LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Clark County workers, with police officers standing by, removed four patients from a group home for children and teens Wednesday afternoon.
While a county spokesperson said the county could not provide information because the matter involved juveniles, Las Vegas Metro police confirmed officers were assisting another agency that had a search warrant.
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“LVMPD is currently maintaining the peace while another agency serves a search warrant in the 3600 block of Dutch Valley Drive,” a spokesperson for the police department wrote in an email.
County workers stood outside the home for hours Wednesday afternoon with police officers present. The county would not confirm whether the business operating the home would initially allow them inside.
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State inspectors regained access inside the homes to continue inspections and investigations on Nov. 20, after Clark County District Court Judge Jennifer Schwartz dissolved a temporary restraining order she had issued on Nov. 5.
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