Drug House Shut Down

Janesville, WI: (Mar-21-08) The city brought charges against Lynn A. Johnston, the primary resident and acting landlord of a drug house, and Evelyn M. Garrity, owner of the property, alleging that the house was a public nuisance. The suit, filed in October 2007, claimed that the house endangered the comfort, health and safety of the public. The city's lawsuit detailed several drug-related incidents between February 2003 and July 2007 at the house at 1213 Birchwood Drive and petitioned the court to declare the house a public nuisance.

The suit stated that the Walworth County sheriff's deputies executed a search warrant at the house Feb. 7, 2003, and found marijuana, heroin, powder cocaine, crack cocaine, drug paraphernalia and $235 cash. Following that, Delavan police responded to a theft complaint at the house Jun. 1, 2004. Investigations showed the presence of prescription drugs and empty prescription bottles. Several following searches turned up evidence of huge quantities of marijuana.

The parties reached a settlement, in which Garrity, owner of the property must sell it, and pay the city $25,000 under an out-of-court agreement. [THE JANESVILLE GAZETTE: DELAVAN DRUG HOUSE DECLARED PUBLIC NUISANCE, SHUT DOWN]

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Published on Mar-25-08