Two dozen federal, state and local agencies launched a major sweep Wednesday of Riverside County gang members.
[Updated at 12:34 p.m.: An "outlaw" motorcycle gang is the target, and similar raids are being conducted in other Western states, said a spokesman for the Riverside County district attorney’s office.]
The operation began about 5 a.m. and was ongoing, said Deputy Melissa Nieburger, a spokeswoman for the Riverside County Sheriff’s Department.
Agents and officers served search warrants and conducted parole and probation checks at numerous locations throughout the county, Nieburger said.
Command posts were set up in Hemet, Mira Loma and downtown Riverside, she said.
She declined to say whether any arrests had been made or provide details about the operation until it was completed.
— Alexandra Zavis