Crime & Safety

Three Arrested in Drug Bust

Search warrants and probation checks landed three Temecula men behind bars.

Three Temecula men caught in a drug bust and probation check were behind bars today.

Aaron Dragon, 20, was arrested on suspicion of possessing heroin, violation of probation and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Steven Haflich, 22, was arrested for being under the influence of a controlled substance.

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Matthew Shepard, 20, was arrested on suspicion of possessing cocaine, heroin, drug paraphernalia and being under the influence of a controlled substance.

Three searches the Temecula Police Department’s Special Enforcement Team conducted around 3 p.m. Friday led to the arrests, said sheriff’s Sgt. Vance Stolte.

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One home was in the 43900 block of Viewridge Court in Redhawk. Another was in the 36400 block of Via Broza in Wine Country, and another was in the 40000 block of Gleneagles Court in Redhawk.

Stolte asked anybody with information to call the Temecula Police Department at 951-696-3000.


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