DEPUTIES CONDUCT SWEEP ILLEGAL VENDORS, CURFEW VIOLATORS CITED IN RAID.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer PALMDALE - In response to numerous resident and business owner complaints, Palmdale sheriff's deputies conducted a 12-hour sweep, first targeting illegal vendors before focusing on curfew violators. Sheriff's officials said many of the calls the sheriff's station receives after 10 p.m. are related to juveniles creating disturbances. ``The common problem with these kids out past curfew is the loitering Loitering (IPA pronunciation: ['lɔɪtəˌrɪŋ] is an intransitive verb meaning to stand idly, to stop numerous times, or to delay and procrastinate. , blocking businesses, loud music or they'll go into a business, sit down and not buy anything,'' said Partners Against Crime team Sgt. Kyle Bistline. ``Then when you have a lot of kids get together, fights ensue en·sue intr.v. en·sued, en·su·ing, en·sues 1. To follow as a consequence or result. See Synonyms at follow. 2. To take place subsequently. , or they'll dare each other to shoplift shop·lift v. shop·lift·ed, shop·lift·ing, shop·lifts v.intr. To steal merchandise from a store that is open for business. v.tr. or commit some other type of theft from a business.'' Business owners have also made complaints about illegal vendors who sell their wares on street corners, freeway off-ramps or in open fields and undercut local businesses. Sheriff's officials are concerned about vendors selling food products that are not safe because of unsanitary un·san·i·tar·y adj. Not sanitary. preparation and storage. During the 2 p.m. to 2 a.m. sweep, deputies gave 26 citations for curfew violations and seven illegal vendor citations. Three misdemeanor warrant arrests were made, as well as one citation for possession of marijuana and one arrest for possession of narcotic narcotic, any of a number of substances that have a depressant effect on the nervous system. The chief narcotic drugs are opium, its constituents morphine and codeine, and the morphine derivative heroin. See also drug addiction and drug abuse. paraphernalia PARAPHERNALIA. The name given to all such things as a woman has a right to retain as her own property, after her husband's death; they consist generally of her clothing, jewels, and ornaments suitable to her condition, which she used personally during his life. . One person was arrested for being in a park after it had closed. There were three vehicle code violations, as well as four parking citations, and two vehicles were towed. The sweep was conducted as a joint operation with teams from the Partners Against Crime Unit, the Career Criminal Apprehension Team and City Code Enforcement Code Enforcement is the act of enforcing a set of s, principles, or laws (especially written ones) and insuring observance of a system of norms or customs. An authority usually enforces a civil code, a set of rules, or a body of laws and compel those subject to their authority to . The operations are conducted in an effort to address quality of life issues within the city of Palmdale by focusing on residents and business owners' complaints. The last curfew sweep, conducted in September 2003, resulted in 27 citations for curfew violations. |
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