A 45-year-old woman suspected of possessing over 500 firearms in the unincorporated Homeland area in Riverside County and other related offenses has been taken into custody, authorities announced Monday.
Investigators assigned to the Riverside County Regional Gang Task Force – Region 6, with assistance from deputies from the Perris Sheriff’s Station, began conducting an investigation into the illegal sale of firearms, according to the Riverside County Sheriff’s Office.
Sheriff’s officials said a search warrant was served at approximately 10 p.m. Friday in the 26000 block of Sultanas Road, near Highway 74, where deputies seized over 500 firearms, including rifles, shotguns and handguns.
The suspect, identified as Maria Force, was booked into the Larry D. Smith Correctional Facility on suspicion of illegally selling firearms, selling firearms with altered serial numbers, grand theft of firearms, and possession of a concealed firearm.
Anyone with information about the case was urged to call Task Force Officer Sultan or Deputy Zepeda at 951-210-1000.