Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor BALDWIN PARK - Complaints from business owners led police to a marijuana operation being cultivated inside a warehouse.
Officers served a search warrant and uncovered the $1 million operation and several thousands plants in the warehouse in the 13100 block of Spring Street Sunday, February 26. “BPPD’s Gang Activity Prevention detectives identified three adult subjects from neighboring cities involved/associated with the warehouse in question. The Baldwin Park Police Department expressed thanks to the community for providing information leading to this operation and others like it in recent months. Anyone suspecting illegal marijuana cultivation in their neighborhood or in business areas is urged to call the Baldwin Park Police Department at 626-960-1955. Remain anonymous by calling LA Regional Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), through the P3Tips mobile app, or lacrimestoppers.org. Written by AARON CASTREJON CityWatch Editor BALDWIN PARK – A police officer returned to work one day after being hospitalized for exposure to Fentanyl during a medical call September 22, Baldwin Park Police said. Police responded to a call of a woman slumped over the wheel of a parked vehicle in a residential neighborhood. Officers were able to wake the woman who, during the investigation, said there were drugs inside a small container picked up by one of the officers. “When the container was opened by one of the officers, he immediately became light-headed and dizzy. The woman told officers the narcotics were methamphetamine, heroin, and Fentanyl,” according to the Baldwin Park Police Department in a written statement.
Paramedics treated the officer on scene and took him to be hospitalized for narcotics exposure, Baldwin Park Police said. “Due to COVID-19, the woman was booked in the field on charges of possession of controlled substances. She was issued a citation and immediately released with a court date in the near future,” Baldwin Park Police said. |
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