Crime & Incidents

Upon further investigation a second subject involved in the robbery was identified as a 16 year-old male resident of Lake Elsinore. He was arrested and booked at Juvenile Hall without incident. This investigation is on-going, additional suspect are still outstanding. Anyone with information is encouraged to call Investigator Trudeau at the Special Investigations Bureau 951-955-2777.

On January 29, 2021, at 12:40 pm, Deputies assigned to the Palm Desert Sheriff’s Station responded to the 39000 block of Washington St., in the city of Thousand Palms, regarding an assault with a deadly weapon call. Prior to the “911” call being made, the victim ran into a local business and reported that her estranged husband was armed with a rifle and trying to kill her.

On Friday, January 29, 2021, personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department served a narcotic related search warrant in the 200 block of La Boca Street, in the City of San Jacinto. During the service of the search warrant it was discovered the residence had been converted into an illegal marijuana cultivation operation.

On January 25th, 2021, at 9:21 PM, Moreno Valley Station deputies were dispatched to the 11000 block of Ohio St. city of Moreno Valley, regarding a robbery at gunpoint. The victim was at the location to sell the female suspect a French bulldog through Craigslist. When the victim presented the French bulldog to the female suspect, a second male suspect exited the suspect vehicle and pointed a black semi-automatic handgun at the victim. Both suspects entered the suspect vehicle, described as a Silver Mercedes Benz and drove away from the location.

The Justice Department announced today that Sonia Tabizada, age 36, of San Jacinto, California, pleaded guilty in federal court to intentionally obstructing persons in the enjoyment of their free exercise of religious beliefs by threatening to bomb the Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School in Washington, D.C., in violation of Title 18, U.S. Code, Section 247.