Murrieta Home Targeted In Widespread Narcotics Raid

Murrieta CA

10 June, 2021

3:49 PM

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RIVERSIDE COUNTY, CA — A long-running law enforcement investigation into a Riverside County drug-trafficking ring led to a Murrieta home — one of 24 locations targeted by police Wednesday morning. Personnel from the Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the Cannabis Regulation Task Force, the Murrieta Police Department and other law enforcement agencies served narcotics-related search warrants at 23 separate residences and one commercial building Wednesday morning, including a home in the 39500 block of Glenwood Court in Murrieta. Specifics about what was found at the Murrieta residence were not provided, but the sheriff's department reported that during the search warrants, 18 of the homes had been converted into illegal marijuana cultivation operations. "The electrical meters at those 18 residences had also been bypassed, so the residents were able to steal electricity from Southern California Edison to run their illegal operation. Per Southern California Edison, preliminary estimates put the amount of stolen electricity over $1.5 million," according to the sheriff's department. The searches also uncovered 15,000 marijuana plants, 340 pounds of processed marijuana, 9.7 pounds of honey oil, five handguns, two shotguns, firearm parts and equipment to assemble 50 rifles, and $75,000 in cash, according to the sheriff's department. Eighteen people were arrested in connection with Wednesday's operation. The sheriff's department listed the arrestees as: 27-year-old San Jacinto resident Jorge Eduardo Villa Del Toro28-year-old Hemet resident Daniel Rosas Jimenez55-year-old San Jacinto resident Jose Manuel Gutierrez Jimenez31-year-old San Jacinto resident Ramon Gutierrez Quintero61-year-old San Jacinto resident Alfonso Jimenez Sandoval24-year-old San Jacinto resident Anna Gutierrez34-year-old San Jacinto resident Ernesto Navarro41-year-old San Jacinto resident Martin Muro-Guerra31-year-old San Jacinto resident Jesus Palomera Perez52-year-old San Jacinto resident Maria Ester Michel35-year-old San Jacinto resident Victor Michel Bernal34-year-old Salt Lake City, Utah resident Maraila Delbillar38-year-old Beaumont resident Cesar Carino Martinez31-year-old Hemet resident Manuel Gutierrez32-year-old Hemet resident Emilio Carino20-year-old La Puente resident Jonathan Perez31-year-old Homeland resident Ramiro Godinez29-year-old Los Angeles resident Ruben Diaz The search warrants were served at the following locations: 22600 block of San Jacinto Avenue, San Jacinto300 block of Quandt Ranch Road, San Jacinto1700 block of Rolling Meadows, San Jacinto200 block of North Wateka Drive, San Jacinto500 block of Camino Los Banos, San Jacinto700 block of South Miramar Avenue, San Jacinto1700 block of Fitzgerald Avenue, San Jacinto100 block of Kellam Avenue, San Jacinto600 block of Caribbean Place, San Jacinto42000 block of Gibbel Road, Hemet1000 block of East Whittier Avenue, Hemet25900 block of Margarita Street, Moreno Valley25000 block of Lake Street, Hemet22900 block of Mountain Lane, Perris300 block of Brinton Avenue, San Jacinto1700 block of Verbena Place, San Jacinto39500 block of Glenwood Court, Murrieta1400 block of Burns Lane, San Jacinto3100 block of Bellwood Street, Hemet300 block of De Anza Drive, San Jacinto400 block of De Anza Drive, San Jacinto44400 block of Hillcrest Lane, Hemet40400 block of Marsha Court, Hemet500 block of Mayberry Avenue, Hemet