Weapons Possession Archives - The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle https://hsjchronicle.com/tag/weapons-possession/ The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle Fri, 06 Jan 2023 01:52:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://hsjchronicle.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/HSJC_favicon_49px.jpg Weapons Possession Archives - The Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle https://hsjchronicle.com/tag/weapons-possession/ 32 32 254957898 Call for Service Leads to Weapons Possession Arrest https://hsjchronicle.com/call-for-service-leads-to-weapons-possession-arrest/ https://hsjchronicle.com/call-for-service-leads-to-weapons-possession-arrest/#respond Fri, 06 Jan 2023 14:00:00 +0000 https://hsjchronicle.com/?p=53311 On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 5:01 P.M., Deputies from the Moreno Valley Station Special Enforcement Team- Gang Unit, responded to the 14000 block of Indian Street in Moreno Valley after a witness reported a male suspect pointed a firearm at another male subject.

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]]> Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Christopher Varela

File # MV230040297

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On Wednesday, January 4, 2023, at 5:01 P.M., Deputies from the Moreno Valley Station Special Enforcement Team- Gang Unit, responded to the 14000 block of Indian Street in Moreno Valley after a witness reported a male suspect pointed a firearm at another male subject. The suspect with the firearm was described as a black male adult wearing a gray sweatshirt and dark pants. Upon deputies’ arrival, they located the suspect who attempted to evade deputies, but was ultimately detained. Prior to deputies making contact with him, they saw him throw an item into a vehicle occupied by another male subject. Deputies contacted the occupant of the vehicle and found the item thrown inside to be a loaded firearm. The suspect, identified as Walter Johnson, 49-year-old resident of Long Beach, was taken into custody. During the investigation it was found Johnson is a convicted felon and prohibited from possessing a firearm. The subject he pointed the firearm at was not identified. Johnson was booked into custody at the Robert Presley Detention Center for weapons violations.

Walter Johnson

The Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station Special Enforcement Team – Gang Unit is committed to creating safe and secure neighborhoods free of violent crime and gang activity. If you have any information related to gang or illegal activity in your neighborhood, you can contact Sgt. Varela at the Moreno Valley Station at (951) 486-6700.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information related to this case in encouraged to contact Deputy M. Chappell at the Moreno Valley Sheriff’s Station at (951) 486-6700.

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]]> Reporting Officer: Sergeant Paul Heredia

File # GE221170001

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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.

Cristhian Omar Hernandez Castillo

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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