People v. Cross CA2/8

BACKGROUND

According to the probations reports, defendants were lawfully evicted from their apartment by a Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department’s lockout on October 2, 2014. That day, the landlord, Khader Chacck Azzuz, changed the locks to the apartment. He was later informed that defendants had moved back into the apartment, and on October 14, 2014, Mr. Azzuz went to the apartment, and saw that the bottom lock on the front door had been replaced, and that his key did not work. Mr. Azzuz contacted the sheriff’s department, and on October 17, 2014, deputies went to the apartment, announced their presence, and made a forced entry after the apartment’s occupants refused to open the door. Both defendants, and three minor children, were found in the apartment. Deputies found eight marijuana plants in the apartment. There was no electricity, and garbage was strewn all over the floor. When defendant Williams was questioned, he admitted to changing the apartment’s lock, claiming the apartment belonged to him. Defendants were arrested.

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A contested restitution hearing was held on February 26, 2015. At the hearing, Mr.…