http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068 Rosamond woman arrested for Marijuana Cultivation This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:&nbsp; Thursday, January 22, 2009 Time:&nbsp; 4:25:02 PM Department Contact: Sgt. Robert Daniels Details: On 1-22-09, at approximately 8:15 a.m., deputies from the Rosamond Substation served a marijuana cultivation search warrant at 15310 Gaskell Road in Rosamond.&nbsp; During the service of the warrant, deputies located and seized 97 marijuana plants, in various stages of growth, inside the residence.&nbsp; Deputies also located numerous pieces of equipment used for indoor marijuana cultivation and other evidence which led deputies to believe marijuana was being sold from the residence.&nbsp; 58 year old Karen Trepanier Johnson, of Rosamond, was arrested and booked into the Central Receiving Facility in Bakersfield for marijuana cultivation and sales of marijuana.&nbsp; By: Sr. Dep. Tim Posey Rosamond woman arrested for Marijuana Cultivation This is a news release of the Kern County Sheriff's Office. Please do not contact the Sheriff's Communications Center. Date:&nbsp; Thursday, January 22, 2009 Time:&nbsp; 4:25:02 PM Department Contact: Sgt. Robert Daniels Details: On 1-22-09, at approximately 8:15 a.m., deputies from the Rosamond Substation served a marijuana cultivation search warrant at 15310 Gaskell Road in Rosamond.&nbsp; During the service of the warrant, deputies located and seized 97 marijuana plants, in various stages of growth, inside the residence.&nbsp; Deputies also located numerous pieces of equipment used for indoor marijuana cultivation and other evidence which led deputies to believe marijuana was being sold from the residence.&nbsp; 58 year old Karen Trepanier Johnson, of Rosamond, was arrested and booked into the Central Receiving Facility in Bakersfield for marijuana cultivation and sales of marijuana.&nbsp; By: Sr. Dep. Tim Posey en-us Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:32:36 PST 34.8327990 -118.4017780 <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Got 'em.</p> <p>Damn them&nbsp;marijuana growers ( and smokers).&nbsp; Damn them to hell ... !</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362308 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362308 <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Got 'em.</p> <p>Damn them&nbsp;marijuana growers ( and smokers).&nbsp; Damn them to hell ... !</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I wonder how much that law enforcement operation costs -&nbsp; first watching;&nbsp;and then the warrant; and then the bust and the prosecution and incarceration; and, &nbsp;then the post-incarceration watch ...&nbsp;of a marijuana grower?</p> <p>All for Maraijuana ... you go guys!</p> <p>You know, marijuana's legal in California.</p> <p>--virgil</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362354 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362354 <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>I wonder how much that law enforcement operation costs -&nbsp; first watching;&nbsp;and then the warrant; and then the bust and the prosecution and incarceration; and, &nbsp;then the post-incarceration watch ...&nbsp;of a marijuana grower?</p> <p>All for Maraijuana ... you go guys!</p> <p>You know, marijuana's legal in California.</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>And I wonder how much it's going to cost the taxpayers to clean up after her mess?!!!&nbsp; Marijuana may be legal Virgil, but growing 97 plants and selling are not.&nbsp; What you want to do in the privacy of your home is your business, however, when you have that many plants growing inside of your home, you are putting your neighbors at risk as well as the environment.&nbsp; Just where do you think she disposes of the chemicals?&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362375 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362375 <p>And I wonder how much it's going to cost the taxpayers to clean up after her mess?!!!&nbsp; Marijuana may be legal Virgil, but growing 97 plants and selling are not.&nbsp; What you want to do in the privacy of your home is your business, however, when you have that many plants growing inside of your home, you are putting your neighbors at risk as well as the environment.&nbsp; Just where do you think she disposes of the chemicals?&nbsp;</p> <p><em>What you want to do in the privacy of your home is your business,</em></p> <p>Law enforcement quite often disagrees with you.&nbsp;&nbsp; They've been known to invade homes without legal probable cause to do so.</p> <p>Disposes&nbsp;of the &nbsp;&quot;chemicals?&quot;&nbsp; She probably pours them on her&nbsp;rosebushes.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362380 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362380 <p><em>What you want to do in the privacy of your home is your business,</em></p> <p>Law enforcement quite often disagrees with you.&nbsp;&nbsp; They've been known to invade homes without legal probable cause to do so.</p> <p>Disposes&nbsp;of the &nbsp;&quot;chemicals?&quot;&nbsp; She probably pours them on her&nbsp;rosebushes.</p> <p>I'm sure law enforcement often disagrees with me, but then again, I've never had to worry about them invading my home with or without probable cause.&nbsp; Why? Because I don't do anything to warrant them to even *think* I am doing anything illegal.&nbsp; They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362393 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362393 <p>I'm sure law enforcement often disagrees with me, but then again, I've never had to worry about them invading my home with or without probable cause.&nbsp; Why? Because I don't do anything to warrant them to even *think* I am doing anything illegal.&nbsp; They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Honestly,</p> <p>Marijuana growing indoors can be hazardous - electrical fires, though, not chemicals.&nbsp;Marijuana growing&nbsp;is not meth production.</p> <p>In fact, it has been illegal since only 1937 - before, it was&nbsp;grown and used for centuries. And, we did it safely; we made clothes and paper and rope&nbsp;and, among many other&nbsp;things, medicine&nbsp;from it.</p> <p>Did you know marijuana seeds&nbsp;used to be a common food substance (crushed into meal)? &nbsp;Yes, marijuana seed pancakes.&nbsp;</p> <p>My suggestion to removing&nbsp;potentially hazardous indoor marijuana grows is decriminalization. The prohibition&nbsp;of it has&nbsp;never made sense anyway.</p> <p>--virgil</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362394 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362394 <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Honestly,</p> <p>Marijuana growing indoors can be hazardous - electrical fires, though, not chemicals.&nbsp;Marijuana growing&nbsp;is not meth production.</p> <p>In fact, it has been illegal since only 1937 - before, it was&nbsp;grown and used for centuries. And, we did it safely; we made clothes and paper and rope&nbsp;and, among many other&nbsp;things, medicine&nbsp;from it.</p> <p>Did you know marijuana seeds&nbsp;used to be a common food substance (crushed into meal)? &nbsp;Yes, marijuana seed pancakes.&nbsp;</p> <p>My suggestion to removing&nbsp;potentially hazardous indoor marijuana grows is decriminalization. The prohibition&nbsp;of it has&nbsp;never made sense anyway.</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p><em>Why? Because I don't do anything to warrant them to even *think* I am doing anything illegal.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>And then only with a proper warrant issued under probable cause.&nbsp; Not always done:</p> <p><a href="http://abesturn.com/2008/12/29/new-kopbusters-website-exposes-rubber-stamp-search-warrant">http://abesturn.com/2008/12/29/new-kopbusters-website-exposes-rubber-stamp-search-warrant</a></p> <p>.</p> <p><em>They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;And bigger problems than someone growing 97 harmless plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362396 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362396 <p><em>Why? Because I don't do anything to warrant them to even *think* I am doing anything illegal.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>And then only with a proper warrant issued under probable cause.&nbsp; Not always done:</p> <p><a href="http://abesturn.com/2008/12/29/new-kopbusters-website-exposes-rubber-stamp-search-warrant">http://abesturn.com/2008/12/29/new-kopbusters-website-exposes-rubber-stamp-search-warrant</a></p> <p>.</p> <p><em>They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;And bigger problems than someone growing 97 harmless plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> <p>Harmless?&nbsp; The plants themselves are harmless, it's everything else that she uses to create these harmless plants that I'm worried about.&nbsp; I agree with Virgil, the fires are the problem with illegal indoor growth.&nbsp; Thanks for pointing that out Virgil.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362404 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362404 <p>Harmless?&nbsp; The plants themselves are harmless, it's everything else that she uses to create these harmless plants that I'm worried about.&nbsp; I agree with Virgil, the fires are the problem with illegal indoor growth.&nbsp; Thanks for pointing that out Virgil.</p> <p>and this is what a sh*tty economy does to older people.....&nbsp; got the retirees growin and sellin. lol</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362405 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362405 <p>and this is what a sh*tty economy does to older people.....&nbsp; got the retirees growin and sellin. lol</p> <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anytime,&nbsp; Love.</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362406 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362406 <p></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Anytime,&nbsp; Love.</p> <p>--virgil</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>Yeah.&nbsp; We know those Jobe's plant-food spikes can be sharpened to kill.</p> <p>.</p> <p>If you're worried about fires, you have no problem with cops invading homes to remove portable space heaters, right?</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362407 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362407 <p>Yeah.&nbsp; We know those Jobe's plant-food spikes can be sharpened to kill.</p> <p>.</p> <p>If you're worried about fires, you have no problem with cops invading homes to remove portable space heaters, right?</p> <p></p> <p><em>They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;And bigger problems than someone growing 97 harmless plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> <p>yeah like the 100 other people in rosamond cooking meth in their garages.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362408 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362408 <p></p> <p><em>They have bigger problems then little ol' me, like busting someone who is growing 97 illegal marijuana plants in her house.&nbsp;</em></p> <p>&nbsp;And bigger problems than someone growing 97 harmless plants in her house.&nbsp;</p> <p>yeah like the 100 other people in rosamond cooking meth in their garages.</p> <p>RF, you are just way to argumentative for me.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cass, I do agree that cooking meth IS a much bigger problem, but I still take my stand on growing that much marijuana.&nbsp; If you want to grow a plant for your own use, that's your problem, but when someone is growing this much and endangering the people around them, then it's a problem for all to be concerned about.&nbsp; IMHO.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362416 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362416 <p>RF, you are just way to argumentative for me.&nbsp;</p> <p>Cass, I do agree that cooking meth IS a much bigger problem, but I still take my stand on growing that much marijuana.&nbsp; If you want to grow a plant for your own use, that's your problem, but when someone is growing this much and endangering the people around them, then it's a problem for all to be concerned about.&nbsp; IMHO.&nbsp;</p> <p>Illegal is illegal, no matter how you look at it.&nbsp; We're not comparing apples &amp; oranges here.</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362419 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362419 <p>Illegal is illegal, no matter how you look at it.&nbsp; We're not comparing apples &amp; oranges here.</p> <p>yeah 97 in a house is kind of a lot. i agree with that. i was just sayin that the chances of some crazy disaster happening with the cultivation of drugs.......&nbsp; meth &gt; marijuana&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362420 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362420 <p>yeah 97 in a house is kind of a lot. i agree with that. i was just sayin that the chances of some crazy disaster happening with the cultivation of drugs.......&nbsp; meth &gt; marijuana&nbsp;</p> <p>Illegal is illegal, no matter how you look at it.</p> <p>I look at&nbsp;it this way:&nbsp; if&nbsp;it were not illegal, those plants would've&nbsp;been in the back yard&nbsp;consuming&nbsp;sunlight.&nbsp; If she were growing apples and oranges under those grow lights, it would present exactly the same&nbsp;&quot;danger&quot; to her neighbors.</p> <p>You seem to have missed the point of this blog.&nbsp; The supposed danger justifying the illegality is&nbsp;*ENTIRELY* caused by the illegality.&nbsp; And if you think either California or the nation has the resources to waste busting pot growers, I&nbsp;direct your attention to the budget problems at both levels.&nbsp;</p> http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362425 http://people.bakersfield.com/home/Blog/BreakingNewsTeam/40068/#c_362425 <p>Illegal is illegal, no matter how you look at it.</p> <p>I look at&nbsp;it this way:&nbsp; if&nbsp;it were not illegal, those plants would've&nbsp;been in the back yard&nbsp;consuming&nbsp;sunlight.&nbsp; If she were growing apples and oranges under those grow lights, it would present exactly the same&nbsp;&quot;danger&quot; to her neighbors.</p> <p>You seem to have missed the point of this blog.&nbsp; The supposed danger justifying the illegality is&nbsp;*ENTIRELY* caused by the illegality.&nbsp; And if you think either California or the nation has the resources to waste busting pot growers, I&nbsp;direct your attention to the budget problems at both levels.&nbsp;</p>