When California Alcoholic Beverage Control agents went undercover at last weekend’s (July 12-14) 2013 Lightning in a Bottle music festival at Lake Skinner, they found it very easy to get their hands on illegal drugs, including: cocaine, LSD, ketamine, ecstasy, methamphetamine, marijuana, PCP and prescription meds. The ABC agents, along with Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies […]
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What Went Wrong With Simi Valley Fireworks Display?
Two investigators from the State Fire Marshal’s Arson and Bomb Investigative Unit will lead the investigation into what went wrong with the Fourth of July fireworks display that injured at least 40 spectators in Simi Valley. According to reports, at one point in the annual fireworks show at Rancho Santa Susana Community Park, a firework […]
Man Sentenced For Huge Pot Grow In Forest
More than 16,000 marijuana plants, 1,100 pounds of processed marijuana and a .38 caliber revolver resulted in an eight year prison sentence for a 26-year-old man busted in the Sequoia National Forest. On Monday July 8, 2013, Victor Alfonso Madrigal Cardenas, of Delano, was sentenced to eight years and one month in prison. He was […]
CSLEA Members: Protecting Californians Where They Live, Work & Play
The first week of July was an extremely busy one for our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members who work to protect Californians in all that they do. The combination of extreme heat and the Fourth of July holiday meant Unit 7 members were in high gear. WHERE THEY LIVE: Our CSLEA members who […]
CSLEA Spotlight: Office of Protective Services Officers
Congratulations to our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) members, Officers Bret Blaydes and Pete Keeney on their victories at the 2013 United States Police & Fire Championships held in San Diego June 16-21. The Office of Protective Services officers from the Porterville Developmental Center were awarded medals after taking part in target shooting competitions. […]
Scorching Heat & The 4th Of July Holiday
With much of California under excessive heat watches and warnings, our California Statewide Law Enforcement Association (CSLEA) public safety professionals are gearing up for a busy weekend and Fourth of July week ahead. Many of them will be out in the excessive heat as well and must take precautions so that they can provide safety […]
Moreno Valley Man Arrested For Practicing Medicine Without a License
MORENO VALLEY — How do you know if a doctor is real or not? If you are an investigator with the Medical Board of California, you go undercover and check things out for yourself. That type of undercover work resulted in the arrest of Santiago Alvarez on June 20, 2013. Alvarez is charged with practicing medicine […]
Armed Fugitive Who Threatened ABC Agents Sentenced
He put Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents in a dangerous situation when he reached for a loaded 357 Magnum revolver, now Tri Nguyen, a fugitive on the run for 10 years, is going to prison. Nguyen, 42, saw his freedom come to an end on June 15, 2012 when ABC agents conducted a warrant sweep […]
Twice The Legal Limit With Children In The Car
It may have been the “end of shift” for California Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) agents Saturday June 8, but that did not stop them from pulling over a dangerous and potentially deadly driver. They were returning to their office in Riverside County after a long shift working a concert at the San Manuel Amphitheater when […]
Take Down: Special Agents Raid $2 Million Dollar Drug Operation
SACRAMENTO – Special agents with the California Department of Justice (DOJ) arrested four men and dismantled a huge marijuana growing, processing and packaging operation that was set up on state land. During the bust, special agents seized $2 million dollars in marijuana and several firearms. The raid took place Tuesday, June 18, at the Stone […]
