The bust: So, in a nutshell, the cops, all 4 carloads of them, show up with a search warrant which was obtained by the officer in charge, by KNOWINGLY using false statements. Not a true statement on it. This can be proved beyond all reasonable doubt. Except for the coincidence that there WAS a small, personal use grow room found... The facts: The person named on the warrant was actually in jail at the time of the alleged "sale". The police knew that. The person named on the warrant was never asked for. His things were the things that were gone thru the most. His things were singled out to be damaged. The sale never took place, the individuals who supposedly made the claim, total strangers.* The rest of the house was gone thru half heartedly. The grow room was found, most of the lights were smashed and left behind. Some vandalism happened. They did NOT take any weapons, money, scales, they left the stash, the bowls, etc. Not at all the usual sort of bust.... The results: 40 small plants a bowl a few seeds One halide light So, the statement that was signed said cultivation only, no sales, for personal use... Then the cops said "well nobody's under arrest, you're free to go, have a nice day..." Anyhow, Lay your ideas on me. What do you think the end results will be to this? Solve the mystery. And I'll let you know what REALLY happens... ****SO, no matter how discreet, no matter how careful you are. No matter if you have never sold so much as a joint, No matter if NO ONE has a clue... You still can get busted by a total stranger and dirty cops who don't like the "hippys"... :nopity:
you got jacked. The supreme court ruled a while ago that even if the warrant is obtained under false pretenses the evidence collected is still valid, so i'd be happy you just got jacked.
40 plants in all stages of growth. Tallest and budding (few branches) were about 2 1/2 feet tall, about 15 of them. Smallest ones were 3 inches. Cut and dried as they stood, about $250.00 worth, max...
The small amount of pot, even tho it was 40 plants, was barely enough to keep 2 people in a bit of kind bud very day. Actually it was mostly grown for medicinal use... That room had been there for nearly 20 years, unknown to all...
mabe he heard rumors that you guys kept weed at your crib, and he came up with a false search warrant. he went in and took your plants and whatever else he took, and made no arrests just cause he didnt like yall. idk, just an idea.
The head dirty cop who hates you based the search on a hunch, somehow knowing you toke and that you never pick up from others. He knew that the search would be ruled unlawful if you were charged in anyway and it would backfire on him. So, to prove his authority over how you lead your life, he got his goons to ransack you house, just to prove a point. This is my town, and all you undesirables deserve to be treated as criminals, even if you are more law-abiding than every swine on my force. Move far far away, he will return.
I think you might have nailed it. Time will tell. That would expain why he did not take anything that HAD to be accounted for, like the weapons, etc. Yea, he knows we toke, and that we never go anywhere and don't really associate much with the known dealers in the area. I got high with him once when he was a senior in high school. All he had to say about that was, "oh, that wasn't me"! Move, yea, maybe it's time... Where is a good backwoods place, off the beaten path, and somewhat hippy friendly? :leaving:
What part of west-by-god virginny are you in? The nearest chill area is in Ohio, where possession of up to 100 grams is a 100 dollar fine and i'm pretty sure medical weed is legal. There are oodles of hippy-friendly college towns (cops tend to treat their town's greatest source of income with some lattitude) and festivals so i'd check out there.
I believe you got it Ironcore. Back in the 60's--70's we called that getting "rousted". I once had the cops pick the lock on my front door and come in. They got right in our face, calling us low-life's, fags, cowards and commie's. But they didn't take our weed, laying in plain sight in another room. Another time I went to a friends house with 3 girls. He lived very remotely, had no phone and he told me where the spare key was and I had permission to go inside and hang out and wait if he wasn't home. The cops had the place under survielance and they burst in a couple of minutes after we got there. They were shoving us around until 2 of the girls mentioned that their father was a Lt. on another police dept. Then they backed off. CA. is very MJ-friendly.
Calhoun County. One of the poorest counties in the US. Nowhere USA. But we want to get farther out there in the boonies...