January 23, 2025 – San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department officials report that between January 13 and January 19, 2025, investigators with the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and multiple patrol stations, along with personnel from California Highway Patrol, San Bernardino County Probation, Barstow Police Department, Upland Police Department, Rialto Police Department, Montclair Police Department, Ontario Police Department, and Department of Homeland Security Investigations continued the targeted crime suppression efforts of Operation Consequences.
During the one-week period, which included a focused operation in the county areas of Fontana and surrounding communities on January 17, 2025, seven search warrants were served in San Bernardino, Rialto, Fontana, Colton, and Bloomington. As a result, investigators contacted gang members and persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Investigators made 59 arrests, and seized 13 firearms, which included two ghost guns. Illegal narcotics were also recovered during the operation.
On November 5, 2024, California voters passed Proposition 36 titled “The Homelessness, Drug Addiction and Theft Reduction Act.” The proposition took effect on December 18, 2024, and reforms multiple laws from Proposition 47, which have been responsible for increasing homelessness, drug addiction and theft. Proposition 36 includes several new Penal and Health and Safety Codes that deputies will be able to apply during arrests when appropriate. These new charges can carry enhanced sentencing, as well as prevent offenders from being cite released prior to their court appearance. Proposition 36 applied to seven of the above arrests.
The San Bernardino County Board of Supervisors authorized funds for county-wide crime suppression. The intent is to provide additional funding to the Sheriff’s Department, allowing for increased law enforcement services related to quality-of-life issues affecting the communities in our county.
Operation Consequences will focus on conducting targeted crime suppression operations and parole and probation checks in the High Desert and the Sheriff’s jurisdiction surrounding the city of San Bernardino. The operation will include personnel from the Sheriff’s Gangs/Narcotics Division, Specialized Enforcement Division, and patrol stations, as well as California Highway Patrol and San Bernardino County Probation, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, and Department of Homeland Security Investigations. Operation Consequences will take place over the next several months to curb violent crime, disrupt and dismantle targeted criminal street gangs, and locate and arrest criminals who are illegally possessing, manufacturing, and trafficking firearms. 
DATE: January 13, 2025, to January 19, 2025
INCIDENT: Targeted Crime Suppression-Operation Consequences
LOCATION(S): 5200 block of N. Sierra Road, San Bernardino
1100 block of N. Terrace Road, San Bernardino
600 block of W. Randall Avenue, Rialto
15100 block of Wright Court, Fontana
800 block of E. Washington Street, Colton
18800 block of Lynwood Street, Bloomington
18800 block of Lynwood Street, Bloomington
Refer: Public Affairs Division
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
Case No. 662500001
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Source & photos: San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department
