Crime & Safety
Lakeside Warrant Served; Not SWAT Standoff
A large party of Sheriff's Department personnel serving a warrant at a remote Lakeside residence is mistaken for a SWAT standoff.
The reported it received inquiries about a supposed SWAT standoff in Lakeside on Wednesday morning, which they said was not a SWAT standoff, but sheriff’s deputies serving a warrant as a follow-up in a drug case.
Santee sheriff's investigators and members of the Special Enforcement Detail served the search warrant at a parcel near Foster Truck Trail and state Route 67 in Lakeside, the residence of Jacob Pitman, according to authorities.
Pitman was charged with cultivation of marijuana and committing a felony while armed with a firearm.
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"The Special Enforcement Detail was utilized due to the remoteness of the location, and the large size of the parcel to be searched," according to a Sheriff's Department press release.
The Sheriff's Department said the warrant was served and the search conducted without incident.
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