Proactive Quality of Life Operation 

June 24, 2023 - Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on June 23, 2023, approximately 6:00 A.M., the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office Thermal Station’s Coachella Community Action Team, with the assistance of Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District Team, and the La Quinta Special Enforcement Team, participated in a Quality-of-Life operation within the City of Coachella. The mission was to conduct a proactive patrol of high criminal activity areas and apprehend subjects with active warrants or who were determined to have committed a criminal offense. This was a zero-tolerance event. All subjects found to be in violation of a criminal offense or wanted on an active warrant were booked at the John Benoit Detention Center. In total, 9 subjects were arrested for various offenses, including 4 misdemeanor warrants, petty theft, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of narcotics, possession of narcotics for sale, possession of a concealed firearm, felon in possession of a loaded firearm while out on bail.

Persons arrested during the operations were:

Jose Luis Ibarra, 36 of Coachella

Enrique Labastida, 39 of La Quinta

Luis Brandon Garcia, 25 of La Quinta

Luis Miguel Torres Leal, 36 of Thermal

Jorge Luis Castaneda, 40 of Coachella

Alejandro Ray Kason, 41 of Coachella

Travon Black, 38 of Moreno Valley

Oscar Hernandez, 54 of Indio

Margarita Zerega, 33 of Coachella

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Tom Anderson

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Anyone with information related to criminal activity within the City of Coachella is encouraged to contact the Thermal Station’s Coachella Community Action Team at (760) 863-8990. If you wish to remain anonymous, call Valley Crimestoppers at (760) 341-7867.

Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office