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Marijuana grow shut down, 1 arrested

by The AV Times Staff • August 6, 2014

[Image courtesy LASD]
[Image courtesy LASD]
LAKE LOS ANGELES – About 160 marijuana plants were confiscated and four children were removed from filthy conditions Wednesday morning when local narcotics detectives raided a Lake Los Angeles home, according to a press release from the Lancaster Sheriff’s Station. Read it below:

[Around 10 a.m., Wednesday, August 6,] Detectives with the Lancaster Station Narcotics Team served a search warrant at a home located on the 40000 block of 176th Street East.

They discovered about 160 marijuana plants which were grown illegally.

Located in the home was Suspect Johnny Hardy [32, Male, Black] of Lake Los Angeles.

In the home were also his four children who were living in filthy conditions. The children ranged in ages from 5 years old to 12 years old. The Department of Children and Family Services responded and took custody of the children.

Suspect Hardy was charged with cultivating marijuana, possession of marijuana for sales, and child endangerment.

Filed Under: Crime/ Safety

11 comments for "Marijuana grow shut down, 1 arrested"

  1. Emily says

    August 29, 2014 at 1:49 pm

    how much would you do for a dub?

  2. too close says

    August 8, 2014 at 3:04 pm

    Little closer to this …the article is correct and it was just his greed…the house was deplorable But
    The plants were well taking care of….justice is being served in this case

  3. Bob says

    August 7, 2014 at 3:07 pm

    Pot Plants being grown in Lake L.A? Wow,,,,, how unusual. Who would of thought! What a mind blower!

  4. Mike says

    August 7, 2014 at 1:22 pm

    He simply had to many plants. No matter how much they funk up the block as long as he stays within his allowed plant limits the cops would of simply left, provided no sales was happening. His ants are way to bunched up anyways. Peps it’s better to grow them wide, not bunch them up

  5. AV sucks says

    August 7, 2014 at 12:14 pm

    They just toss in the ‘children in filthy conditions’ line as a bonus to gin up anger for what amounts to a small-time grow operation. BFD. What proof does this article offer that the conditions were deplorable? No proof, just statements of fact without evidence.

  6. Gladys says

    August 7, 2014 at 9:50 am

    He got busted for growing the weed. The cops couldn’t leave the kids there alone regardless of the conditions of the home.
    I have seen a licensed daycare with trash and dirty diapers everywhere. Babies left in a crib all day. Bottle propped for feeding. Filthy kitchen with clogged drains and food left out on the cupboard for days. Clogged toilets that had flooded the house and rotted a floor out. Dog crap in the house and dead puppies in the yard. Trash stacked 3 feet high in the back yard, and the garage couldn’t be accessed except from inside the house due to piles and piles of trash. Rats on the roof and side of the house. Lots of strangers and “cousins” staying at the house for months.
    I saw it and the Investigators from Code Enforcement and CCRC saw it too.
    They did nothing about it.
    I think the authorities took the kids to make a statement (1) and because they could not be left alone (2) when they arrested him. Why didn’t the authorities call other family members to come get the kids?

  7. Isaac says

    August 7, 2014 at 9:08 am

    Not surprising he was caught, Im not sure if he has neighbors but having that much just out in the open and not expecting it to smell up a large radius around his house aha. :3

  8. Lizard Queen says

    August 7, 2014 at 8:27 am

    I’m sorry but if the kids were living in deplorable conditions then it sounds like GREED was his driving force and not funding his kids FUTURE!

  9. James Stouvenel says

    August 6, 2014 at 11:18 pm

    I feel bad for the kids.

    This guy needs his kids, more than his pot.

    Dude get your priorities straight!

    kids matter, not drug’s.

    • Ponder says

      August 7, 2014 at 8:04 am

      Perhaps the plants were the seed money for their college funds. Without a good job people will do things they never thought they would to support their kids.

      But then again, maybe he was just a troubled person. Hard to tell.

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