Suspects Arrested for Smuggling Narcotics into a Correctional Facility
March 1, 2025 – Riverside County Sheriff’s Office officials report that in December 2024, the Riverside County 
Sheriff’s Office, Gang Intelligence Unit, and Corrections Central Investigations Unit opened an investigation into inmates and members of the public smuggling narcotics into the Riverside County Sheriff’s jail system. During the course of the investigation, members of the Gang Intelligence Unit prevented a Fentanyl smuggling attempt. Three suspects were identified who, working in concert, coordinated and attempted to smuggle Fentanyl into the Cois Byrd Detention Center.
On February 27, 2025, the Gang Intelligence Unit and Corrections Central Investigations Unit served two residential search warrants in the city of Moreno Valley with assistance from the Riverside Sheriff’s Alternative Sentencing Program and Corrections K-9 Team.
The search warrants resulted in the seizure of methamphetamine, items used in the smuggling operation, and evidence of credit and identity fraud. The following three arrests were made.
Nicole Marie Gall, a 29-year-old resident of Moreno Valley, conspiracy, narcotic smuggling, furnishing narcotics to a person in a correctional facility, and resisting arrest.
Jaime Benjamin Garcia, a 41-year-old resident of Moreno Valley, conspiracy, narcotic smuggling, furnishing narcotics to a person in a correctional facility, and resisting arrest.
Juan Briseno Jr., a 42-year-old (currently in custody at the Cois Byrd Detention Center), conspiracy and smuggling narcotics into a correctional facility.
This investigation was part of the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office’s ongoing mission to prevent narcotics from entering our correctional facilities. The diligence of our deputies during searches, implementation of the non intrusive sensor and scanning device known as the “Tek-84,” and comprehensive criminal investigations such as this are among several measures the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office has taken to combat the supply of narcotics into our jail system. Inmate education is a priority within our jails, and inmates are furnished with educational material and classes about the dangers of narcotics, with an emphasis on Fentanyl, provided by the Detention Health Services Division of the Riverside University Health System.
Anyone with information about this investigation is encouraged to contact Investigator Franklin Enochs at 951-955-7076 or C. Deputy Philip Diefenderfer at 951-696-3465.
Reporting Supervisor: C. Sergeant Spencer Rustad
File: SC243460004
Source: Riverside County Sheriff’s Office
