TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Topeka wants to padlock a house where police have been involved in 84 incidents in six years.
The Topeka Capital-Journal (https://bit.ly/2tBtxUS ) reports that the city argued in a lawsuit filed Thursday in Shawnee County that the house should be locked up for two years under the state’s nuisance laws. City attorney Lisa Robertson also is asking that a fine of $25,000 be assessed.
The petition says authorities have recovered stolen vehicles, encountered a self-described methamphetamine addict and collected numerous drugs and paraphernalia.
Jeffrey Patton told the Capital-Journal that there have been “run-ins with the law” during the six years he’s lived in the home, sometimes with other people. But he says “cops cause more problems than I do.”
It’s the first case of its kind that the city has filed.
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Information from: The Topeka (Kan.) Capital-Journal, https://www.cjonline.com
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