DHS man charged with att’d murder after warrant uncovers multiple weapons
DESERT HOT SPRINGS — A known gang member and felon is behind bars after officials allege he was involved in a shooting in an unincorporated area of Palm Springs, March 10. “During the incident, two victims were fired upon while driving,” officials later explained.
During the service of a search warrant at the man’s Desert Hot Springs residence, Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force members located and seized two AR-15 assault-style rifles, a 20-gauge rifle, and a stolen sawed-off shotgun. As a felon, the man, later identified as 25-year-old, Angel Ovalle Favares, is prohibited from owning or possessing firearms of any kind.
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As part of their ongoing investigation into the shooting, at around 2 p.m. on Wednesday, March 20, CVVCGTF members served a search warrant in the 15000 block of Avenida Atezada, in the unincorporated area of Desert Hot Springs, Riverside Sheriff’s Sgt. Paul Heredia later explained.
During the service of the search warrant task force officers located multiple firearms and arrested Favares. Jail records indicate he was arrested on W. Del Sol, in Palm Springs.
Favares was later booked into Indio Jail on suspicion of seven felonies; including two counts of assault with a deadly weapon, two counts of making criminal threats, being a felon in possession of firearms, shooting at an inhabited dwelling, and recklessly evading police officers. It was not immediately known if all Favares’s charges were related to the single incident and search warrant, or if the man had unrelated warrants.
Jail records indicate Favares remains in custody and is being held in lieu of $100,000 bail. He is scheduled to be arraigned at Indio’s Larsen Justice Center tomorrow morning, March 22.
Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to contact CVVCGTF member Officer Heidt at (760) 836-1600. Callers can refer to incident file number GE190790001 and can remain anonymous. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff’s CrimeTips online form. Anyone with non-emergency information regarding gang activity is encouraged to use CVVCGTF’s online Gang Task Force Tip Form or call (951) 922-7601.
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Trevor Montgomery, 47, moved last year to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source and Shasta County News Source. Additionally, he writes for several other news organizations; including Riverside County based newspapers, Valley News, The Valley Chronicle, and Anza Valley Outlook; as well as Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County and Mountain Echo in Shasta 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. (Click here to see segment of Discovery Channel documentary of Trevor’s 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 28 years and was a foster parent to more than 60 children over 13 years. He is now an adoptive parent and his “fluid family” includes 13 children and 15 – but soon to be 16 – grandchildren.