Homicide – September 24, 2019 Update
The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Central Homicide Unit has been working toward developing leads on a homicide that occurred on September 24, 2019, in the unincorporated area of Indio. The investigation identified the suspects as 47-year-old Ricardo Pescador and 29-year-old Gerardo Rivera, both from Indio.
Possession of Heroin/Methamphetamine for Sales
Over several weeks deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department-Norco Station conducted an investigation into illegal narcotics activity at a local hotel located in the 3200 block of Hamner Ave., Norco. On Friday, August 28, 2020, Deputies authored and served a search warrant at the location.
Agricultural Theft
On August 26, 2020, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Thermal Station, Agricultural Liaison, and Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District Team, responded to the area of 86 Expressway and Lincoln Street, Thermal, regarding subjects stealing lemons from a ranch.
Homicide – August 27, 2020
During the course of this investigation, the suspect was identified as Shaun Tara, 36 years of Jurupa Valley. On August 27, 2020, around 3:00 p.m., members from the Sheriff’s Major Crimes Unit (MCU), Jurupa Valley Sheriff Station Problem Oriented Policing (POP) Unit and Special Enforcement Team (SET) located and arrested Tara in the city of Pomona.
Possession for Sales of Heroin and Psilocybin Mushrooms
On August 24, 2020, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff Station responded to a suspicious vehicle call in the area of Agape Lane and Seattle Ridge Road, Wildomar. Deputies located Garrett Ronald Greer in a gray Honda Accord. A subsequent search of the vehicle revealed 19.7 grams of Black Tar Heroin and Psilocybin mushrooms.
