Sheriff's Office: 5 arrested, drugs, firearms, stolen items recovered as search warrants executed in Racine

RACINE COUNTY (WITI) -- Racine County Sheriff's officials on Thursday, April 23rd arrested five people as they executed several search warrants in the city of Racine.

In addition to the arrests, the search warrant execution led authorities to recover stolen items, illegal drugs, drug paraphernalia and firearms.

Additionally, at one of the homes, officials found young children, and due to the presence of loaded firearms and illegal drugs, the Racine County Human Services Department assisted with the care of the children.

The ages of the five people arrested are 34, 33, 26, 21 and 18.

FOX6 News is not identifying these individuals because they haven't been criminally charged.

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