File # GE230870001

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On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, at 3:00 P.M. , the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force assumed an investigation related to the illegal possession and trafficking of multiple firearms.  Gang Task Force Officers responded to Box Canyon Road and Powerline Road in Mecca reference a traffic stop conducted by United States Border Patrol.  During the traffic stop an adult male was detained after multiple illegally possessed firearms were located in his vehicle.  The firearms included a 5.56mm Pistol, a 9mm Pistol Caliber Carbine, two 9mm semi-auto handguns and a .45 caliber semi-auto handgun. Gang Task Force took custody of the firearms and the suspect and subsequently identified the suspect as convicted felon, Salvador Gudino, 38 of Mecca.

Approximately 8:30 PM, Gang Task Force Officers executed a search warrant at Gudino’s residence located in the 91000 block of Teresa Way in Mecca. During the service of the search warrant Gang Task Force Officers located additional illegally possessed firearms and ammunition including a .38 Super semi-auto handgun and a 12-Gauge shotgun.

Gudino was arrested for Felon in Possession of Firearms, Felon in Possession of Ammunition and Possession of Unregistered Firearms. Gudino was booked at John Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

The Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force is committed to creating safe and secure neighborhoods free of violent crime and gang activity. If you have any information about this crime, please contact CVVCGTF member Deputy Sanchez 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.

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File # GP230240001

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On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, at 2:21 PM, members of the Riverside County Gang Task Force Region 6 Perris / Lake Elsinore conducted a traffic stop in the 22000 block of San Jacinto Avenue, in the city of Perris. Deputies contacted, Saul Flores, a 19-year-old resident of Perris. Deputies discovered Flores was a convicted felon and operating his vehicle without a driver’s license. A subsequent search of Flores’s vehicle, revealed a loaded 9mm caliber semi-automatic handgun.

Flores was taken into custody and charged with a felon in possession of a loaded firearm, felon in possession of ammunition, and concealing a firearm within a vehicle. Flores was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center.

The Perris-Lake Elsinore Regional Gang Task Force is committed to creating safe and secure neighborhoods free of violent crime and gang activity. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Deputy Ismael Gomez at (951) 210–1000.

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On Thursday, July 2, 2020, about 7:30 AM, the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT) with the assistance of Gang Task Force (GTF) and Thermal Station teams, served three search warrants. The search warrants were served within the 1000 block of Date Avenue, 1000 block of Tripoli Avenue and the 52700 block of Calle Leandro, within the city of Coachella. George Galindo, 41 of Coachella was arrested for possession of a controlled substance for sales (over 1,600 Oxycodone pills), felon in possession of a stolen handgun and child endangerment.

Anyone with information regarding this incident is urged to contact Deputy Chavez at the Thermal Sheriff’s Station at 760-863-8990.

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Thomas was taken into custody and charged with being a Felon in Possession of a Loaded Firearm, Felon in Possession of Ammunition, and Felon in Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. Thomas was booked into the Robert Presley Detention Center. Anyone with information is encouraged to contact Deputy Kenny Hoon at (951) 486-6700.

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