PALM DESERT - In an effort to reduce the availability of alcohol to those under the age of 21, California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents teamed up with the Riverside County Sheriff Department’s Palm Desert Special Enforcement Team and conducted a minor decoy and shoulder tap operation. On May 17, 2019, agents and deputies began their […]
On May 21st, 2019
FRESNO- On May 20, 2019, Jose Manuel Sotelo-Mendoza (Sotelo), 27, of Ceres, was sentenced to eight years and four months in prison for conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 15 pounds of crystal methamphetamine. Sotelo’s sentence follows his guilty plea earlier this year. According to court documents, Sotelo and his co-defendant Oscar […]
On May 17th, 2019
RIDGECREST - On April 25, 2019, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) suspended the annual permit to operate the Green Acres Estates mobile home park in Ridgecrest. The suspension was the result of issues discovered by a state inspector who visited the mobile home park to ensure compliance with state laws. “Few […]
On May 17th, 2019
LOMPOC – When California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) investigators were made aware of possible shady deals taking place at Mid State Motorsports in Lompoc, deals that left consumers with vehicles in poor condition and no pink slips, they put their investigative expertise to work. As a result of their investigation and knowledge of motor […]
On May 16th, 2019
UKIAH- On May 15, 2019, a Mendocino County Superior Court found Van Allen Hubbard, 58, of Shasta Lake guilty of driving a motor vehicle under the combined influence of drugs and alcohol, possession of a methamphetamine pipe, and possession of marijuana, all as misdemeanors. He was also found guilty of driving with an open container of […]
On May 16th, 2019
LOLETA- On May 15, 2019, California Department of Fish and Wildlife assisted the Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office in serving a search warrant to investigate illegal cannabis cultivation at a location in Loleta that did not have the required county permit and state license to cultivate cannabis commercially. During the service of the warrant, law enforcement […]
