3 missing kids found in home with meth and other drugs in Lathrop
LATHROP, Calif. - Three missing kids in California were found at a Lathrop home containing meth and other drugs, according to San Joaquin sheriff's deputies.
Deputies made the discovery after they pulled over a car for having an expired registration, authorities said.
Officials said they stopped the car in east Stockton and arrested the children's father, 49-year-old Michael Pinon, a passenger in the car and the driver 36-year-old Laura Burkett.
Shortly after the arrest, officials found the kids ages nine, 11 and 16, and their mother, 35-year-old Karri Dominguez, in a house on the 1700 block of Stone Cellar Way.
Drug paraphernalia and drugs were reportedly in reach of the kids at the home.
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The kids were put in the custody of Child Protective Services while they wait to be reunited with other family members.