Sheriff's Dept. makes four arrests in May 7 compliance checks

Deputies and detectives with the Fallbrook Sheriff's substation made four arrests during probation compliance checks on nine individuals last night, Thursday, May 7.

Individuals taken into custody included Joshua Villegas, 20; Oscar Mendez, 21; Fabiola Mendez, 28; and Chris Jones, 29.

According to Sheriff's Sgt. Patrick Yates, Villegas was arrested for probation violations. Oscar Mendez and Fabiola Mendez were both arrested for being in possession of narcotics and drug paraphernalia. Jones was arrested on a felony warrant for possession of stolen property.

The detail, which ran from 6 p.m. to midnight, was done to check on known offenders and AB-109 early-release probationers. "Those targeted were identified through crime and intelligence analysis as individuals most likely to re-offend," said Yates.

Also during the evening, deputies conducted ten field interviews on individuals suspected of being involved with criminal activity. Yates also said that during the evening some valuable information was gained relating to a recent attempted murder case in Fallbrook. No further details have been provided on that at this time.