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Re-Raiding Michael's Neverland
Police in Santa Barbara have no trouble at all finding Neverland.
Investigators with the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Department were back at Michael Jackson's fairy-tale digs Friday--search warrant in hand, something in mind.
What the something was was not known. The department said only that the warrant was served as part of an "ongoing criminal investigation."
Jackson, 46, has not called Neverland his primary residence since law enforcement first swarmed its grounds in November 2003.
That sweep led to a 10-count indictment that will have Jackson standing trial starting Jan. 31 for alleged child molestation.
The formerly chart-dominating pop star is accused of molesting a boy at Neverland, plying him with wine and conspiring to keep him and his family under wraps. Jackson has pleaded innocent to all charges. He remains free on $3 million bail.
f Friday's search was directly related to the current case, no one was saying. Mum was the word from Jackson's attorney, prosecutors and police. (The judge in the child-molestation case has all parties stifled by the strictest of gag orders.)
Jackson bought the 2,600-acre Neverland Ranch, located in Los Olivos in Santa Barbara County, in 1988. The Peter Pan admirer outfitted the grounds to include a zoo, an amusement park and numerous statues of author J.M. Barrie's eternal sprite.
One month after the first police raid, Jackson said he could never again live in his paradise lost.
"I'll visit Neverland. It's a house now. It's not a home anymore. I'll only visit there," Jackson told CBS' 60 Minutes.
Earlier this year, Jackson was said to have moved himself and his three children into a rented Beverly Hills-area mansion.
Neverland hasn't exactly gone dark since then. In January, Jackson bused hundreds of supporters there for a post-courtroom bash following his first arraignment on molestation charges.