On October 16, 2022, at 11:23 AM, Thermal Station patrol deputies responded to the 50000 block of Cesar Chavez Street in the city of Coachella, reference an adult male victim who was kidnapped, robbed, assaulted, and extorted for money.
On Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at 6:28 PM, deputies from the Thermal Station responded to a robbery that occurred at a business in the 79200 block of Highway 111 in the city of La Quinta. An adult male suspect snatched a fearful victim’s purse and stole it.
On Saturday, September 10, 2022, about 7:19 PM, deputies from the Thermal Station responded to a robbery that occurred at a business in the 79200 Block of Highway 111 in the city of La Quinta.
A 48-year-old man was arrested today and accused of threatening an employee at a business, and later a police officer, with a large wooden stick after first attempting to rob merchandise from the business.
On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, at 9:03 P.M., Perris Sheriff’s Station deputies responded to a robbery that just occurred at the local market in the 2000 block of N. Perris Blvd, in the city of Perris. Two black male adults assaulted a customer and stole his chain necklace and pendant before fleeing the scene on foot. Deputies learned that the suspects are regular patrons of the local market.
On March 21, 2023, about 6:30 PM, the Riverside Sheriff’s Moreno Valley Station deputies responded to a report of an armed home invasion robbery in the 15100 block of Perris Boulevard, Moreno Valley.
On March 20, 2023, about 10:15 am, deputies from the Riverside Sheriff’s Southwest Station responded to a residence located in the 30700 block of San Pasqual Road, Temecula, reference Garret K. Hodson, who claimed to be a draftsman, and a second suspect, who claimed to be a City of Temecula building inspector, located at the residence.
On Tuesday, March 21, 2023, at 6:45 P.M., the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force, with the assistance of the Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team, conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of two documented criminal street gang members for firearms-related offenses.
A Virginia man who assaulted police with a stolen baton and used a flashing strobe light to disorient officers trying to defend the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 was sentenced Tuesday to more than four years in prison.