Drug Den One Block From School Seized
A notorious North Hollywood drug den located less than a block from a junior high school was seized Tuesday by authorities as part of a state-funded program aimed at helping neighborhoods fight blight and crime.
Federal marshals, Drug Enforcement Administration agents and Los Angeles police officers served Caroline Beatty, 47, who authorities said owned the house, with a seizure warrant Tuesday morning for the home at 7034 Ethel Ave. Federal anti-drug laws allow properties used for drug crimes to be taken from their owners.
Police said Beatty stored, used and sold cocaine at the three-bedroom house, which is less than a block from James Madison Junior High School in an otherwise quiet neighborhood of single-family residences. In response to numerous complaints from neighbors, police conducted undercover searches and investigations of activity at the house that led to arrests on six occasions, Lt. Rick Smith said.
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