Keep Bailing

Reportedly, County Sheriff Stan Sniff received the go ahead from his Riverside County Board of Supervisors to hire guards and other staff to run several new cell blocks that were just added to the  Banning jail. The board gave the Sheriff’s Department $12.6 million to do so, after a unanimous vote. This means that 142 new jobs will be available in 2010-11, which is great news for some in a struggling economy.  An additional  $750,000 earmarked for hires was also received by Sniff. 

The Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility, aka “Banning Jail“, upgrades are expected to be finished next month, but until now Sheriff Sniff feared he would not have enough funds to hire these security and administrative personnel, thanks to a former $50 million county deficit.

Now, 45 sworn law enforcement personnel are Read more »

The scene was like something out of a Hollywood action movie.  Helicopters buzzed Riverside’s East neighborhood while officers in flak jackets and helmets served warrants.  This sweep has been dubbed Operation Promise, and it was the culmination of a sixteen month long investigation aimed at crippling gang hierarchy and cutting off its cash flow from drugs and weapons.

On the morning of January 27, 2010, six hundred and fifty officers from thirty-four local and federal agencies swarmed the Riva Gang’s territory and arrested fifty alleged gang members, including Riva leaders and members of their rival gang, the 1200 Blocc Crips.

For years, the East Side Riva gangs Read more »

Riverside CA — Cattle theft in the Inland Empire is not a common occurrence. However, this week Cherry Valley resident, Steven Seick 47 was arrested and jailed by the Riverside Sheriff’s Department for stealing cattle and attempting to sell them off at an Ontario auction. 

Seick is now behind bars, and has been accused of stealing the cattle (worth about $3,600) from the Morongo Indian reservation. He tried selling eight of the head of cattle an an Ontario stockyard. That’s when officials were called in.

The state branding inspector described the cattle as being from the Morongo Tribal Cattlemen’s Association.

Stockyard owner, Jeremy Gorham explained Read more »