Two documented gang members arrested, suspected of gun violation

Two documented gang members with warrants out for their arrest were behind bars today on suspicion of being in possession of an unregistered firearm.

Jaime Angel Mejia, 24, and Nicholas Angel Mejia, 21, were arrested in the 80-300 block of Paseo Tesoro in Indio on Tuesday following a weapons investigation by the Coachella Community Action Team (CCAT), according to the Riverside County Sheriff's Department. It was unclear whether the suspects were related.  

Around 10 a.m., the deputies from the sheriff's SWAT team, with CCAT, searched a residence where they allegedly found one .40 caliber handgun with the serial number removed, authorities said.

Both suspects were arrested and booked into the John J. Benoit Detention Center.

Jaime Mejia had a $1 million felony warrant for his arrest after he failed to appear in court on four felony counts of illegal firearm possession charges, while Nicholas Mejia was charged with one felony count for being an accessory aid in a felony to escape arrest/trial, authorities said.

Nicholas Mejia was also arrested on suspicion of being in possession of an unregistered firearm, a high-capacity magazine and of a firearm in an obliterated serial number, according to authorities. He was being held in lieu of $10,000 bail.