HEMET: Gang task force arrests 22 in sweep  A Text Size  A
multiagency task force swept through Hemet, San Jacinto and
nearby unincorporated communities on Wednesday, Sept. 19,
arresting 22 people and confiscating illegal drugs and weapons.
Thirty members of the Hemet-San Jacinto Gang Task Force
conducted “high-visibility saturation patrols” where gang
members are known to congregate, the task force said in a news
release.  They also conducted parole and probation checks that
targeted people known to be gang members, the task force said.
Four firearms, which the task force said were all in the
possession of documented gang members, and more than 20 grams of
methamphetamine were found during the sweep.  None of those
arrested were identified in the news release.  In addition to
the Hemet Police Department and the Riverside County Sheriff’s
Department, agencies making up the task force are the county’s
district attorney’s office and probation department, and the
Highway Patrol.  The task force keeps tabs on g