File # SW230530039

Details:

During February 2023, the Southwest Sheriff’s Station learned vape pens, containing concentrated cannabis, were being sold to juveniles who attend middle schools and high schools throughout the city of Temecula and the unincorporated area of French Valley.

The investigation revealed Anthony Harry Mathisen, 18-year-old resident of Murrieta and Catherine Hickisch, 18-year-old resident of Murrieta, sold vape pens containing concentrated cannabis to minors. Furthermore, it was determined Mathisen and Hickisch distributed concentrated cannabis and psilocybin (commonly referred to as mushrooms) using a mobile delivery service, identified through social media as, “AtomicClouds.”

On March 3, 2023, a search warrant was served at Mathisen’s residence and evidence related to the sales of marijuana and psilocybin was located and recovered. Mathisen and Hickisch were later arrested for narcotics sales and distributing marijuana to a minor and booked at the Cois M. Byrd Detention Center.

Anyone with information on this case should call Sergeant Michael Perez at the Southwest Sheriff’s Station at 951–696–3000. Parents are encouraged to monitor their children’s social media activity for any suspicious activity. If you identify nefarious activity, to include information related to the distribution of narcotics to children, you are encouraged to contact WETIP (800–78-CRIME) or your local law enforcement agency.

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File # GE221170001

Details:

On Wednesday, April 27, 2022, at 9:30 A.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with the assistance of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) served a search warrant at a residence in the 900 block of Arroyo Vista Drive in Palm Springs. During the service of the search warrant Gang Task Force Officers located suspected cocaine, body armor and multiple illegally possessed firearms including an SKS Rifle, AR-15, 12-Gauge Shotgun and a 9mm Semi-Auto Handgun. They arrested Cristhian Omar Hernandez Castillo, a 32-year-old resident of Palm Springs for Possession of Cocaine for Sales, Possession of Firearms with Narcotics, Altering Firearm Serial Numbers, and Illegal Possession of Assault Rifles. Hernandez Castillo was subsequently booked at John Benoit Detention Center in Indio.

Additionally, Juan Francisco Hernandez Castillo, a 39-year-old resident of of Palm Springs was taken into custody by ICE for an outstanding Illegal Re-entry Immigration Warrant.

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 Officer Camarena or Agent Garcia 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.

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