Police Blotter: Heroin, Deadly Weapons, Freeway Closure

Lake Elsinore Police Department Crime and Enforcement Activity

September 28th – October 4th, 2011

Calls for Service:  607

(Selections)

09/28/11 Felony Warrants:  Officers contacted Joseph Snyder (age 43 of Menifee) and Melinda Marr (age 33 of Menifee) on the 25000 block of Corson and arrested them both for outstanding drug-related warrants.   L112710092/L112710093

Possession/Sales of Heroin:  Officers responded to a call of drug activity on the 15000 block of Starview and arrested Lisa Casey (age 21 of Lake Elsinore) and Kyle Casey (age 22 of Lake Elsinore) for the possession and sale of heroin.   L112710080

Assault with a Deadly Weapon:  Per attached Press Release below or to read more.

09/29/11 Indecent Exposure:  Per attached Press Release below or to read more.

09/30/11 CHP Pursuit:  Per attached Press Release below or to read more.

10/01/11 Domestic Violence:  Officers responded to an unknown trouble call on the 15000 block of Lincoln and arrested Tracy McGee (age 41 of Lake Elsinore) for domestic violence.   L112740021 

10/02/11 No Significant Events 

10/03/11 Felony Warrant:  Officers contacted Jerry Hinton (age 34 of Lake Elsinore) on the 200 block of Riley and arrested him for an outstanding warrant for drug possession.   L112760020

10/04/11 Domestic Violence:  Officers responded to a domestic violence call on the 16000 block of Joy and arrested Michael Munoz (age 32 of Lake Elsinore) for assaulting his wife.   L112770018

Felony Warrant:  Officers contacted Salvatore Desalvatore (age 33 of Lake Elsinore) on the 32000 block of Riverside and arrested him for an outstanding domestic violence warrant.   L112770079   

Press Release:

245 P.C. Assault with a Deadly Weapon

Agency:

Lake Elsinore Police

Station Area:

Lake Elsinore

Written Date:

Thursday, September 29, 2011

Time:

4:45 a.m.

Incident Date:

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Time:

10:58 p.m.

Incident Location:

33000 block of Windward Way, Lake Elsinore

Reporting Officer:

Sergeant John Carlberg, 951-245-3300

File Number(s):

L112710117

Booking Photo:

09-29-11

Details:

On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 10:58 p.m. Lake Elsinore Police Officers responded to the 33000 block of Windward Way, Lake Elsinore, in reference to an assault with a deadly weapon call. The victim, a 38-year old male repossession agent, went to the address to recover a vehicle. The victim knocked on the front door and the suspect; later identified as Carlos Sanchez (34 years old, from Lake Elsinore) opened the front door to the residence and produced a black semi-automatic handgun. The suspect then pointed the handgun at the victim's chest and told him to leave. The victim left the area and called 911.   The officers went to the address to contact Sanchez. The officers used the public address system from a police vehicle to contact Sanchez and requested he exit the residence. Sanchez complied and was safely taken into custody. A 9MM handgun was recovered inside the residence. Nobody was injured in this incident.   Sanchez was booked into the Southwest Detention Center for assault with a deadly weapon. Anyone with further information about this incident, or any other criminal activity in Lake Elsinore, is encouraged to contact the Lake Elsinore Police Department at 951-245-3300 or after hours and on weekends at 951-776-1099.

Press Release:

Indecent Exposure / Annoying Children under 18 Years

Agency:

Lake Elsinore Sheriff's Station

Station Area:

Lake Elsinore

Written Date:

September 29, 2011

Time:

1:15 PM

Incident Date:

September 29, 2011

Time:

7:20 AM

Incident Location:

Laguna Ave. and Riverside Dr.

Reporting Officer:

Sergeant John Kaiser

File Number(s):

F112720009

On September 29, 2011 at about 7:20 AM, patrol deputies were dispatched and responded along with school resource officers to an indecent exposure call that occurred at a bus stop in the area of Laguna Ave. and Riverside Dr. in the unincorporated area of Lake Elsinore. A white male subject was seen walking toward a bus stop where he stopped, pulled down his shorts exposing his genitals to a group of school age children and then fled on foot.

There were two adults that witnessed the incident and provided information about the possible whereabouts of Johnson. Deputies searched the area and located the suspect, Robert Dirk Johnson of Lake Elsinore, inside a house in the 15000 block of Darnell Dr. Johnson was taken into custody and transported to the Lake Elsinore Sheriff's Station for further investigation and later booked at the Southwest Detention Center on charges of indecent exposure and annoying children under 18 years.

This investigation is ongoing and anyone with information regarding this incident is asked to call (951) 245-3300.

Press Release:

CHP Pursuit

Agency:

Sheriff's Administration

Station Area:

Lake Elsinore

Written Date:

September 30, 2011

Time:

10:00 a.m.

Incident Date:

September 30, 2011

Time:

1:59 a.m.

Incident Location:

Riverside County Sheriff's Dept. – Lake Elsinore Station

Reporting Officer:

CHP Officer Daniel Hesser

File Number(s):

L112730004

Update:

October 1, 2011

Time:

11:30 A.M.

Update:

At the conclusion of the pursuit and officer involved shooting, the two occupants of the stolen vehicle were detained for further investigation. The driver was later identified as Jose Edwin Gomez, a 20-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore. The passenger was later identified as Gustavo Alexander Martinez, also a 20-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore.

Jose Gomez and Gustavo Martinez were arrested and later booked into the Southwest Detention Center for the following violations: assault with a deadly weapon, felony evading a peace officer resulting in injury, resisting a peace officer resulting in injury, and possession of a stolen vehicle.

This is an active and ongoing investigation. Anyone with information regarding this incident is encouraged to contact Investigator Lester Harvey of the Sheriff's Central Homicide Unit at (951) 955-2777, or Detective Brett Seckinger of the Lake Elsinore Police Department at (951) 210-1000.

Details:

On September 30, 2011 at approximately 1:44 AM the California Highway Patrol (CHP) became involved in the pursuit of a stolen vehicle at the request of the Ontario Police Department. The CHP assumed control of the pursuit on I-15 southbound near the city of Norco. The pursuit terminated on I-15 southbound just south of Railroad Canyon Road in the city of Lake Elsinore. As the pursuit concluded there was a collision involving two CHP vehicles. One officer sustained minor injuries as a result of the collision. At the termination point there was an officer involved shooting; there were no injuries as a result of the shooting. The suspects were then safely taken into custody at approximately 2:08 AM. The CHP personnel involved in the pursuit consisted of a sergeant with 21 years of experience and two officers with 4 years of experience each with the department. The names of the CHP personnel are being withheld at this time. The injured officer received medical treatment and has been released. The identity of the suspects is still being determined. More information will be released as it becomes available.   The Riverside County Sheriff's Department will be conducting the investigation into the shooting.  

Wildomar Police Department Crime and Enforcement Activity

September 28th – October 4th, 2011    

Calls for Service:  216     

(Selections)

09/28/11  No Significant Events 

09/29/11 Assault with a Deadly Weapon:  Officers responded to the 32000 block of Wildomar regarding an assault and arrested Carlos Herrera (age 18 of Wildomar) for striking his neighbor with a vehicle.   WI112720010

Felony Warrant:  Officers contacted John Hopkins (age 49 of Hemet) on the 33000 block of Honeydew and arrested him for an outstanding warrant.   WI112720012

Felony Warrants:  Officers contacted Demond Eckert (age 38 of Canyon Lake) on the 24000 block of Silo and arrested him for numerous outstanding drug warrants.   WI112720028

09/30/11 Felony Warrants:  Officers contacted Heather Robinson (age 32 of Wildomar) and Richard Melvin (age 48 of Wildomar) on the 23000 block of Harbor Seal and arrested them both on drug possession warrants.   WI112730003/WI112730004 

10/01/11 Public Intoxication:  Officers responded to a suspected drunk driver call in the area of I15 x Clinton Keith and later arrested Jerome Channel (age 30 of Wildomar) for public intoxication.   WI112740014

10/02/11 No Significant Events

10/03/11 No Significant Events

10/04/11 No Significant Events  

The primary source of the data was through records contained within the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department Data Warehouse program and Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) system.