Armed robbers steal pounds of pot from medical grow house
PORTLAND, Ore. – Police are looking for four suspects who they said robbed a medical marijuana grow house in Northeast Portland Sunday morning.
It happened just after 9 a.m. in the 9600 block of Northeast Everett Street, police said.
A victim told officers he was on the back porch of the house when two men approached him. One of the men hit the victim with a handgun and the two suspects entered the home.
A woman inside the house locked herself in the bathroom until the two suspects left.
The suspects stole several pounds of processed marijuana, police said. They ran out of the house to a waiting car with two other people inside.
The suspects who entered the house are described as two white men. A white man and white woman were waiting the car, which was described as an older blue or silver American-made sedan, police said.
The man who was hit with the gun was taken to a hospital with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Police said the victims do not live at the grow site. The home is only being used to grow legal medical marijuana.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked to call detectives at 503-823-0405.
Here is a situation that effects everyone around a grow site. Especially in east county. When a grow site is known to the world either by the way they grow the smell, traffic or word of mouth it is a potential danger to anyone around them. Responsibility and accountability is what is missing. From what we see and hear how many crimes in Portland in recent years relate to robberies with grow site is a regular problem. Let's look at this problem honestly and take responsibility.
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@Dr. Rawdog I see how your internet subrity is going. so how about them drugs?
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 @Dr. Rawdog  @Tom Mefford That's not so good..
Like the cops are ever going to find them and if they do, do the victims get their pot back? Hell no!!! It's evidence.
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And of course that "several pounds" of MJ will be worth millions of dollars like it always is on the news.Â
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Just make it legal and get it over with.
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The problem I am seeing now is the new crime element that a grow op brings into YOUR neighborhood. Grow ops now are EVERYWHERE. Even with a legal permit to grow, the "provider" still has to register his house with the state. So once the bad guys find out, the provider becomes a target for break ins. Unfortunately, this NOW could be your next door neighbor who just brought this element of crime to your block. Residential neighborhoods should NOT be used as places to manufacture. It is not zoned for commerical use, yet these businesses are popping up by the thousands. I believe growers should be limited to commericailly zone properties away from residential neighborhoods.
 @katufanman Growing cannabis should be completely unrestricted.
Legalize it. You don't see people breaking into houses to steal a sixer of coors.
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Yeah. Â These days, people only break into houses to steal pot............... and jewelry, and TV's, and electronics, and money, etc. etc. etc.
 @randomdude I've known of people who broke into houses to steak kegs of beer, which are worth less than pounds of marijuana.Â
 @randomdude You'd be surprised.
I give up.
Where's SE Everett Street in Portland?
The only Everett Street I know of is in NE.
KATU strikes again.
@Mipsfer So you've never heard of NW Everett?
So were these MMJ card holders dope smokers before they discovered that they had a "medical" need?Â
I'm not against someone using the stuff for legitimate medical issues but really Oregon....Â
Portland, lol. Just saying...
Were they armed with guns or sports cars? I wonder....
 @dboon4 You can't blame Gun Nut Conservatives for this one. They don't like Mary Jane.Â
 @TreeWizard I support both firearms and cannabis.
This is whats going to happen in WA when farmers try and grow a decent sized crop of weed.Â
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Hopefully the house is not being destroyed in the process of growing pot. Some growers use chemicals to make it grow. Others destroy walls and structure.
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Glad they were not hurt seriously. A legal grow operation should have good security, fenced area, alarms etc.
No matter what...some will want something for nothing
 @Just Lookin "A legal grow operation should have good security, fenced area, alarms etc." Armed Conservative?Â
Common sense actually...if you are growing or making something that some people can no do without...common sense should tell you to secure it. No matter what some people want a free ride, and do not want to pay for whatever it is.
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If I were going to grow something that many wanted to steal, I would make sure to protect it.
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 @Just Lookin I was agreeing with you. I think you missed the joke.
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Chemicals like what? Its a plant that uses the same "chemicals" to grow as a tomato. Its not a meth-lab its an indoor greehouse or hydroponics system. No need for the security, legalize it.
http://www.forensic-applications.com/marijuana/growops.html
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Do a little reading, it might enlighten you...or not
 @Just Lookin Biased article,lol. The guy makes a living cleaning up grow sites. Bad ones too, people who operate in these conditions are hacks, they aren't potheads, they are scammers, if it wasn't pot, it would be your 401k. Being around growers for over 30 years, I have seen a few rooms look like that and we had a name for them.......rookies
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The whole plausibility is laughable
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 @Just Lookin Interesting article, thanks.
 @Just Lookin Humidity does 99.9% of the damage.
If you know what youâre doing its not destructive at all. Most people can't grow a tomato without screwing it up, filtration, air circulation, proper lighting and soil balance is all important. Not to mention the light cycle and nutrient level that you provide for the plants; of which can all be achieved without destroying your home.Â
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 Its not a meth lab like many who would want to vilify cannabis seem to assume.
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You're right, humidity can do a lot of damage, thats why proper air circulation and filters aim to remedy that issue.
@Bio Sphere @jpk  Call them hacks all you want.  There is a major problem with many rental properties being extensively damaged by growers. Exhaust holes cut in walls, ceilings and floors, peeling paint, water soaked drywall & carpet, stains, elctrical issues. This is a huge problem and a terrible expense for perfectly decent landlords. If you can't even admit that, you really don't have a position on the argument. Legal growing should be restricted to properties that aren't zoned residential.
Sorry Bio Sphere, but I didn't associate myself with losers, I arrested them, then had to haul out all that massive greenery so it could slowly decompose in the evidence warehouse! And I don't really care about the odor in bars and strip clubs, or the other places you mention.
 @jpk Because those were hacks. They could care less about anything or anyone than profit. Must be nice to associate yourself with such losers. General toxic odor? That's real scientific, lol, can I say the same thing about bars and strip clubs and aspirin factories and car dealerships.
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Really? Sorry, but I've been to too many grow operations. And in all cases there have not only been major changes to the structure, increased electrical loads, and a general toxic odor associated with the stuff being absorbed by the walls, floors and carpets. Unless of course you are talking about one measly plant?
gee, i wonder why would someone want to steal pot? maybe because it can be easily sold around here. sounds reminescent of the bootlegger days of prohibition. the area they're in doesn't help either. oh well, i'm going to drink some medical bourbon on the rocks now
 @Phuzz How ironic that during alchohol prohibition, Alchohol was doctor prescribed to get around the illegality.
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Except alcohol will never be confused with medicine, but cannabis will, why? Let's see the Federal Medical Marijuana Growing Program at Mississippi State U in Oxford, MISS. Then there's the US Patent office, if you type in US Government and medical cannabis, there are over 154 entries?
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The real danger of pot smoking both physiologically and psychologically is between sugar and chocolate.
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Alcohol has killed more people, than anything other than just death itself. Cannabis, 0.
There have been legal medical marijuana growers that booby trap their grows in their back yard. One in the PDX area had a fire in the back yard and firefighters found nails up through the top of the fence and punji pits dug in the back yard. Glad no one was hurt badly, but it is a risky way to make money, and many abuse this law and go into business with the leftover crop.
Criminals stealing from criminals....so what
@sortbait "Legal marijuana grow"...NOT criminals. What makes it criminal is that weed is illegal (money, money, money for the cops/gov't.), while alcohol is just fine. Marijuana didn't kill that young lady in the revious article, a drunk driver did.
 @jasmin10  sortbait is just trolling for suckers.
I wil not rent to anyone who uses medical marijuana or will be growing medical marijuana. My insurance is pretty clear about that kind of stuff and it is on my rental agreements.
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If these folks move out and someone else moves in they are at risk for injury or death since criminals may not know that the grow operation has moved out.
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Growing pot just attracts the wrong kind of people.
 @RalphCramden While I would be in agreement with your exclusion...
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>'I wil not rent to anyone who uses medical marijuana or will be growing medical marijuana.'
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I'd be careful what I put out for public consumption on a discussion board. There's plenty of ambulance chasers always eager to pick up a 'noble cause' and rank up bilable hours (and then send that bill to the state) persuing housing descrimination cases.Â
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As of yet, there has not been a case sent before the OR supreme court specifically addressing the issue, but it is commonly held that Emerald Steel Fabricators, Inc., v. Bureau of Labor and Industries, Or. (2010). RE: ORS 659A.112 can be applied. ( the preemption is equally applicable to housing discrimination claims under ORS 659A.145.)
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...I don't know that I'd want to be the one who gets to expend tens of thousands of dollars on lawyers defending it.Â
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If someone sued me over the medical marijuana policy then I would just change the policy and sell the house. They would be kicked out and it would be someone else's problem after that.
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Currently it is a federal law to use marijuana and I get both federal and state money to pay the rent. Abiding by federal and state laws is important to me. I just might like to the be the test case on this one anyhow and force the state and feds to come to an agreement on what law is what.
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Not if we sue for attorney's fees which I always do.
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I have never lost a court case. I am very careful about following the laws and doing everything right.
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My current lawsuit is going to be another win. Anyone who represents himself in court is an idiot. He just keeps filing motion after motion and is just costing himself more of his own money as we will add all that on to the judgement.
 @RalphCramden  @MarkKpic I agree with your point, but like I said, leave it to some ambulance chaser with a 'noble cause' to go after a property owner in an unlawful housing discrimination lawsuit. No skin off their nose, they get paid either way. Either from the taxpayers, or in the settlement from you or your insurance company.Â
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Win or lose, you'd still be out the attorney & court fees.Â
Not to mention the residue and smell remaining when they eventually move out. Did the growers buy the house outright, or were they renting? Either way, the house will never again be fit for occupancy. Â
@jpk You dont know what your talking about.. The house is fine and fit for any swine to live their  Â
Somehow, neither pigs, hogs, nor boars would want to live in that sty.
This is a surprise? Ah, yes, the peaceful and mellow growers of "medical" MJ just like to live and let live, right? Soon someone will come on here and post that if it were legal, there wouldn't be any incidents like this. Sure! In the thieves' opinion, when it comes to work, they will always seek the easy way out and grab that grown by other folks.
Why didn't the robbers just drive across the river to Washington? Oh yeah,robbers still don't want to pay for it,legal or not ! Commiting a crime,while stealing several pounds,beats a legal ounce or less, every day.....Imagine that ?
 @angry1 KATU could print up a map of all licensed marijuana cardholders and growers, and get national exposure. Fortunately for Oregon, our local news outlets--regardless of what you think of them--have more decency than that. Pounds of pot will make you lots of money in the midwest, though.
@Playanekes I remember back in Nov. 2008,when a Jackson County newspaper,and an Oregon court, ordered their county's sheriff to disclose the names and addresses of all CHL holders in their county.It ended up failing in an appeals court because,once again,many Oregon sheriffs stepped up to the plate and fought for the rights of freedom loving Oregon gun owners.If it wasn't for them,and a court with common sense,Oregon might have been ground zero in this fiasco New Yorkers are now dealing with...... I think you're right. This pot has probably crossed the Idaho border by now.Â