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And the stupid voters of California thought legalizing it was such compationate act. What a bunch of morons to think violence would not follow.
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Another pot related shooting. This one San Andreas. Grower got shot.
Calaveras County Sheriff’s Office said three people were found shot to death in the Rail Road Flat area on Tuesday. Investigators believe the shooting was the result of a marijuana rip-off gone bad. Deputies responded to a call of shots fired around 9:30 a.m. They discovered three bodies on a property near Rail Road Flat and Doe Road. Aerial views of the property show dozens of marijuana plants. Sheriff Gary Kuntz believes the three victims were hoping to cash in on the valuable crop.
“I think they probably got caught stealing or something, but yeah horrible,” said Mary Hauser who lives a few homes down.
“I moved here from a big metropolis never expect to hear news like this here and it is obviously extremely saddening and upsetting,” said Caslin Tomaszeweski, who lives in the area and serves as director of the Calaveras Cannabis Alliance.
Sheriff Kuntz said it appears the three victims were caught trying to steal marijuana from the property. The brother of the property owner chased them down the driveway and shot them to death according to Kuntz. He was now in custody as a person of interest. Investigators said there was no indication that the shooter acted in self- defense and are treating this case as a triple homicide.
They also said the marijuana grow on the property was within the parameters of state law. However, more and more growers are popping up in the area. Some neighbors are concerned that something must be done before incidents like this become a common occurrence.
“When government does not regulate a valuable commodity like that, it gets handed over to the black market and handed over to criminal interests,” said Tomaszeweski.
“If this is cannabis related, that it’s the last gasp of a black market economy and something we don’t have to see again,” he said.
Mary Hauser was hoping for regulation that would limit marijuana’s growth in her community. “It is all around us now and it never used to be. People are just selling it out on their property now because they get such big money. I don’t really like it,” she declared.
The identies of the victims have not been released, but Sheriff Kuntz said he believed they are from nearby Stanislaus County.
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