HEMET: Convicted just last month in drug case, gun and drug toting woman arrested again
HEMET — A woman, convicted barely one month ago of possession of methamphetamine for sales, was arrested again earlier today when she tried to flee from officers who stopped her while she was riding a bike. The alleged suspect, already on probation for last month’s arrest and conviction, was found to be in possession of a loaded firearm with an altered serial number and methamphetamine. The incident and arrest happened in front of Royal Inn and Suites on Florida Avenue, between Palm and Lyon Avenues, in Hemet.
A cover officer pounces on Cinthia Arevalo after she tried to flee during a traffic stop. Timothy Franzese/Public Safety Incidents photo
After her arrest, Cinthia Yamileth Arevalo, 25, of Hemet, was booked in Cois Byrd Detention Center in Murrieta on suspicion of six felonies and one misdemeanor.
Her charges included possession of a controlled substance while in possession of a firearm and ammunition, possession of a controlled substance, being a felon in possession of a firearm, having a firearm with a destroyed or altered serial number, resisting or obstructing arrest, and violation of probation.
She remains in custody on $50,000 bail and is scheduled to be arraigned at an unspecified court, Apr. 30.
Before today, Arevalo’s most recent arrest and conviction was for a Mar. 8 arrest for possession of methamphetamine for sales, according to Riverside County Superior Court records. After pleading guilty to the charge on Mar. 21, she was sentenced to 36 months formal probation and ordered to serve 120 days in a Sheriff’s work release program. She is supposed to report for work release on or before June 15.
Today’s incident began shortly before 12:30 p.m., when Hemet police officers stopped Arevalo while she was riding an orange, child’s-size, BMX-style bicycle along Florida Avenue.
According to Timothy Franzese, a community reporter for Public Safety Incidents, from the beginning of the contact, Arevalo “was fidgety and moving around a lot,” and was not cooperative with the officers.
Officers wrestle the combative woman into custody while radioing for assistance. The first of several responding officers arrived less than 30 seconds later. Timothy Franzese/Public Safety Incidents photo
“When officers began to start to search her she started to resist, but officers managed to get her under control and sit her down next to the building,” Franzese explained in a PSI social media post.
According to Franzese, when one of the two officers radioed dispatchers to run a records check on Arevalo, she suddenly bolted up and attempted to flee on foot, with the second officer hot on her heels.
The cover officer quickly caught up with Arevalo, taking her down to the ground about 20 yards away. Despite being re-apprehended the woman continued to be violently combative and was still resisting arrest when numerous additional officers and a supervisor, who heard the officers’ radioed call for priority assistance, arrived at the scene with emergency lights flashing and sirens wailing.
“In an a matter of seconds they were able to detain her again and transport her without further incident,” reported Franzese.
Neither Arevalo or any of the involved officers were injured during the incident and arrest and Hemet PD has not yet released any information regarding their investigation.
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Trevor Montgomery, 46, recently moved to Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for Riverside County based newspapers Valley News, The Valley Chronicle and Anza Valley Outlook as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County.
Trevor spent 10 years in the U.S. Army as an Orthopedic Specialist before joining the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department in 1998. He was medically retired after losing his leg, breaking his back and suffering both spinal cord and brain injuries in an off-duty accident.
During his time with the sheriff’s department, Trevor worked at several different stations, including Robert Presley Detention Center, Southwest Station in Temecula, Hemet/Valle Vista Station, Ben Clark Public Safety Training Center and Lake Elsinore Station, along with other locations.
Trevor’s assignments included Corrections, Patrol, DUI Enforcement, Boat and Personal Water-Craft based Lake Patrol, Off-Road Vehicle Enforcement, Problem Oriented Policing Team and Personnel/Background Investigations. He finished his career while working as a Sex Crimes and Child Abuse Investigator and was a court-designated expert in child abuse and child sex-related crimes.
Trevor has been married for more than 27 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and has 13 children and 14 grandchildren.