Tag: investigation

Riverside Sheriff’s Department reminds drivers to plan ahead and celebrate the holiday safely and responsibly. This weekend and through Monday, July 4, the Riverside Sheriff’s Department will have additional deputies on patrol looking for drivers suspected of being under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs.

On June 26, 2022, about 10:35 AM, deputies received a call of a drowning at Launch Pointe Beach at Lake Elsinore. Deputies arrived on scene about 10:39 AM and contacted the reporting party.

Investigators from the Central Homicide Unit have identified and arrested Joseph Samuel Runyon, 19-year-old male and Leslie Martinez, 36-year-old female, both residents of Desert Hot Springs as suspects in this investigation.

On Tuesday, June 14, 2022, the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a property related search warrant at the 64000 block of Harvest Moon Road, in Desert Hot Springs. The search warrant stemmed from a grand theft incident that was reported on June 5, 2022.

On Tuesday, June 7, 2022, at 4:30 P.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force conducted a follow-up investigation related to an illegally possessed firearms arrest by Deputies from Indian Wells Special Enforcement Team that occurred on May 19, 2022.