RIVERSIDE COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENTSheriff Chad Bianco |
| Press Release: | Search Warrant / Brandishing a Firearm and Criminal Threats Arrest
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| Station Area: | Coachella |
| Written Date: | March 23, 2021 | Time: | 9:40 AM |
| Incident Date: | March 9, 2021 | Time: | 3:00 PM |
| Incident Location: | 86-100 block of Las Flores Drive, Coachella
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| Reporting Officer: | Sergeant Mariano Matos III
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| File Number(s): | Y210680048
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| Robert Soto |
Details:
On March 23, 2021, at 9:00 A.M., deputies assigned to the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), with the assistance of the Southern Coachella Valley Community Service District Team (SCVCSDT), served a search warrant at a residence in the 86-100 block of Las Flores Drive in the city of Coachella. The search warrant stemmed from a brandishing of a firearm investigation. Robert Soto, 18 of Coachella, was arrested for brandishing a firearm and making criminal threats. The weapon used in the incident was recovered at the residence. Soto was booked at the John Benoit Detention Center in the city of Indio.
Anyone with any information regarding this incident is urged to contact Deputy Camarena with the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department at (760)863-8990, or Crime Stoppers at (760)341-STOP (7867).
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