On Friday, July 14, 2023, La Quinta Special Enforcement Team deputies served a theft-related search warrant at the 53000 block of Avenida Villa in connection to a series of mail thefts in the community of La Quinta.
On July 17, 2023, at about 10:47 AM, deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s, Southwest Station, along with the Riverside Sheriff’s Special Enforcement Bureau responded to the report of a male armed with a rifle who was seen walking into the Temecula Promenade Mall located in the 40000 block of Winchester Road.
During the course of this investigation, a suspect was identified as Ruben Esquivel, 34 years of Coachella. Esquivel is currently in custody on an unrelated homicide. Today, new charges of Murder, Arson, and Use of a Gun in the Commission of a Felony were filed by the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.
On July 3, 2023, at approximately 12:44 a.m., deputies from the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to a residence in the 26000 block of Coronada Drive in Moreno Valley regarding shots fired during a large party.
On June 30, 2023, around 4:28 p.m., deputies from the Jurupa Valley Sheriff’s Station responded to an accidental drowning at Rancho Jurupa Park in the 4800 block of Crestmore Road.