On Tuesday, October 12, 2021, at 10:00 A.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with the assistance of Coachella Community Action Team, La Quinta Special Enforcement Team, and FBI Safe Streets Team served a search warrant at a residence located in the 50000 block of Balboa Street in Coachella.
On September 24, 2021 at approximately 3:00 p.m., members of the Murrieta-Temecula Regional Gang Task Force conducted a probation search in the 30600 block of Briggs Road in the city of Menifee. Richard Angels lived at the location and was on Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS). Angels also had several outstanding felony warrants for his arrest.
On September 24, 2021 at approximately 6:15 p.m., members of the Riverside County Gang Impact Team (GIT) and the Region 4 Murrieta-Temecula Regional Gang Task Force attempted to arrest a male identifed as Danny Rodriguez, a subject on Post Release Community Supervision, and a documented criminal street gang member in the 21800 block of Silver Run Circle in Wildomar. Rodriguez had an active outstanding felony warrant for his arrest.
Palm Desert Station Burglary Suppression Unit (BSU) conducted further investigation regarding several commercial burglaries that occurred between the dates of September 10, 2021 and September 25, 2021 within the cities of Palm Desert and Rancho Mirage. The suspect in these cases forced his way into locked businesses, taking merchandise from each location.
An alarmingly large load of drugs generally used as a tranquilizing agent for elephants and other large animals was seized from a home in Perris, and a couple now faces multiple drug charges in the case.