{"id":601906,"date":"2021-07-24T15:50:47","date_gmt":"2021-07-24T19:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601906"},"modified":"2021-07-24T15:50:50","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T19:50:50","slug":"police-arrest-man-posing-as-homeless-outreach-worker-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-out-of-l-a-encampment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-arrest-man-posing-as-homeless-outreach-worker-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-out-of-l-a-encampment\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Arrest Man Posing As Homeless Outreach Worker For Allegedly Selling Drugs Out Of L.A. Encampment"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-arrest-man-posing-as-homeless-outreach-worker-for-allegedly-selling-drugs-out-of-l-a-encampment%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=601906&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Narco-Op.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department (LASD) arrested a man in the Venice neighborhood on Thursday who they say \u201cmasquerades as a homeless outreach advocate while supplying homeless individuals with narcotics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The department announced that Garry Featherstone, 65, was taken into custody on Thursday after hours of surveillance. Deputies said they witnessed him \u201ccomplete several hand-to-hand\u201d transactions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the afternoon hours of Thursday, July 22, 2021, investigators conducted the search warrant operation on a tent near 3<sup>rd<\/sup> Avenue and Rose Street, as well as a residence in the Venice area, and arrested Featherstone for possession of Phencyclidine (PCP) for sale\u2026and possession of Methamphetamine for sale,\u201d an LASD statement said. \u201cOver 15,000 dollars in U.S. currency was also recovered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Authorities said Featherstone is connected to a Venice homeless outreach organization registered with the city\u2019s finance department called \u201cHomeless Enterprise,\u201d which he allegedly operates from a tent encampment. According to LASD, Featherstone also used the tent as a base of operations to facilitate drug sales.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.2\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LASD- Man Arrested For Narcotics Sales In Connection With Venice Homeless Outreach Organization<\/p>\n<p>Click on link below for full story: <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qDjrbe9Ytc\">https:\/\/t.co\/qDjrbe9Ytc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 LA County Sheriffs (@LASDHQ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LASDHQ\/status\/1418755441656434689?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 24, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThis is another clear example of how several people are using the veil of outreach to run criminal enterprises and exploit the already marginalized population of county residents who are experiencing homelessness,\u201d said L.A. County Sheriff Alex Villanueva. \u201cIt\u2019s time for common sense, compassionate regulation of public space.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Sheriff\u2019s Department pointed out that the tent Featherstone allegedly used was in \u201cclose proximity to the \u2018Venice Bridge Home,\u2019\u201d a transitional housing facility that can accommodate 100 adults and 54 youth. The shelter was promoted as a way to reduce the number of encampments in Venice by moving transients indoors. The project was pushed by Mayor Eric Garcetti and Councilman Mike Bonin, both political rivals of Sheriff Villanueva.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.497126436782\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Celebrating the grand opening of a new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ABridgeHome?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ABridgeHome<\/a> \ud83c\udfe0<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Councilmember <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MikeBoninLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MikeBoninLA<\/a>&#8216;s commitment to bringing homeless Angelenos indoors, the Venice community came together to say YES to bridge housing and expanding services to ensure everyone has a place to call home. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Fj6vwwFQrF\">pic.twitter.com\/Fj6vwwFQrF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MayorOfLA (@MayorOfLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MayorOfLA\/status\/1232445452022190080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Villanueva, a Democrat, has described Garcetti, Bonin, and other elected officials as \u201cthe architects of failure\u201d for refusing to adjust their strategies to reduce homelessness as the transient population continues to increase every year.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related:<\/strong> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-sheriff-calls-progressives-in-charge-of-l-a-s-homeless-policies-the-architects-of-failure\">L.A. Sheriff Calls Progressives In Charge Of L.A.\u2019s Homeless Policies \u2018The Architects of Failure\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In May, Villanueva sent deputies from LASD\u2019s Homeless Outreach Services Team to assess the situation at Venice Beach and implement an incremental plan to \u201ccompassionately reclaim and regulate public space for the community.\u201d However, his efforts have been met with resistance from politicians, activist groups, and homeless service providers who Villanueva says don\u2019t want law enforcement involved in addressing the ongoing problem.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff said that his department has been forced to step in because elected officials have \u201chandcuffed\u201d the Los Angeles Police Department, which patrols Venice, from enforcing the law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time for politicians to stop using the homeless population as a platform and for them to either help law enforcement keep the community safe or get out of the way,\u201d Villanueva said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-officials-war-with-elected-sheriff-over-threat-to-clear-encampments-from-venice-boardwalk-by-july-4\">L.A. Officials War With Elected Sheriff Over Threat To Clear Encampments From Venice Boardwalk By July 4<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/l-a-sheriff-rips-gov-newsom-for-inviting-homeless-from-other-states-to-share-in-the-california-dream\">L.A. Sheriff Rips Gov. Newsom For \u2018Inviting\u2019 Homeless From Other States \u2018To Share In The California Dream\u2019<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Investigators with the Los Angeles County Sheriff\u2019s Department (LASD) arrested a man in the Venice neighborhood on Thursday who they say \u201cmasquerades as a homeless outreach advocate while supplying homeless &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-601906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601906","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=601906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/601906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=601906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=601906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=601906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}