Tag: Narcotics

On March 3, 2021, at 5:00 A.M., deputies assigned to the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the assistance of the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team (SCVCSDT), the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT), the Coachella Valley Narcotic Task Force (CVNTF), the Thermal Station Investigation Bureau, and the Riverside County Special Investigation Bureau (SIB) served a search warrant at a residence in the 88-400 block of Avenue 57 in the unincorporated community of Thermal. During the search warrant service, three firearms and narcotics were seized. Jimmy Hernandez, 34 of Thermal, was arrested for possession of a California prohibited firearm. Ramon Hernandez, 27 of Thermal, was arrested for possession of a control substance. Both subjects were booked at the John Benoit Detention Center in the city of Indio.

In March 2021, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team (SET), received information regarding illegal narcotic sales occurring in Lake Elsinore.

On February 26, 2021 at 2:41 A.M., deputies assigned to the city of Eastvale conducted a pro-active enforcement stop of a vehicle near the 5800 block of Hamner Avenue in the city of Eastvale. During the course of the traffic stop, deputies arrested Noah Christopher Reed (19-year-old resident of Eastvale) for possessing an illegally manufactured firearm. Further investigation at Reed’s residence yielded evidence indicative of manufacturing illegal narcotics. Reed was booked at the Robert Presley Detention Center for charges related to illegal possession of a firearm and manufacturing narcotics.

On February 3, 2021, at 2:00 PM, Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force Officers from Region 2 conducted a pedestrian check on 38-year-old Banning resident Juan Carlos Garcia in the 500 block of West Ramsey Street, Banning. Garcia was standing next to a vehicle and upon seeing the Gang Task Force Officers, Garcia quickly closed the trunk.

On February 3, 2021, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Station Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a search warrant at a smog shop in the 16500 block of Lakeshore Drive, in the city of Lake Elsinore, reference a narcotics investigation.