Search Warrant / Weapons and Narcotic Arrest
On March 3, 2021, at 5:00 A.M., deputies assigned to the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the assistance of the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team (SCVCSDT), the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), the Coachella Valley Narcotic Task Force (CVNTF), the Thermal Station Investigation Bureau, and the Riverside County Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) served a search warrant at a residence in the 88-400 block of Avenue 57 in the unincorporated community of Thermal. During the search warrant service, three firearms and narcotics were seized. Jimmy Hernandez, 34 of Thermal, was arrested for possession of a California prohibited firearm. Ramon Hernandez, 27 of Thermal, was arrested for possession of a control substance. Both subjects were booked at the John Benoit Detention Center in the city of Indio.
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Narcotic Sales
In March 2021, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team (SET), received information regarding illegal narcotic sales occurring in Lake Elsinore.
Residential Burglary
On Saturday, February 27, 2021, about 2:53 P.M., deputies responded to the 6000 block of Mulan Street in the city of Eastvale in reference to a burglary in progress. Residents in the area called to report the suspect breaking into a residence through a rear window. While deputies were responding to the location the suspect, later identified as 19-year-old Henry Brice, resident of Rancho Cucamonga, was seen by residents fleeing the house in a vehicle. Witnesses were able to direct responding deputies to the vehicle as it fled, a traffic stop was conducted, and Brice was taken into custody without incident. A search of Brice’s vehicle revealed a loaded pistol in the passenger compartment. Brice was arrested for residential burglary and possession of an unregistered firearm and subsequently booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center.
