Suspect Arrested for Weapons and Narcotics Violations 

February 21, 2025 – Riverside County Sheriff's Office officials report that on February 18, 2025, at 6:16 p.m., the Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) received reports of a suspicious person in the 31600 block of Railroad Canyon, Canyon Lake. Deputies arrived in the area and located a subject matching the description sitting inside of a parked vehicle. Deputies contacted the subject and could see narcotics paraphernalia and suspected fentanyl inside of the vehicle. During the investigation, deputies also located two firearms that were reported to be stolen from the Lake Matthews area.

The suspect was identified as Christian Zaragoza, a 25-year-old resident of Lake Elsinore. Zaragoza was transported to the Cois Byrd Detention Center and booked on numerous felony charges related to firearms and narcotics.

Anyone with further information on this case is encouraged to contact Deputy Tickel at Lake Elsinore Sheriff’s Station at 951-245-3300.

Reporting Supervisor: Sergeant Jarrod Meissen

File # CN250490005

Source: Riverside County Sheriff's Office