Five-day, county-wide sweep yields 116 arrests, 10 firearms
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — The Riverside County District Attorney’s Office today announced that a five-day, county-wide sweep led to the arrest of 116 suspects, with charges ranging from vandalism to attempted murder. Participating law enforcement agencies also seized ten firearms during the nearly week-long operation.
The highly successful sweep, dubbed “Operation Falcon”, targeted those with outstanding arrest warrants across the county and took place from Monday, May 24th through Friday May 28th, according to the District Attorney’s Office.
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Last May’s sweep was conducted by the Riverside County Gang Impact Team (GIT), which is supervised by the DA’s Bureau of Investigation, and the U.S. Marshal’s Pacific Southwest Regional Fugitive Task Force, along with support and participation from numerous southwest Riverside County law enforcement agencies and personnel.
A man is seen being arrested during last month’s “Operation Falcon”, which targeted those with outstanding arrest warrants across the county. Riverside County District Attorney’s Office photo
The Gang Impact Team is staffed by investigators and agents with the DA’s Bureau of Investigation, Homeland Security Investigations, U.S. Marshal’s Service and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, and detectives with the Banning, Beaumont, Cathedral City, Corona, Desert Hot Springs, Hemet, Murrieta, Palm Springs, and Riverside police departments.
According to the DA’s Office, a different region was targeted by teams of law enforcement officers from agencies and task forces in that specific region from May 24th through May 28th.
The breakdown of days, regions, and arrests as listed by the DA’s Office were as follows:
- Monday, May 24: Coachella Valley, 16 arrests
- Tuesday, May 25: Banning, Beaumont, Cabazon, 18 arrests
- Wednesday, May 26: Menifee, Murrieta, Temecula, 21 arrests
- Thursday, May 27: Riverside, Corona, 32 arrests
- Friday, May 28: Hemet, San Jacinto, 29 arrests
Officials have said similar operations are planned for the future.
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Trevor Montgomery, 49, moved in 2017 to the Intermountain area of Shasta County from Riverside County and runs Riverside County News Source (RCNS) and Shasta County News Source (SCNS).
Additionally, he writes or has written for several other news organizations; including Riverside County-based newspapers Valley News, Valley Chronicle, Anza Valley Outlook, and Hemet & San Jacinto Chronicle; the Bonsall/Fallbrook Village News in San Diego County; and Mountain Echo in Shasta County. He is also a regular contributor to Thin Blue Line TV and Law Enforcement News Network and has had his stories featured on news stations throughout the Southern California and North State regions.
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 30 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 18 grandchildren.