Pot raiders seize 53,000 plants, arrest 38

ABC390 wrote:

No matter how many people we arrest, pot is still easier to buy for high school students than beer. Keeping marijuana illegal does not benefit our children. It benefits special interest groups: the alcoholic beverage industry, the prison industry, police departments, government bureaucrats, and drug cartels.
Tell your legislators in Sacramento to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana. Visit http://yes390.org

Well said.

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we are sick and tired worrying about our family and friends when the visit us at Spyrock.....the drug culture, the desecration of property, the theft of our water, the disrespect for our rights, and strealling water from the Eel. It is about time law enforcement actually did something other than blow off our repeated calls for enforcement.
Maybe the EPA and Environmental groups should join the cause and prosecute these criminals after all the IRS not law enforecement prosecuted Capone.

Maybe they should all plead no contest, If it can work for a Ukiah Police Officer for a hit and run with property damage in Sonoma County It can work for them too..

"Arrested on suspicion of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sale were Stephen Mckernan, 33, of Laytonville; James McLean, 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Redro Vasquez, 37, of Springfield, Oregon; Stephen Caverly, 60, of Santa Rosda; Shaen caverly, 21, of Kailua, Hawaii; denise Hoge, 24, of Willits; Frederick Gaestel, 20, of Beuville, New Jersey; Ryan Zembo, 19, of Roseville; Joseph Hahnz, 42, of sacramento; Micco Chate, 32, of Vacaville; Chelsea Garner-Prohs, 27, of Riverside; Jessy Greulich, 29, of Willits; Erin Doncaster,23, of Canada; Scott McKendrick, 25, of Crested Butte, Colorado; Peter Laskarin, 36, of Steamboat Springs, Colorado; Robert Zacharda, 43, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania; Edwin Smith, 45, of Reno, Nevada; Kenneth Murray, 48, of Willits; Thomas Gorman, 47, of Willits; Kenneth Zabkar, 59, of Petaluma; Hallie King, 19, of Nice; Jeffrey Daily, 53, of Laytonville; Anthony Lazzaro, 25, of Trafford, Pennsylvania; Thomas Castell, 33, of Ukiah; Jennifer Struckholtz, 28, of Ukiah; Stephen Bernes, 51, of Fairfax; Lauren Kaplan, 44, of Laytonville; Anthony Crisanti, 37, of Nice; Brian O'Callaghan, 24, of Hutto, Texas; Dana Burke, 33, of San Ramon; Alfred Donahue, 62, of Oakland; Chris Lemay, 40, of Castro Valley; Nickolas Skarlatos, 61, of Castro Valley; Nicholas Theriano, 62, of Oakland; and Daniel Marinello, Luis Alvarez and Mendoza Diaz..."
This is just crazy! I know all of these people and they were on a day hike as part of a volunteer effort to raise money for a local charity. Oh, man! What a Roust!

To all the law enforcement officers involved in these arrests.

THANK YOU!

ABC390 wrote:

No matter how many people we arrest, pot is still easier to buy for high school students than beer. Keeping marijuana illegal does not benefit our children. It benefits special interest groups: the alcoholic beverage industry, the prison industry, police departments, government bureaucrats, and drug cartels.
Tell your legislators in Sacramento to legalize, tax and regulate marijuana. Visit http://yes390.org

Keeping pot illegal keeps the price high. Cigarettes are $7 or $8 a pack now and there are fewer smokers then ever before. Running the price of pot up by enforcing the law is a good thing. Lets get the price of pot so high that the kids can only afford to get high once a week instead of 2 to 4 times a day.

Willits Watcher wrote:

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Keeping pot illegal keeps the price high. Cigarettes are $7 or $8 a pack now and there are fewer smokers then ever before. Running the price of pot up by enforcing the law is a good thing. Lets get the price of pot so high that the kids can only afford to get high once a week instead of 2 to 4 times a day.

Cigarettes are not $7.00 to $8.00 a pack. My daughter smokes cigarettes and she buys them for $3.50 a pack and that's name brand. It's the going price. damn! is there anything you know about that is true? You have no idea of reality. NONE! Education is why cigarette use is down. Not high price. Only a idiot belives otherwise.
And let me get this right...your telling us kids cannot afford to spend less than $5.00 for a pack of cigarettes but can afford to spend $50.00 per eight ounce for pot? That's $50.00 for 3 and a 1/2 joints that if smoked 3 or 4 times a day would mean $50.00 a day according to your figures. Now you definitely put your foot in your mouth and proved ignorance on your part. Read what you posted watcher. kids can't afford less than $5.00 for cigarettes but have boo-coo bucks for pot? ROFLAO...just admit your dumb and get it over with. Quit showing us all of these examples and just admit it.

Just legalize it already !!! What a waste of resources when there are more important issues facing this c r a p p y so called country.

We need the U.N. to come in and institute a mj diversion project. Give us pomegranates and arugula to grow instead of weed. Or, open a giant public works reforestation project, or better yet a dam removal/river habitat one to give us jobs.
Lets rebuild our infrastructure, forests, and healthy rivers instead of jailing small families.
What a sad state of affairs for everyone involved.

wow, all that money and time spent on busting pot growers??? why dont those RETARDS go after the crack dealers and the meth labs and the crooked goverment officials who support this kind of idiotic law enforcment. and who really cares about pot growers? the state made it LEGAL therefor the goverment needs to start doing some real work for once in there lives, go after the mexican drug cartells & the other scumbags who sell coke, heroin, meth & all the other terrible crap, pot is HARMLESS, anyone whos says its not is a moron & or a republican religious fanatic who wants to push there FAKE morals on the rest of us. heres a thought legalize weed nation wide and that would fix our economy in a year! if not LESS. everyone knows the DEA is just as crooked as Bush and his croonies. its pretty sad we let a bunch of right-wing republican closet homo-sexual lieing thives run our country into the ground like this.

Willits Watcher wrote:

To all the law enforcement officers involved in these arrests.
THANK YOU!

Hmmm... first you say it is all Tom Allman's fault because you claim he "doesn't enforce the law." And you have even claimed he's accepted payoffs from growers. NOW you are thanking him.(you thanked "all the law enforcement officers involved" and he IS INVOLVED.). Have you had a change of heart or are you a two-faced hypocrite?

JOKER wrote:

wow, all that money and time spent on busting pot growers??? why dont those RETARDS go after the crack dealers and the meth labs and the crooked goverment officials who support this kind of idiotic law enforcment. and who really cares about pot growers? the state made it LEGAL therefor the goverment needs to start doing some real work for once in there lives, go after the mexican drug cartells & the other **** who sell coke, heroin, meth & all the other terrible crap, pot is HARMLESS, anyone whos says its not is a moron & or a republican religious fanatic who wants to push there FAKE morals on the rest of us. heres a thought legalize weed nation wide and that would fix our economy in a year! if not LESS. everyone knows the DEA is just as crooked as Bush and his croonies. its pretty sad we let a bunch of right-wing republican closet ****-sexual lieing thives run our country into the ground like this.

As someone who is not opposed to growers who grow in MODERATION- be it medical or recreational- or even small time mom & pops who respect others, I agree with only one thing you've said here, and that is: "legalize weed nation wide." Other than that, you shouldn't be sticking up for ALL growers because unless you know them all personally, you really don't know that they are all as "harmless" as the herb itself. Personally, I think the asshole pumping water out of the Eel River with a 4" pipe to 520 plants strictly for HUGE PROFIT doesn't deserve to be a part of the marijuana movement. That a.s.s.hole deserves to go to jail.

Been around/involved in the stuff most of my adult life, complete waste of time.

On a brighter note when it is leagalized/taxed/regulated the agribusiness will wipe out the vast majority of illegal and hopefully backyard grows, that way good neighbors don't have to deal with the side effects.

Former Ukiahan wrote:

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Cigarettes are not $7.00 to $8.00 a pack. My daughter smokes cigarettes and she buys them for $3.50 a pack and that's name brand. It's the going price. damn! is there anything you know about that is true? You have no idea of reality. NONE! Education is why cigarette use is down. Not high price. Only a idiot belives otherwise.
And let me get this right...your telling us kids cannot afford to spend less than $5.00 for a pack of cigarettes but can afford to spend $50.00 per eight ounce for pot? That's $50.00 for 3 and a 1/2 joints that if smoked 3 or 4 times a day would mean $50.00 a day according to your figures. Now you definitely put your foot in your mouth and proved ignorance on your part. Read what you posted watcher. kids can't afford less than $5.00 for cigarettes but have boo-coo bucks for pot? ROFLAO...just admit your dumb and get it over with. Quit showing us all of these examples and just admit it.

Every time you try to think, your wrong and every time you open your pie hole something foul comes out. You should give both up.

You are wrong.I smoke & I pay $5.62 for a pack of cigs. The ones you are speaking of are not the name brands like camel,marlboro,Virginia slims,chesterfield. The generic are cheaper.It might just be your daughter is fibbing so you don't know how much she is spending on cigs, unless she is smoking the generic. Very few, if none go for $3.50.

To Former Uk wrote:

You are wrong.I smoke & I pay $5.62 for a pack of cigs. The ones you are speaking of are not the name brands like camel,marlboro,Virginia slims,chesterfield. The generic are cheaper.It might just be your daughter is fibbing so you don't know how much she is spending on cigs, unless she is smoking the generic. Very few, if none go for $3.50.

OK...then they sell for $5.62 a pack. That's still not $7.00 or $8.00 a pack.

Willits Watcher wrote:

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Every time you try to think, your wrong and every time you open your pie hole something foul comes out. You should give both up.

The truth hurts doesn't it watcher? Haven't you figured it out yet? You can't win. You're not smart enough and have faulty ideas of what's factual and what's not.
As to my post above...why don't you respond and debate instead of resorting to childish name calling? If kids can't afford $3.50 to $6.00 for a pack of cigarettes how are they affording to buy the majority of pot grown? Those are your words. How are they buying pot at $40.00 to $50.00 per 3.5grams if they can't afford to buy a generic pack of cigarettes for $3.50 or $4.00? Answer the question watcher. Time to make your point here watcher. Or are you going to ignore me totally or resort to childish name calling again?

This country's marijuana laws are insane. Legalize it, already.
And, no, I'm not a user nor have I been in the last 30 yrs. And, no, I won't start using once it's legal.
As a society, we are just upside down with so many of our substance laws (alcohol, tabacco) but in any event, what about personal responsibility that comes in our "free" society? Maybe we should just trust in it a little more?

Former Ukiahan wrote:

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OK...then they sell for $5.62 a pack. That's still not $7.00 or $8.00 a pack.

I quit smoking four years ago. Two months ago I was in my local bar and just happened to notice that their cigarette machine was charging $8.00 per pack. I couldn't believe it.

Glad I quit.