DATE: February 17, 2025, to February 23, 2025
INCIDENT: Targeted Crime Suppression-Operation Consequences
LOCATION(S): 6200 block of Blackwolf Way, Fontana
5400 block of Mission Boulevard, Montclair
4600 block of Indio Avenue, Yucca Valley
11000 block of Sonora Road, Phelan
9000 block of Sagebrush Street, Apple Valley
19700 block of Chicory Court, Apple Valley
15000 block of Sago Road, Apple Valley
12300 block of Pawnee Road, Apple Valley
12000 block Blazing Star Lane, Victorville
14900 block of Orange Street, Hesperia
SUMMARY: Between February 17 and February 23, 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, Fontana 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 High Desert on February 21, 2025, nine search warrants were served in Fontana, Montclair, Yucca Valley, Phelan, Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victorville. As a result, investigators contacted gang members and persons prohibited from possessing firearms. Investigators made 46 felony arrests and 53 misdemeanor arrests. 42 firearms were seized, which included 12 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 six 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.
Refer: Public Affairs Division
Station: Gangs/Narcotics Division
Phone No. (909) 387-3700
Case No. 662500219
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SHANNON D. DICUS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
