Crime & Safety
Police Serve Warrants At Indio Motel, 2 Charged With Robbery, Assault
Two people at an Indio Motel were placed under arrest, both are being held on multiple charges, police say.
INDIO, CA — Police activity circled an Indio motel when officers served a 36-year-old man with a search warrant and arrested him and one other, officials say.
Juan Francisco Gutierrez-Angulo was arrested and booked into Benoit Detention Center in Indio early Wednesday on suspicion of robbery, assault with a deadly weapon, false imprisonment, and resisting, obstructing, or delaying a peace officer, according to the Indio Police Department.
Gutierrez-Angulo's bail was set at $30,000.
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A woman, identified only as a 36-year-old, was arrested along with Gutierrez-Angulo and will face the same charges, police said. Her name has yet to be released.
Detectives and police officers served a search warrant shortly before 6:50 a.m. Wednesday at Ruta Motel, at 82083 Indio Blvd.
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The circumstances behind the incident were not immediately known.
No further details was available pending an investigation.
Anyone with information regarding the case was asked to contact 760-391-4057.
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