SRO HOusing Corporation - Southern Hotel Raided for big Drug Bust!

After 10 years of residing at the Southern Hotel , operated and managed by the largest property management company on the east side of Downtown Los Angeles , Single Room Occupancy Housing Corporation , a resident dr was arrested... after 10 years ... this man had been living at the Southern Hotel for 10 years and finally was raided...

KPCC wire services

A man arrested after police raided his Skid Row hotel room and allegedly found drugs and several weapons remains in custody today, pending a court hearing next week, authorities said.

Jimmy Joe Dukes, 55, was arrested at the Southern Hotel on East Fifth Street, said Los Angeles police Lt. Paul Vernon.

Detectives seized five firearms, including two shotguns and a stolen handgun; a set of brass knuckles; and more than 300 grams of cocaine and marijuana, Vernon said.
Dukes was booked Friday on suspicion of five felonies, including possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession of cocaine for sale and possession of a deadly weapon — the brass knuckles, Vernon said.
He was being held in lieu of $105,000 bail pending a March 5 court appearance in downtown Los Angeles, the lieutenant said.
"Every gun police take off the street is a potential murder averted," Vernon said.
According to police, Dukes, a longtime resident of Skid Row, has a criminal history dating back to the 1970s, with a number of arrests but only one felony conviction — in 2004 for welfare fraud.