On Saturday, April 1, 2023, at 1:36 a.m., deputies from the Hemet Sheriff’s Station responded to a report of runaway/missing juvenile girls in the unincorporated area of Hemet.
On October 19, 2022, at 6:45 PM, the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a human trafficking investigation at a location in the 24600 block of Sunnymead Blvd in the city of Moreno Valley.
In January 2022, the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a human trafficking investigation that occurred in Riverside and Los Angeles County, Las Vegas and Seattle.
On March 4, 2022, the Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RCAHT) conducted a sex trafficking investigation that occurred in the cities of Palm Desert, Indio and Desert Hot Springs. During the investigation, seven victims were identified which were all minors. RCAHT members learned Dewayne Williams, a 32-year-old resident of Indio, was involved in human trafficking of a minor.
The Riverside County Anti-Human Trafficking Task Force (RACHT) continued their human trafficking investigation and identified a third suspect, Ivan Hernandez, 34 of Indio, for his involved in this investigation. On January 18, 2021, Indio Police Department arrested Ivan Hernandez, in the city of Indio for an outstanding arrest warrant for this investigation.