Press Releases

Fatal Traffic Collision

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On Thursday, October 22, 2020 about 2:22 PM, deputies from the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department, Lake Elsinore Station, responded to a report of a two-vehicle traffic collision on Avenue 6, north of Bancroft Way, Lake Elsinore. Upon...

Burglary

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On Tuesday, October 13, 2020, about 4:41 am, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s station responded to the 300 block of Summerhill Drive, city of Lake Elsinore, regarding a commercial burglary.  During the course of the inv...

Deputy Involved Shooting

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On Saturday, October 17, 2020, approximately 8:50 AM, Lake Elsinore Station deputies were dispatched to the 15000 block of Solstice Court reference a residential burglary that had just occurred. When deputies arrived on scene, they were able to ob...

Homicide

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On Wednesday, October 14, 2020, deputies from the Lake Elsinore Station responded to the 500 block of Quail Drive to investigate a report of a shooting. When deputies arrived, they located a deceased adult male who appeared to have been shot. The ...

Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation

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In the beginning of October, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Stations Problem Oriented Policing Team received information regarding a possible illegal marijuana cultivation occurring within the City of Lake Elsinore, in ...

Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation

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In the beginning of October, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Stations Problem Oriented Policing Team received information regarding a possible illegal marijuana cultivation occurring within the City of Lake Elsinore, in ...

Attempt Murder/ Mayhem

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On October 8, 2020, deputies responded to the 30400 block of South Fork, in Canyon Lake, after receiving a call from Mark Vermillion (61 years of age), who said he had just attempted to murder his mother with a hacksaw.

Upon arrival, deputies locat...

Drowning

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On Sunday, October 4, 2020, at 3:59 PM, Canyon Lake deputies responded to the north area of Canyon Lake, for a report of a drowning. Eyewitnesses stated the victim a 20-year-old, male and resident of the Los Angeles area, swam out to the middle of...

Search Warrant Service

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In April of 2020, the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department was alerted of possible fraudulent activity at the Temescal Valley 9Round gym franchise by one of the gym managers, Rick Calzada, age 45, a resident from Lake Elsinore. During t...

Narcotic Sales

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In September 2020, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Problem Oriented Policing Team, received information regarding illegal narcotic sales and possession of stolen property occurring in Temescal Valley. 

On...

Conspiracy to Commit Attempted Murder

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On August 18, 2020, about 4:55 AM, Lake Elsinore deputies responded to an assault with a deadly weapon call on the 200 Block of Graham Avenue in the city of Lake Elsinore. The victim, a local transient who was struck several times with an ax and a...

Search Warrant

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In September 2020, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station Problem Oriented Policing Team received information regarding illegal narcotic sales occurring in the city of Lake Elsinore.

On September 11, 2020, after a rigoro...

Illegal Marijuana Grow Operation

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In the beginning of September, deputies assigned to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Stations Problem Oriented Policing Team received information regarding a possible illegal marijuana cultivation occurring within the City of Lake Elsinore, i...

Stolen Car Recovered and Suspects Arrested

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On August 31, 2020, at 7:20 PM, Wildomar deputies responded to Lemon Street and Blondon Court, Wildomar, regarding a suspicious vehicle call.  Deputies arrived and located a gray Kia Optima.  Deputies discovered the Kia was a sto...

Assault with Deadly Weapon, Robbery, Criminal Threats

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On Monday, August 24, 2020, at 8:00 A.M., deputies from the Lake Elsinore station responded to the area of Riverside Drive and Joy Street, regarding a report of an assault with a deadly weapon.  The investigation revealed the victim, a co...