Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force personnel conducted the check at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday at a residence in the 22000 block of Laguna Drive, according to a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department statement.

Officers said they obtained a search warrant for a locked safe located during the check, inside of which they allegedly found “two .40-caliber semiautomatic pistols, a .45-caliber semiautomatic pistol, a 9mm semiautomatic pistol, a .38-caliber pistol, a .38(-caliber) special revolver and a 5.7mm semiautomatic pistol loaded with ammunition designed to pierce body armor.”

Michael Morales was arrested Wednesday afternoon on suspicion of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, a convicted felon in possession of ammunition, committing a felony while on bail and violating parole, the department reported. Morales is a convicted felon and street gang member, according to the statement, but officials did not mention the charges on which he was previously convicted.

Inmate records indicate Morales is being held without bail at the Southwest Detention Center in Murrieta.

Anyone with relevant information on the case was encouraged to contact Task Force Officer Vera at 951-210-1000.

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RIVERSIDE, CA — A downtown Riverside smoke shop was raided last week over community complaints of alleged illegal activity, police announced.

The Riverside Police Department’s vice unit served a search warrant Thursday at DTOWN Smoke Shop, 3466 University Avenue. Inside, investigators allegedly found evidence of illegal gambling and narcotics activities. A store employee was found in possession of suspected cocaine and a loaded firearm, police said.

Agents with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration also opened an investigation into DTOWN Smoke Shop over alleged illegal sales and use of tobacco, alcohol and cannabis products.

Thursday’s bust came after the Riverside Police Department allegedly “received numerous complaints” over the last several months of possible illegal activity at the establishment.

Anyone with additional information about the case is asked to contact the RPD vice unit at RPDVice@RiversideCA.gov.

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File # I221990118

Details:

On Monday, July 18, 2022, at 10:37 P.M., San Jacinto Deputies located a stolen vehicle entering a mobile home park in the 1600 block of San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto. The vehicle was stolen out of the city of Riverside during a residential burglary where multiple items of high-dollar jewelry and firearms were stolen. Deputies attempted to conduct a traffic enforcement stop on the vehicle, but the driver fled and attempted to evade the deputies. Moments later, the driver of the vehicle, Lance Carter, a 19-year-old resident of Los Angeles, lost control and collided with a traffic control signal in the 1400 block of Menlo Avenue, Hemet. Carter fled the vehicle on foot and was later apprehended by Deputies. 

A firearm and multiple high-dollar items from the burglary were located inside the vehicle. Carter, a convicted felon on probation for vehicle theft, was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility for Felon in Possession of Firearm, Possession of Stolen Vehicle, Possession of Known Stolen Property, Resisting Arrest, Hit and Run, and other various charges.

The investigation is currently ongoing and no further information will be released at this time. If anyone has information regarding this investigation, they are encouraged to contact Deputy Calvillo at the San Jacinto Sheriff’s Station at 951-654-2702.

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