Raids – Riverside County News Source

700+ officers & soldiers assist during Anza Valley pot raids

June 6, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

ANZA — More than 700 officials from about two dozen state and federal law enforcement agencies, along with California Army National Guard soldiers driving heavy equipment and flying in an HH-60 Pavehawk, came together yesterday, Wednesday, June 5 for a day-long enforcement and eradication operation that targeted illegal marijuana cultivation throughout the Anza valley. During the operation, officials seized 140,877 […]

County-wide Pot shop raids included Hemet’s “Valley Ice Cream” store

February 1, 2019 Trevor Montgomery

RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. — Search warrants served at ten “illegally operating” Riverside County area pot shops yesterday morning resulted in about 142 pounds of cannabis, as well as “a large amount of cannabis edibles,” seized, according to officials. Most disturbingly, one of the illegal dispensaries raided in Hemet was masquerading in plain site as an ice cream store, complete […]

UPDATE: SJ man arrested after multi-agency EBT fraud investigation involving popular Hemet market

November 7, 2018 Trevor Montgomery

UPDATED: Wednesday, Nov. 7 4 p.m. See original story, photos, and live video from the scene of raids below. HEMET — Hemet PD has released additional information about two multi-agency raids related to what one official called a “particularly despicable” EBT fraud he said left tax payers as the true victims. Orlando Ontivero-Angulo, 39, of San Jacinto was arrested this […]