Diesel spill fouls SoHum creek

An anonymous tip led to the discovery of diesel spill on Hacker Creek, a tributary of southern Humboldt County's Salmon Creek, and at least 17 landowners are being advised to stop taking water from the stream, ...

[paul]

How stupid, irresponsible and greedy can you get? Rather than growing outdoors, or even on the grid, this loser has created an environmental disaster. I hope the neighbors, who lost their water supply, help apply some country justice - it'd be hard to do this again if you can't move your fingers...

Indoor pot has bad environmental impacts, whether spilled diesel or running a coal plant in Utah to power your lights. If you're going to smoke, demand outdoor weed.

[Bernard Fokke]

It's OK they had the 215 card and in Humboldt County whe you have a 215 card you can do no wrong.

[burrito boy]

a-holes who do this should be shot,they give people who arnt greedy a bad rep.I hope they end up in a shallow grave somewhere

[There is hope]

(05-16) 11:07 PDT FRESNO -- Two Modesto men are facing mandatory 20-year prison sentences after being convicted of running a medical-marijuana operation that federal prosecutors labeled a criminal enterprise, authorities said today.
Luke Anthony Scarmazzo, 28, and Ricardo Ruiz Montes, 28, were convicted by a federal jury Fresno on Thursday of conducting a continuing criminal enterprise, growing marijuana and possessing marijuana with the intent to distribute.
The conviction for running a criminal enterprise carries a mandatory sentence of at least 20 years. U.S. District Judge Oliver Wanger is to sentence both men Aug. 4.
Federal officials said the case sends a message to marijuana growers and dealers who believe they are shielded from prosecution under the California law legalizing medical marijuana use.
"Scarmazzo and Montes made millions by exploiting and hiding behind California's medical marijuana law," said McGregor Scott, U.S. attorney in Sacramento. "In this case, there was no conflict between state and federal law, as their conduct was illegal under both.
"California's medical marijuana law clearly sets out that making a profit selling marijuana is illegal," Scott said. "These two set out to make as much money as they could as drug dealers, plain and simple."
Scarmazzo and Montes obtained a business license from the city of Modesto by falsely representing that their California Healthcare Collective would engage in "retail sales of natural health-care products," authorities said. In reality, they limited their business to marijuana sales, authorities said.
The collective filed papers with Modesto stating that it earned more than $4.5 million while operating in the Central Valley city from 2004 to 2006, investigators said. But the evidence at trial showed that the defendants actually generated more than $9 million in sales.
Much of the money was used for personal purchases, such as Scarmazzo's $184,000 Mercedes-Benz, prosecutors said.
The jury found the men not guilty of possessing firearms in furtherance of a drug trafficking crimes. The panel could not reach a verdict on whether the men had conspired to distribute marijuana and possess marijuana with the intent to distribute.
Federal prosecutors are seeking forfeiture of more than $200,000 in seized assets.

[hippie sniper]

This looks like a job for hippie sniper!
Nothing a .308 won't take care of.
Typical so-hum douche bag environmental terrorists.

[Killer B]

Ahh marijuana has never caused any harm to anything in it's existance. Officials just want to scare you into thiniking marijuana growing is harmful.