20 Arrested in Parole Raids
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A task force of federal, state and county law enforcement agents arrested 20 sex offenders in parole raids throughout the Antelope Valley on Thursday, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.
All but two of those arrested were convicted of sex crimes against children, said Lt. Robert Rifkin of the Palmdale sheriff’s station.
Deputies based in Palmdale and Lancaster went with state parole and county probation agents as they made their routine checks of parolees, Rifkin said. Authorities made 45 visits and arrested 20 of the parolees for a variety of alleged crimes, including possession of drugs and child pornography, he said.
Personnel from the California Highway Patrol, the California Department of Justice, the FBI and the Los Angeles Police Department also participated in the sweep, Rifkin said.
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