Murder, Arson, and Use of a Gun in the Commission of a Felony were filed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
On Thursday, July 6, 2023, at 10:32 PM, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Station responded to the 31000 block of Cedarhill Lane, in the city of Lake Elsinore, reference an intruder inside of their residence while they were sleeping. The victims were woken up by the suspect exiting their master bedroom.