Beaumont Warrant Leads To 5 Arrests, Meth, Stolen Loot, Gun

BEAUMONT, CA – Five individuals were arrested and methamphetamine, stolen property, drug paraphernalia and a firearm recovered during the service of a search warrant this week at a Beaumont home, according to law enforcement.

The San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force on Tuesday, assisted by Central Post-Release Accountability and Compliance Team and the Beaumont Police Department served the warrant at a residence on the 600 block of Massachusetts Avenue.

Also recovered on the property was "evidence of an identity-theft operation," officials said.

The agencies reported the following individuals were arrested and booked at the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility:

• Jason Chin Pagalaran, 26 of Orange County, for suspicion of identify theft, possession of fictitious checks, receiving stolen property, probation violation, providing false identification to peace officers and several misdemeanor warrants;
• Tommy Dellia, 37 of Orange County, for alleged methamphetamine for sale, possession of fake identification card and a felony warrant;
• John Harding, 32 of Beaumont, for suspected methamphetamine for sale;
• Adam Jarrod Knustmason, 23 of Beaumont, for suspected possession of a concealed weapon;
• Sonny Boy Garcia, 52 of Beaumont, for suspicion of possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of methamphetamines.

Anyone with additional information regarding this ongoing investigation can contact Detective Casey from the San Gorgonio Regional Gang Task Force at (951) 849-1181 or Beaumont police at (951) 769-8500. Citizens may also submit a tip using the Sheriff's CrimeTips online form.

The San Gorgonio Special Operations Gang Task Force is one of eight teams composing the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force, a collaborative effort of 25 law enforcement agencies combating criminal street gangs. The San Gorgonio Special Operations team is staffed with members of the Banning and Beaumont police departments, Riverside County Probation Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

Participating agencies in Central P.A.C.T. Hemet, Beaumont and Murrieta police departments, the county probation department, Riverside County District Attorney’s Office- Bureau of Investigations, and U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

PHOTOS clockwise from top left: Jason Chin Pagalaran; Tommy Dellia; John Harding; Sonny Boy Garcia; Adam Jarrod Knustmason.

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--Images courtesy of Riverside Co. Sheriff, Renee Schiavone, Patch