Here is the Link: http://wral.com/news/local/story/2269876/
SUCH BULLSHIT!!!!!! A man lost his life for growing a plant. I also find it interesting how they say he was manufactoring marijuana! I wonder if they accidently shot one of there own men during the raid.
Raleigh — Authorities seized 43 marijuana plants, among other items, from the Raleigh house where a man was shot to death as Wake County deputies served a search warrant on him.
A deputy was also shot during the Jan. 4 incident but survived.
More than a dozen law enforcement officers were serving a search warrant at the Alpine Drive home as part of a two-month investigation by Wake County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board officers into an alleged indoor marijuana-growing operation, authorities said.
Stephen Scott Thornton, who authorities said was using the name Scott Monaco, was shot inside the home and died at WakeMed a few hours later.
Search warrants showed that authorities seized 45 items from the house, including multiple bags of “green vegetable material,” which is believed to be marijuana. Chemical lights and 43 marijuana plants were also taken.
ABC officers did surveillance on the house after getting a tip that marijuana was being manufactured and sold at the house, according to an affidavit.
On Jan. 3, authorities examined the trash and found marijuana stems and plant material thought to be marijuana. It tested positive, the affidavit said.
Thornton, 45, was wanted in Texas on drug and firearms charges, authorities said. The U.S. Marshal's Service had a full extradition order in place to return him to the Dallas area upon arrest.
Sgt. Ronnie Byrd, a member of the Wake County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team, was shot in the leg. Byrd, 37, has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1997.
"We did make a forced entry into the house. Shots were fired," Sheriff Donnie Harrison said.
Harrison declined to say how the shooting unfolded – who fired first and whether Thornton had been shot by a deputy.
SUCH BULLSHIT!!!!!! A man lost his life for growing a plant. I also find it interesting how they say he was manufactoring marijuana! I wonder if they accidently shot one of there own men during the raid.
Raleigh — Authorities seized 43 marijuana plants, among other items, from the Raleigh house where a man was shot to death as Wake County deputies served a search warrant on him.
A deputy was also shot during the Jan. 4 incident but survived.
More than a dozen law enforcement officers were serving a search warrant at the Alpine Drive home as part of a two-month investigation by Wake County Alcoholic Beverage Control Board officers into an alleged indoor marijuana-growing operation, authorities said.
Stephen Scott Thornton, who authorities said was using the name Scott Monaco, was shot inside the home and died at WakeMed a few hours later.
Search warrants showed that authorities seized 45 items from the house, including multiple bags of “green vegetable material,” which is believed to be marijuana. Chemical lights and 43 marijuana plants were also taken.
ABC officers did surveillance on the house after getting a tip that marijuana was being manufactured and sold at the house, according to an affidavit.
On Jan. 3, authorities examined the trash and found marijuana stems and plant material thought to be marijuana. It tested positive, the affidavit said.
Thornton, 45, was wanted in Texas on drug and firearms charges, authorities said. The U.S. Marshal's Service had a full extradition order in place to return him to the Dallas area upon arrest.
Sgt. Ronnie Byrd, a member of the Wake County Sheriff's Office Special Response Team, was shot in the leg. Byrd, 37, has been with the Sheriff's Office since 1997.
"We did make a forced entry into the house. Shots were fired," Sheriff Donnie Harrison said.
Harrison declined to say how the shooting unfolded – who fired first and whether Thornton had been shot by a deputy.
) And have seen with my own eyes officers and detectives planting evidence in a search warrent when they came up short and couldnt find what they were looking for. I would want to say something at times but have never been one to rat. To me thats the worst thing you can be. 
