Fentanyl Sales Arrest 

February 18, 2024 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that on Friday, February 16, 2024, following a weeks-long narcotics sales investigation, the Perris City and Perris County Special Enforcement Teams arrested 43-year-old Miguel Angel Lopez, a resident of Perris, for fentanyl sales. Deputies then served a search warrant at Lopez’s residence in the 1000 block of Ruby Road in Perris. They located and seized hundreds of multi-color fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder, methamphetamine, and thousands of dollars in cash.

Additionally, deputies seized ballistic panels, ammunition, and a collapsible baton. At the residence, deputies discovered a 12-year-old child alone in the vicinity of the narcotics. The child was safely placed in the care of a relative.

Lopez was booked into the Cois Byrd Detention Center for possession for sale of a controlled substance, transportation of a controlled substance, child endangerment, a felon in possession of ammunition, a felon in possession of body armor, possession of a collapsible baton, violation of probation and a felony warrant for possession for sale of a controlled substance.

Anyone with information on this case is encouraged to call Deputy D. Soto at the Perris Sheriff’s Station by calling 951-210-1000.

Reporting Deputy: Sergeant Kamal Kabbara

File# PE240470073

Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office