TENANTS MAY LOSE THEIR RENT SUBSIDIES AUTHORITIES INSPECTING COMPLEX IN A.V. FIND VARIETY OF VIOLATIONS.Byline: Greg Botonis Staff Writer LANCASTER - Seventeen tenants in a Lancaster apartment complex may lose their rent subsidies after inspections found violations ranging from 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. possession to unauthorized residents, officials said Friday. Housing and city code officials joined deputies with the Lancaster Community Appreciation (LAN-CAP) team to inspect 31 units in the Sierra Villas complex in response to complaints about drug sales, gang activity, vehicle thefts and vandalism The intentional and malicious destruction of or damage to the property of another. The intentional destruction of property is popularly referred to as vandalism. It includes behavior such as breaking windows, slashing tires, spray painting a wall with graffiti, and . ``We had already started working on it (the complex) before this,'' said Sgt. Steve Sylvies who heads the LAN-CAP team. ``This was a continuation of that.'' Deputies knocking on doors Thursday at the complex off 6th Street East and Avenue I said they found marijuana marijuana or marihuana, drug obtained from the flowering tops, stems, and leaves of the hemp plant, Cannabis sativa (see hemp) or C. indica; the latter species can withstand colder climates. , unauthorized occupants who were paying tenants to live with them, and one tenant who was throwing dirty diapers over a back wall into a field. Fourteen people were arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor offenses or warrants. One woman was arrested on suspicion of felony felony (fĕl`ənē), any grave crime, in contrast to a misdemeanor, that is so declared in statute or was so considered in common law. forgery forgery, in art forgery, in art, the false claim to authenticity for a work of art. The Nature of Forgery Because the provenance of works of art is seldom clear and because their origin is often judged by means of subtle factors, art after deputies concluded she forged her DMV DMV abbr. Department of Motor Vehicles registration on her vehicle. The complex's property managers have gone through training in the LAN-CAP program, which is financed by a city levy on rental homes and is aimed at reducing crime in neighborhoods with high proportions of rentals. The complex was purchased earlier this year by new owners, officials said. Greg Botonis, (661) 267-7802 gregory.botonis(at)dailynews.com |
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