BRIEFLY : SUSPICIOUS PACKAGE CONTAINED SWEETS.PALMDALE - A suspicious, tape-wrapped cardboard box cardboard box n → caja de cartón cardboard box n → (boîte f en) carton m cardboard box card n → that prompted the evacuation of some 100 people from their homes turned out to contain candy, sheriff's deputies said Thursday. The package, wrapped in gray duct tape duct tape n. A usually silver adhesive tape made of cloth mesh coated with a waterproof material, originally designed for sealing heating and air-conditioning ducts. Noun 1. and bearing no address, was found about 6 p.m. Wednesday on a front porch of a house in the 4000 block of East Avenue R-6, deputies said. The residents called deputies, who called sheriff's explosives experts and evacuated homes for a 500-foot radius. Mesquite School's cafeteria was opened for the evacuees Resident or transient persons who have been ordered or authorized to move by competent authorities, and whose movement and accommodation are planned, organized and controlled by such authorities. , who were allowed to go back home around 9:20 p.m., deputies said. - Daily News Three arrested as deputies raid home LANCASTER - Three people - including a reputed member of the white supremacist Nazi Low Rider prison gang - were arrested after narcotics narcotics n. 1) techinically, drugs which dull the senses. 2) a popular generic term for drugs which cannot be legally possessed, sold, or transported except for medicinal uses for which a physician or dentist's prescription is required. detectives with a search warrant said they found methamphetamine in a Lancaster house, officials said Thursday. Deputies said they also found a stolen .380 semiautomatic pistol Wednesday night in the house in the 3100 block of East Avenue H-10. Shawn Vanderzanden, 30, a reputed Nazi Low Rider member, was arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale and possession of a stolen firearm by a felon An individual who commits a crime of a serious nature, such as Burglary or murder. A person who commits a felony. felon n. a person who has been convicted of a felony, which is a crime punishable by death or a term in state or federal prison. . Kim Vanderzanden, 25, and Teresa Page, 28, were arrested on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine. Four children ages 1 month, 2 months, 8 years and 10 years were taken into protective custody An arrangement whereby a person is safeguarded by law enforcement authorities in a location other than the person's home because his or her safety is seriously threatened. , officials said. - Daily News |
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