Cockfighting ring raided
Methamphetamines found
LANCASTER, Calif.— Four men and two women were arrested and about 100 roosters used in cockfighting were seized today during a raid at a home just north of Lancaster.
Seven children ranging in ages from 4 to 17 were taken into protective custody by deputies from the sheriff’s Lancaster Station in the 6 a.m. raid in the 46200 block of 30th Street East, said Deputy Lillian Peck of the Sheriff’s Headquarters Bureau.
A large amount of methamphetamine and items to manufacture the drug were seized, as were performance-enhancing drugs used to bolster the fighting potential of the birds, sparring muffs used in training, a scale to weigh the roosters and a large number of cages, Peck said.
Some of the injured animals had been thrown in the trash even though they weren’t dead, she said.
The birds are valued at between $1,000 and $10,000 each, Peck said.
The names and charges against the suspects were not immediately available.
Lancaster is inviting the public to the Prime Desert Woodlands after dark to experience a magical evening of nature and astronomy. On Saturday at 8 p.m., participants will join Jeremy Amarant, director of the SAGE Planetarium, for an enlightening Moon Walk, to learn about the stars and constellations.
The event is open to the public. A $2 donation is welcome. For more information, please call (661) 816-4466.
LANCASTER, Calif.—A man and a woman suspected in three recent armed robberies in Lancaster have been arrested by detectives who used a facial recognition software program during their investigation, authorities said today.
“It is a relatively new program that uses advancing technology to compare clear facial photos to booking photos already in the database,” Sgt. Randy Harris of the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station said. “It is available only to law enforcement.”
LANCASTER, Calif.—Sheriff's deputies confirmed that firefighters found the body of a woman inside a two-story home in the Quartz Hill section of Lancaster after a fire brought under control.
The fire was reported at 5:15 p.m. Sunday in the 42000 block of 56th Street West, Supervisor Michael Pittman of the Los Angeles County Fire Department said.
The blaze was under control by 5:26 p.m.
The victim was pronounced dead at the scene, said the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
LANCASTER, Calif.—A Lancaster man was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation this morning after walking away from his home with a shotgun and leaving his family a suicide note, authorities said.
The 64-year-old man left a home in the 43200 block of Sunny Lane at about 3:15 p.m. Sunday afternoon, said Lt. Richard Daniels of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department's Lancaster Station.
LANCASTER, Calif.—An investigation was under way today into the "suspicious'' death of an inmate at Lancaster State Prison.
The death occurred some time Sunday at the prison at 44750 60th Street West, according to Deputy Lillian Peck of the Sheriff's Headquarters Bureau.
The man was pronounced dead at the scene, Peck said. His name was withheld, pending notification of relatives.
