During the course of this investigation, one of the suspects was identified as Jose Daniel Aguilar, 29 years of Orange. Aguilar was arrested on March 5, 2023, after a traffic stop in the city of Moreno Valley.
On February 23, 2023, Thermal Station patrol units responded to the 45900 block of Adams Street in the city of La Quinta regarding a robbery that occurred at 8:20 PM.
On February 16, 2023, at 10:43 PM, deputies from the Palm Desert Station were conducting a stolen vehicle investigation in the 64-700 block of 16th Avenue, Desert Hot Springs.
The Colorado River Station Special Enforcement Team (SET) and Investigations Bureau developed suspect information for a robbery that occurred at the Mesa Drive Valero Gas Station on January 29, 2023.
During the last few months of the year 2022, multiple Riverside County residents were victims of catalytic converter thefts where the suspects brandished a firearm at victims to discourage them from interrupting their criminal activity.