Tag: Arrest

Beginning in November 2021, Investigators with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department launched an investigation into allegations that Banning Police Officer Christopher Sayeski was involved in distributing harmful matter to a minor.

On Tuesday, February 16th, 2022, at 7:00 A.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force served a search warrant at a residence located in the 31000 block of Avenida Valdez in Cathedral City. During the service of the search warrant, Gang Task Force Officers located a .40 caliber semi-auto handgun. The serial numbers to the handgun had been altered and were unreadable.

The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) in partnership with the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team, Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team, Lake Elsinore Special Enforcement Team, Temecula Metro Team, Riverside County Gang Task Force Region 6, Riverside Police Department and Homeland Security Investigations effected thirty eight arrests during a nearly week-long proactive enforcement operation that targeted online prostitution and those whose demand for these unlawful activities fuels an illicit underground economy, both locally as well as across the State of California.

On February 13, 2022, at 8:35 PM, deputies from the Colorado River Station conducted a traffic enforcement stop on the I-10 near Mesa Drive, in the unincorporated area of Riverside County. During a probation/parole compliance search, approximately 10 pounds of pre-packaged methamphetamine was located inside the vehicle.

On Wednesday, February, 2022, the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force conducted a parole compliance check at a residence in the 85000 block of Cairo Avenue in Coachella. Upon arrival to the residence, the parolee, convicted felon and documented criminal street gang member Pedro Gonzalez 24 of Coachella, fled the residence through a bedroom window and ran to a residence next door.