Gang Task Force Makes Arrests for Illegally Possessed Firearms

Date:

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Paul Heredia

File # N/A

Details:

On Tuesday, August 29, 2023, at 6:30 a.m., the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force, with the assistance of the California Highway Patrol K-9 Team and California Highway Patrol Aviation, served a search warrant at a residence located in the 81000 block of Sirocco Avenue in Indio. The search warrant stemmed from an ongoing investigation involving illegally possessed firearms. Gang Task Force Officers recovered a Mac-11 pistol, an AKM Pistol, a non-serialized AR-15 rifle, an AR-15 rifle that was reported stolen, a semi-automatic PA-63 handgun, an AR-15 rifle, and a 1911 semi-automatic handgun. Gang Task Force Officers arrested Michael Angel Rodriguez, a 27-year-old resident of Indio, for multiple felony weapons charges and Gregorio Figueroa Martinez, a 52-year-old resident of Indio, for Possession of an unregistered firearm. Both were booked at John Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force is committed to creating safe, secure neighborhoods free of violent crime and gang activity. If you have any information about this crime, please contact CVVCGTF member Officer Coddington at (760) 836-1600. If you have non-emergency information regarding gang activity, please use our online Gang Task Force Tip Form or call 951-922-7601.

For media inquiries regarding this incident please contact the Media Information Bureau.

Find your latest news here at the Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

Share post:

Subscribe to The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle

Popular

More like this
Related

Musk uses expletive to tell audience he doesn’t care about advertisers that fled X over hate speech

Billionaire Elon Musk said Wednesday that advertisers who have halted spending on his social media platform X in response to antisemitic and other hateful material are engaging in “blackmail” and, using a profanity, essentially told them to go away.

Leaked document says US is willing to build replacement energy projects in case dams are breached

The U.S. government is willing to help build enough new clean energy projects in the Pacific Northwest to replace the hydropower generated by four controversial dams on the Snake River, according to a leaked Biden administration document that is giving hope to conservationists who have long sought the removal of the dams as a key to restoring depleted salmon runs.

Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference in Dubai

Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday.

Biden visits Boebert’s district to reject Republican criticism of green policies

President Joe Biden used a backdrop of the world’s largest facility for wind tower manufacturing to sharpen his criticism of Republicans Wednesday, saying the company’s expansion validates an environmental agenda his political opponents want to undo.