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CTV News
14-07-2025
- CTV News
Drug house in Mill Woods shut down after decade of disturbances
Alberta Sheriffs have closed down a house in Mill Woods after 10 years of complaints from neighbours about drug and criminal activity there. After 10 years of complaints from neighbours over drug and criminal activity, a house in Mill Woods has been closed by provincial sheriffs. The Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit of the Alberta Sheriffs received a court order to close the southeast Edmonton property at 6707 32 Ave. for 90 days. All people living in the home, including the property owner, were required to leave it under the order starting Thursday. The house has been boarded up and fenced off, and has had its locks changed. The moves to close down the house have neighbours feeling relieved and safer after enduring disturbances and property damage over the years. Pauline Wilson, who lives two doors down from the house, said people coming and going from the house would make a lot of noise, describing 'yelling and screaming over there.' She said once she and her neighbours petitioned the sheriffs and the City of Edmonton, officials moved quickly to shut it down in a month's time, Wilson said. Drug house Alberta Sheriffs have closed down a house in Mill Woods after 10 years of complaints from neighbours about drug and criminal activity there. (Miriam Valdes-Carletti/CTV News Edmonton) 'It's about time they started cracking down on these places,' she told CTV News Edmonton on Sunday. 'They're not good for a neighbourhood. They're not good for children. It makes the whole neighbourhood safer, and I'm really glad they're gone.' Pyol Awac, who lives across the street from the problem house for seven years, said he and his family dealt with damage to their vehicle by people associated with the house. They had to park their vehicle behind the house to avoid further damage, but now, his wife feels comfortable enough to park it in front of their house again. 'I'm safe now, better than before,' he told CTV News Edmonton. Since 2009, SCAN has investigated the property six times, twice resulting in orders temporarily closing the house and evicting people living there. Police had visited the property more than 250 times since the start of 2015. There were two fatal drug overdoses at the house in 2022. People who lodged complaints with police reported suspicious people, assaults, drug possession and drug trafficking at the property. SCAN told CTV News Edmonton the owner of the property now plans to sell it. Karen Teng, the city councillor who represents the area, said efforts by the neighbours to report the activity at the house was key in helping the city and police take action to deal with it. 'Based on what I'm hearing and what I'm understanding, it takes some time, neighbours reporting, all those things matter,' Teng told CTV News Edmonton last week. 'This is why we have dedicated policies, dedicated resources. This is why we're taking a multi-disciplinary approach to this ... some of these properties are fairly complex. You may not run into one issue – gang violence, for example – you may run into homelessness and housing issues or squatting, so it does take a concerted effort.' Since it began in 2008, the SCAN unit has investigated more than 10,000 properties and has issued more than 130 community safety orders. With files from CTV News Edmonton's Sean McClune
CTV News
10-07-2025
- CTV News
Sheriffs shut down drug house that police visited 250 times in the last decade
A problem property at 6707 32 Ave in Edmonton, which has been a source of drug and criminal activity for over a decade, was shut down by Alberta Sheriffs on July 10, 2025. (Google Images) Alberta Sheriffs have closed down a problem property in southeast Edmonton that has been a source of drug and criminal activity for a decade. A statement from the Government of Alberta issued Thursday afternoon said the Sheriffs' Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit obtained a court order against the homeowners of 6707 32 Ave. The property will be closed for 90 days starting Thursday at noon. All individuals – including the property owner – are ordered to vacate the premises. The house will be boarded up, fenced and all the locks will be changed. SCAN has investigated the property six times since 2009. The operation has seen two previous community safety orders that saw the home temporarily evicted and shuttered. Since January 2015, Edmonton police have visited the home more than 250 times. The house has been a hub for illegal drug trafficking and abuse, as well as two fatal overdoses. Neighbours reported suspicious people coming and going from the home, assaults, drug possession and drug trafficking. Community safety order conditions will remain in effect until Oct. 8.
BBC News
04-07-2025
- BBC News
'Party' flat where suspected sex work took place shut down
A holiday rental flat which was frequently used for late-night parties and suspected "drug activity" and sex work has been shut down by the council.A closure order was made to allow the leaseholder to "regain control" of the two-bedroom, first-floor apartment on City Road in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester. The order means the flat will be closed to anyone but authorised personnel for three months, Trafford Council said. The local authority said the flat was the subject of complaints by nearby residents after it was used for months for parties, suspected sex work and "visits from masked individuals on electric bikes". It said the flat was being sublet by a property firm using an online booking the council said, was a breach of its lease. Councillor Rose Thompson, executive member for communities and safety, said: "No-one should have to put up with the levels of disruption and fear experienced by neighbours in this case."We will continue to do all we can to protect residents and uphold community safety." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Manchester on Sounds and follow BBC Manchester on Facebook, X, and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
CTV News
04-06-2025
- CTV News
Fort Sask. home closed after almost 100 calls to RCMP, multiple arrests
12 Elizabeth Drive in Fort Saskatchewan can be seen in a Google image from September 2023. (Photo: Google Street View) Alberta Sheriffs have shuttered a home they say was disrupting a neighbourhood in Fort Saskatchewan with drug and criminal activity. The home at 12 Elizabeth Drive was the source of 25 complaints between January and August 2024 – including complaints of suspicious persons, assaults, drug possession and drug trafficking. Alberta Sheriffs report that RCMP arrested several occupants of the property throughout the year, and EMS and RCMP attended two drug overdoses at the home that September. 'Since 2022, RCMP have had almost 100 calls for service ranging from disturbances, assaults, mischief and thefts at this property,' said Fort Saskatchewan RCMP Staff Sgt. Scott Lande. A warning letter was sent to the property owner and primary resident in November. The Alberta Sheriffs' Safer Communities and Neighbourhoods (SCAN) unit closed it Wednesday at noon using a community safety order. The property will be boarded up, fenced off and all the locks will be changed. Everyone there was made to leave – including the former property owner – and no one will be allowed onto the property for 90 days. 'I want to thank SCAN and the Fort Saskatchewan RCMP for their dedication in helping residents take back their neighbourhood by shutting down a long-standing problem property that put the community at risk,' said Mike Ellis, minister of public safety and emergency services. Since it was created in 2008, SCAN has issued more than 130 community safety orders.
Yahoo
24-05-2025
- Yahoo
Landlord of house in Baker-Donora neighborhood speaks out
LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — The owner of a two-apartment property where police conducted a Tuesday as part of an ongoing is speaking out. The property owner, who asked not to be named because of concerns related to her ability to travel back to her home country of China, says she notified police about alleged drug activity and began working with them in mid-February – a month after she agreed to rent the property to a brother-sister duo. Identities, charges of most in May 20 raid unknown The rental agreement was signed on Jan. 23. Within weeks, she says neighbors were complaining about increased foot traffic to the second-floor apartment and people she referred to as 'homeless' exiting and entering the property as well as staying there. She provided 6 News with text messages from the Lansing Police Department Special Operations Division. 6 News has removed the identity of the renters, who have not been charged with any crimes, and the identity of an officer from the department. LPD Assistant Chief Eric Pratl declined to confirm the authenticity of the text messages in an email to 6 News on Friday. 'Any such communication would be part of an active investigation and LPD will not release or comment on it,' Pratl wrote. '[The landlord] is free to share her messages, but from those screenshots, I cannot confirm the authenticity.' City officials confirm that the property was red-tagged on Tuesday night because the basement had been flooded with sewage backup. The 68-year-old woman tells 6 News that she was eager to address what she says was drug trafficking. She says neighbors, including the tenants in the downstairs apartment, had been calling police. An increased presence of police patrols occurred, but still, the comings and goings continued. The brother and sister also began to block her entrance to the property. She says she called for police assistance to investigate a higher-than-normal water usage at the property after receiving a call from the Lansing Board of Water and Light advising her to check it. The tenants stopped her from entering. Police said it was a civil matter. In another instance, she was able to walk into the property and found it full of people smoking, and a man and a woman in a side room, partially unclothed. The rental of the property to the brother and sister was done because the landlord says the duo provided her with a sad story. She says they claimed a series of health issues and a need to assist each other. She admits she was 'incompetent' in vetting the couple and renting the property, and says she also lost money on the rental of the two-bedroom apartment. She rents it out for $1200 a month plus $200 for utilities. As 6 News reported on May 20, the property properly certified as a rental under Lansing's Housing Code. She admits that's accurate but notes the story is more complicated. She says she changed inspection dates and meetings with Lansing Code Compliance officials. The reason? She was caring for her ailing husband who has since died. City officials confirm portions of her story. 'The property owner paid to have a rental inspection done on Sept 13, 2023. She canceled and rescheduled several inspections over the course of nearly 6 months,' Scott Bean, city spokesman, wrote in an email to 6 News. 'When it was finally inspected on Feb 28, 2024, there were several safety violations noted, and she was ordered to make repairs. She then claimed she was unable to access the property to make any repairs due to the tenants. At this time, the property does not have a valid rental certificate.' City records show she was sent a 'failure to register' violation by code officials on May 16. The property was red-tagged on May 20 when police reported to code officials that the basement had been flooded with sewage backup. She reports that the furnace and hot water heater have to be replaced due to damage from the sewage backup as well. Following the May 20 raid that resulted in 9 arrests, the property was red-tagged, but it didn't stop people from returning. On May 21, the landlord and code officials called police back to the property to remove people who were inside. Two people were removed from the home, handcuffed, and transported away by police. Only one person has been identified as facing charges from the raid. Mikhye Bowers, 24, a resident of Lansing and was charged with resisting and obstructing police, with a case pending in district court, Ingham County Prosecutor's Office Scott Hughes tells 6 News by email. A second arrest tangential to the raid and investigation was also made on May 20. Paul Mollett was arrested after he was identified by undercover officers watching the property in preparation for the raid. He was wanted on a failure to appear bench warrant. After he was arrested, police say he was found to have meth, and was charged in 54-A District Court for possession of methamphetamine. While the property was red-tagged, and was required to be secured to prohibit entry — Lansing Code Compliance did not do so. 'This was done at the request of the property owner. She informed Code that she was going to properly secure the property as soon as possible,' Bean, the city spokesman, tells 6 News in an email. 'As she was being very cooperative, she was allowed to make it secure herself and not incur a board-up fee.' The landlord tells 6 News she asked that the property remain open so it could 'air out' from the sewage in the basement. After people were forcibly removed from the property on May 21, she paid someone one to screw the doors shut. Within hours, two men, she says, arrived and used a screw driver to allow them to enter the property. When she called Lansing Police to report breaking and entering at the property, the officer refused to take a report. LPD Assistant Chief Pratl says officers determined 'no crime had been committed,' and therefore there was no report filed. She had to call police again on May 22, later in the day, when she discovered more people in the red-tagged property. Once again, police made a determination that no crime had been committed, and no report was created, Pratl tells 6 News. She says she is frustrated that law enforcement didn't move more quickly to end what she says was drug trafficking activity. She notes that code compliance officials can send a property owner a notice for an accumulation of trash or overgrown grass and demand correction within 7 days. 'Now you're telling me it takes three months to get rid of the problems in the community,' she says. 'Are they more severe in terms of the quality of the community than the grass?' Ultimately, she feels like she took the action of a responsible citizen and reported what she believed to be criminal activity. She says she participated in the investigation, providing information and support to the LPD Special Operations Division. But now, without support to keep people out of her red-tagged property, she feels disrepected. 'I'm the victim here. I'm reporting the crime. I'm helping the police officers to keep the community safe. I should be praised,' she says. 'I should be elevated, not make me feel that I'm causing trouble, and I'm the one that is the troublemaker instead of those that broke into my house.' She says she is speaking out because she wants to raise awareness about the harm drug sales and criminal activity are doing to the community. 'The thing about it —the thing is that if, if the people live in that community, if those people live in the downstairs of my apartment and suffered the same thing as my tenants suffered and suffered the same thing as my neighbor suffers,' she says. 'Would they do something about it?' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
