WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A West Palm Beach home transformed into a drug den was raided by a SWAT team, revealing a substantial amount of drugs and children in hazardous conditions—all linked to a 21-time convicted felon.
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) said that on Thursday deputies executed a search warrant on a West Palm Beach home and detained several people.
According to the probable cause affidavit, just before the SWAT team arrived, a Subaru pulled up, and the driver, identified as Ricky Fields, fled into an alleyway leading to the home. Deputies apprehended Fields and searched his backpack, uncovering two bags of marijuana weighing approximately five grams and $105 in cash…