Altadena Sheriff Lt. Joseph Dempsey said that one man was under arrest following a raid on a house involved in a narcotics investigation.
A joint group of LA County Sheriff's Deputies, Pasadena Police, and FBI agents raided the house on the 400 block of West Harriet at approximately 5 AM this morning. The operation was to serve a search warrant related to a narcotics investigation.
Officers arrested one man, Lorenzo Howse, no other information available, for violating parole. Dempsey said that the investigation was ongoing, and they expect additional charges will be brought.
UPDATE 9:20 AM: Just received this release from the LA County Sheriff's Office:
During a pre-dawn raid Thursday, Los Angeles County Sheriff’s gang investigators with the Sheriff's Operation Safe Streets Bureau (OSS) served search and arrest warrants at 32 locations in seven cities.
The warrants are part of several ongoing investigations into gang related murders, shootings and assaults stemming from a bitter feud between rival gangs. Although these gangs originated in the city of Compton, the warrants were served in the cities of Lancaster, Hawthorne, Lynwood, Long Beach, Los Angeles and Anaheim.
The 5:00AM operation involved over 300 L.A. Co. Sheriff's personnel as well as officers from the South Gate, Inglewood, Gardena, Whittier and Anaheim Police Departments. Officers teamed up and arrested 22 suspects who were booked on charges of murder, assault with a firearm, and illegal possession of firearms.
Seventeen males, three females and two juvenile suspects were arrested.
Deputies also seized an assortment of handguns, rifles, and shotguns which were illegally possessed by ex-felons, found to be stolen, or were guns suspected to have been used to commit crimes.
Gang related paraphernalia along with other evidence of gang membership was seized, which will be used to seek sentencing enhancements for gang related offenses.
Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services representatives took three children into protective custody.
Doesn't say this action yesterday was related to the Altadena raid, but the deputies have had a busy couple of mornings ...
