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Family and residents urge stronger action after fatal overdose at Sunland Motel; city attorney says contempt proceedings underway
Summary
Multiple residents testified about a fatal overdose and alleged ongoing drug trafficking at the Sunland Motel; the city attorney told the council staff is pursuing a contempt order against the property for violating prior court orders to stop illegal activity.
Several family members and residents urged the Santa Ana City Council on Wednesday to take stronger legal action to close the Sunland Motel after a reported fentanyl-laced pill killed a local man in July.
Kim Miller and Marion Crane, who identified themselves as relatives of the deceased, told the council the motel has a long documented history of drug sales, prostitution and violent crime despite court orders. “They sold him fentanyl-laced pill and died instantly,” Kim Miller said of her nephew; Marion Crane described the death as “a robbery and a death that deserves investigation.”
Miller and Crane…
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