An example of a recent bust.

[JackTheGrower]

Not exactly law or legalization This is an example of what happened to these people.

Marijuana fraud defendant sentenced to 270 days in jail
By TERRY VAU DELL - Staff Writer


OROVILLE — A suspected principal figure in a large Butte County medical marijuana fraud case will serve 270 days in jail and pay fines totaling $36,000.

Prosecutors alleged Matthew Robert Eubanks was one of 15 individuals involved in an elaborate scheme to use the Compassionate Use Act passed by California voters in 1996 as a cover to illegally cultivate and sell medical marijuana locally.

Jail sentences ranging from 90 to 180 days have been handed down to most of the defendants who had previously entered into a joint plea bargain in the case.

The alleged mastermind, Casey James Wilkins of Chico, on whose property many of the illegal gardens were planted, is serving a three-year prison term after admitting to a separate money laundering charge. Four others are either still awaiting sentencing or trial.

Most of the suspects were arrested in September 2008 after Butte County sheriff's officers reportedly discovered the names of the same medical marijuana patients posted at six indoor and outdoor "collective" grow sites in Chico and the foothills around Butte Creek canyon, Cohasset and Concow.

On Monday, Superior Court Judge Steven Howell placed Eubanks on three years probation and fined him $11,000 on 10 counts of cultivation, possession for sale of marijuana and maintaining a place where the drug was being grown illegally.

In a separate civil asset-forfeiture action, the Cohasset resident earlier agreed to pay an additional $35,000 in cash in exchange for
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the return of some $140,000 in shop equipment that was seized during the investigation.

Defense attorney Robert Marshall said that Eubanks, who owns an off-road vehicle fabrication business, denies he was one of the 'ring-leaders" in the illegal operation, or that the seized equipment had been purchased with money from the marijuana grows.

Assistant District Attorney Helen Harberts said Tuesday that although she feels Eubanks was a principal player in the case, she consented to a grant of probation because she didn't view him as "a public safety threat.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

very intresting, and were going to see alot more of this.

 

[Hash Zeppelin]

^ I hope he has a bunch of cash stashed away to pay those bull shit fines.

 

[JackTheGrower]

I found their leniency towards the business owner interesting.. I guess that business brought/brings in tax revenue. That in turn is a part of the legal profiteering that puts pay in their pockets?

 

[zenoonez]

So a patient may only sign up at one collective? Or they were falsifying the signups? As I understood it a patient could register with as many collectives/cooperatives as they wanted...

 

[JackTheGrower]

So a patient may only sign up at one collective? Or they were falsifying the signups? As I understood it a patient could register with as many collectives/cooperatives as they wanted...

Good point.. Since some of these places offer acupuncture maybe another offers massages?

I'd like to join one with a nice pool.

 

[DIGITALHIPPY]

Good point.. Since some of these places offer acupuncture maybe another offers massages?

I'd like to join one with a nice pool.

what a smart-ass reply.

its obviouse that they copied the "caregiver" form, or there own rec, and put it up in multiple locations.

for pete sake ppl.

 

[JackTheGrower]

what a smart-ass reply.

its obviouse that they copied the "caregiver" form, or there own rec, and put it up in multiple locations.

for pete sake ppl.

Oh I didn't mean it as a smart ass reply at all.

I will have to reread to see how it could be a smart ass reply..

I'd like to belong to more than one club if I liked the member benefits such as a pool I can exercise in and maybe one that has live music and coffee.

I think I may have not been clear.. What those people did.. I was thinking about just the concept of different memberships not production issues.

 

[Ciarán]

Yeah I'd like to see dispenseries offer more than just cannabis flowers, edibles, hash for their patients. I guess its asking alot but I feel there are many more alternative medicines that can be used as well. Anyone know if theres any ordinances prohibiting the sale of other natural substances?

 

[JackTheGrower]

Yeah I'd like to see dispenseries offer more than just cannabis flowers, edibles, hash for their patients. I guess its asking alot but I feel there are many more alternative medicines that can be used as well. Anyone know if theres any ordinances prohibiting the sale of other natural substances?

I understand that there is at least one natural foods and other medicinal plants store selling medicinal cannabis. I have not verified that so any help on that would be helpful.

I also agree that if my collective offers something more than cannabis it would be nice.

Could be as simple as a monthly BBQ..

 

[JackTheGrower]

Hey I was just taking a break from a movie and thought to ask : Once the Supreme court publishes it's SB420 ruling I'm assuming I could have copies on multiple locations.

Wouldn't that be the case.. Such as if I wanted some white rhino from Joe and Grapefruit from Sue.. They grow a plant or 5 for me..

 

[Grendelkhan]

I think that the problem was that he was using the same scripts at 5 different grows! Hehe. That means that the cops had addition information about all this that isn't coming to light. The cops just didn't happen to find all these grow at once, they had someone who told them that there where many grows going on at the same time. It wouldn't supprise me that there was a CI jacket that was in the case. Meaning someone was a Rat. No uncommon at all. You have 15 people and you know someone made a deal. It happens. If your doing something like this you had best hope that you have good people that can stand taking a night or two in lockup. Plus I would have thought that the main man would have had some money set aside for bail and had a decent lawyer on retainer. I mean if your going to thru all that trouble to set up all that stuff, why not go the extra mile and plan for the worst case. Hell he should have just bought off the cops in the county. Oh well.