Reporting Officer: Sergeant Paul Heredia
File # GE221720001
Details:
On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, at 6:30 P.M. the Coachella Valley Violent Crime Gang Task Force with assistance from Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team, Palm Desert Business District Team, and Rancho Mirage Special Enforcement Team, served a weapons related search warrant at a residence located in the 83000 block of Beverly Court in Indio. During the service of the search warrant Gang Task Force Officers located a loaded .40 caliber semi-auto handgun and a 9mm semi-auto handgun. Both firearms were determined to be illegally possessed. Gang Task Force Officers arrested a 15-year-old male juvenile who is a documented criminal street gang member. The juvenile was charged with Gang Member in Possession of a Firearm, Minor in Possession of a Loaded Firearm, and Possession of an Unregistered Firearm. The male juvenile was subsequently transported to Juvenile Hall in Indio where he was booked.
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