Lake Elsinore, Wildomar Residents Arrested in 'Gang Association' Sweep

Booking photos show those arrested in this week’s “Gang Association Search Warrant Service.” Images were not immediately available for Samuel Lupear and Noah Tedesco. Courtesy: Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.

A gang sweep this week in Riverside County netted 10 arrests, along with 19 possibly stolen firearms, narcotics, and a stolen motorcycle, sheriff’s officials said.

The sheriff’s department was the lead agency on the Wednesday operation, and says several other local law enforcement agencies helped them with serving search warrants ”related to recent gang violence and unsolved violent crimes associated with local gangs.”

“The operation resulted in the recovery of 19 firearms, of which several were suspected as stolen, including an illegally possessed assault rifle,” sheriff’s spokesman Deputy Albert Martinez said in a news release. “In addition to the firearms, the following items of evidence were recovered during the multiple search warrant services: narcotics, stolen property, and a stolen motorcycle.”

Martinez said ten people were arrested, who were from Jurupa Valley, Temecula, Eastvale, Lake Elsinore, Wildomar, San Bernardino and San Diego.

He provided the following names and charges:

• Tiffani Ferraro, 34 years old from Jurupa Valley - Possession of Narcotics.
• Fidencio Villalobos Jr., 50 years old from Temecula - Possession of Stolen Property, Firearms Offense, Assault Weapon.
• Jacinto Saucedo Jr., 40 years old from Eastvale - Firearms Offense, Gang Enhancement.
• John Saucedo, 29 years old from Lake Elsinore - Firearms Offense, Gang Enhancement.
• Timothy Karnes, 48 years old from Wildomar - Possession of Narcotics.
• Eric Clauss, 38 years old from Lake Elsinore - Firearms Offense, Assault Charge, Gang Enhancement.
• Samuel Lupear, 32 years old from San Bernardino - Possession of Narcotics.
• Noah Tedesco, 30 years old from Lake Elsinore - Firearms Offense, Gang Enhancement.
• Eric Simmons, 27 years old from San Diego - Arrest Warrant.
• Stacy Vincent, 24 years from old Lake Elsinore - Possession of Narcotics.

Martinez said the sheriff’s department was assisted by: Riverside County Sheriff’s SWAT and special enforcement teams from Riverside Police Department, Corona Police Department, San Bernardino Police Department, Riverside District Attorney’s Office, Murrieta Police Department, Hemet Police Department, the Riverside County Gang Task Force (GTF) and Post-Release Accountability Compliance Teams (PACT), police and corrections team.