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On May 22, 2019, the entire Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force conducted probation / parole compliance checks and saturation patrol throughout the cities of Temecula, Murrieta, Wildomar, and Lake Elsinore. Other participating agencies included the Regional Auto-Theft Interdiction Detail (RAID), the Riverside County Gang Impact Team (GIT), the Riverside County Probation Department (Murrieta Office), Central PACT Team, East PACT Team, Murrieta Police Department’s SET Team / Parole Probation Compliance Team, the Riverside Sheriff Department’s Temecula Station POP – HOT - SET Teams, and a Murrieta Police Department K-9.

The operation took place from 1000 – 1500 hours. A total of 40 parole / probation / Post Release Community Supervision (PRCS) searches were conducted. Eighteen adults were arrested on a variety of misdemeanor and felony charges. The following 12 adults were booked into jail on the listed charges. The remaining 6 subjects not listed were released in the field on Misdemeanor citations and / or the cases will be filed and forwarded to the Riverside County District Attorney’s Office.

Some of the items seized during the operation included a firearm, ammunition, methamphetamine, heroin, Xanax pills, a stolen car, paraphernalia, handgun magazines, brass knuckles, and a stolen military ballistic vest taken from a recent Murrieta car burglary.

Anthony Jones - 22 years old 3056 PC Parole Violation	Derrick Gadberry - 41 years old 3455(A) PC PRCS Violation	Stephan Scranton – 35 years old 11378 HS Possession of Controlled             Substance for Sales 3056  PC Parole Violation Felon in Possession of a Firearm Felon in Possession of Ammunition and Metal Knuckle

Shelly Roundtree – 25 years old 11378 HS Possession of Controlled             Substance for Sales Felon in Possession of a Firearm Felon in Possession of Ammunition and Metal Knuckles	Luis F. Gomez-Arcos – 24 years old    $100,000.00 Felony Warrant                 - 211 PC	Eliot Doneff –26 years old         11351 HS Possession of a                 Controlled Substance for Sales          11375(b)(1) HS Possession of            a Controlled Substance for                Sales

Evan Murrow – 28 years old       1203.2 PC Probation Violation       11377(a) HS Possession of a              Controlled Substance       148(a)(1) PC Resist / Delay /              Obstruct a Police Office	Danielle Leveque – 50 years old    3056 PC Felony Parole Warrant	Anabel Escobar - 32 years old      Felony Warrant

Michael Anthony – 56 years old    1203.2 PC Probation Violation    148(a)(1) PC Resist / Delay /              Obstruct a Police Officer	Tracy Parker – 47 years old        148(a)(1) PC Resist / Delay /              Obstruct a Police Officer        2 Misdemeanor Warrants	Michael Keen – 35 years old       31360(a) PC Felon in                          Possession of Body Armor       1203.2(a) PC Probation Violation

If you have any information related to this operation, you can contact Sergeant Steve Dyer from the Murrieta-Temecula Regional Gang Task Force at 951-461-6363. You may also provide information anonymously through the Riverside County Gang Task Force website at http://www.riversidecountygtf.org.

The Riverside County Gang Task Force is a collaborative effort of 12 law enforcement agencies with the goal of combating criminal street gangs. This event was staffed with members of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office, Riverside County Probation Department, Temecula Police Department, Palm Desert Police Department, Coachella Police Department, Desert Hot Springs Police Department, La Quinta Police Department, Murrieta Police Department, Hemet Police Department, California Highway Patrol, and US Customs and Border Protection.

The Riverside County Gang Task Force is a collaborative effort of several local and countywide law enforcement agencies with the goal of providing safe and secure communities free of violent crime and gang violence.

 You may also provide information anonymously through the Riverside County Gang Task Force website at Gang Activity Form.