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Girl kept in metal box on pot farm for sex

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BrnCow

L.A. girl kept in metal box on pot farm for sex, authorities say

A missing Los Angeles teenager was sexually assaulted, kept in a metal box and forced to process marijuana for her two captors, according to a federal criminal complaint filed this week.


Prosecutors said the girl was held by Ryan Balletto, 30, and Patrick Pearmain, 24, who are charged with conspiracy to distribute marijuana, using a minor in a drug operation and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking.


According to prosecutors, the case was blown open when a Los Angeles police detective called Lake County sheriff’s officials asking about a connection between Balletto and the girl.




http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-girl-captive-pot-20130727,0,2687030.story
UPDATES: Pot farm raid reveals horrifying tale of teen's captivity



An initial visit to the Balletto’s 680-acre property in Lake County by deputies on April 29 turned up nothing. But the next day, the girl called sheriff’s deputies back on a cellphone, court documents show.


The girl told authorities she was doing “OK” and was with Balletto in Sacramento. Authorities traced the cellphone to West Sacramento, where police found the girl in a hotel with Pearmain.
Police arrested the two. Police also allegedly found a bag full of marijuana, prescription drugs, condoms and a pregnancy test.



Pearmain also had a notebook on him that had an apparent script for the girl to read to police over the phone, authorities claim. Sketches of a marijuana greenhouse and a list of supplies were also found.


DOCUMENT: Read the criminal complaint



The girl told authorities she was having consensual sex with both men, which officials noted is not legally possible given her age.



She said the men told her they were on a “mission” with the marijuana and that they were holding her because she was so good at “trimming” or processing it for drying.
On May 1, authorities raided Balletto’s rural home and his second home in Lakeport.


On the rural property, which the girl knew as “the farm,” investigators found a metal box with holes in it. Spray painted on the outside was the first initial of the teenage girl’s name and inside was a decal that “depicted an animal skull surrounding the shadow image of a human skull with the logo ‘Bone Collector,’” according to the court documents.


Human hair was found inside, prosecutors said. The girl said she was kept in the box for a total of three days and was given water through a hose. The box was hoisted into the air and tilted at an angle so when water was poured inside it would wash the girl and clean human waste out of the box, court documents say.
Authorities said they also found a poem signed by the girl inside describing life in the box.


Elsewhere on the property, investigators found sex toys and a wooden-framed “rack” to hoist and immobilize people. It was used for sexual bondage and sadomasochism, authorities said. A white towel below the rack had blood on it, according to prosecutors.


Outside of Pearmain’s trailer on the property, authorities also found a pile of “well-worn” disassembled wood, metal and leather.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-girl-captive-pot-20130727,0,2687030.story
UPDATES: Pot farm raid reveals horrifying tale of teen's captivity



More than 1,200 marijuana plants were found on the property and destroyed, according to court documents. There are indications the girl may not have been the only victim.


During a search of the Lakeport property, authorities found a ponytail of human hair inside Balletto’s gun safe, along with 17 guns and $4,000 in cash. Balletto’s girlfriend was staying at the home with their five children, officials said.


The two face 10 years to life in prison but have yet to be charged in the alleged abuse of the teen.


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Stuff like this doesn't help a fucking thing. I am not so sure some of these type of articles may be pure bullshit either! The theme - Pot make users crazy! There is a video on the original site below:
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-lake-county-pot-farm-arrest-20130726,0,2660533.story:tumbleweed:
 

Shcrews

DO WHO YOU BE
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this seems so bizarre.. That article doesn't give much info about the situation, unless i'm just too high to understand:

-how old is this girl
-why was she there
-was she being held against her will
-what happened to her (besides being kept in a box and being "forced" to trim weed)
 

b00m

~No Guts~ ~No Glory~
Mentor
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:yoinks: There are some seriously sick frackers in this world :nono:
Glad she is now free.
 

CosmicGiggle

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Moderator
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'The girl told authorities she was having consensual sex with both men'

..... sick, sick story all around, makes you wonder what kinda life this kid was living before she was snatched.:fsu:
 

yortbogey

To Have More ... Desire Less
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those fracking f00ls need to be locked in "thebox"... and throw away the key....
 

teemu shalanie

WeeDGamE StannisBaratheoN
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damn , she got away ,...... now we gotta trim again..... jeez GUYS trimming aint that BAd.

heh be honest ,.... we have all thought it , just these fuks actually did it
shame on them....

TS
 

fuzzdog

Member
Im living in NorCal........These "idiots", and this type of "out of line behavior" only helps to fuel those people that will blame it on the "Plant" not the person...... they attempt to lead people to believe that all Ganja Farmers, are sick, deranged, and criminal.

Just hope the news drops the story soon..... we dont need that kind of press... specially at this stage of the season....


Until again.....
the Dog
 

FirstTracks

natural medicator
Veteran
Police report Thats linked says she was 15. Pretty horrible way to keep a person. Gotta wonder if they'd done this before and/or if more girls in boxes that nobody has mentioned are on the property. They marked that box with her initial......so was that just so they could remember her name, or so they could differentiate from the others.

This is some sad depraved stuff. Both these guys are scumbags for dong that. Grow all the weed you want, but don't imprison little girls to help with it. With the volume these guys seem like they had going and 680 acres of land, they could have housed, fed, and paid a full time work/trim crew that didn't leave the farm.

Feel like a lot of the general public won't get that these guys would have acted this way no matter what they were doing and not just because they were growing. Greedy, selfish, manipulating assholes.
 

Rob547

East Coast Grower
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I think the creepiest part was the human hair in the guys safe, I've seen that once before, on Dexter lol, serial killer trophies.
Honestly I don't think its really that absurd to imagine a teen/some people might be (mostly) ok with sex, bondage, torture, maybe even staying in a box, people are fucked up. Obviously not advocating any of this, but I think theres a big difference if it really was consensual or if she was kidnapped and tortured.
 

foomar

Luddite
ICMag Donor
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heh be honest ,.... we have all thought it , just these fuks actually did it

Speak for yourself , sicko .

If you really fantasize about sexually abusing a minor you should get help now.
 

minds_I

Active member
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..... we dont need that kind of press... specially at this stage of the season....

Hello all,

This screams a by-product of black market cannabis.

These these obscene acts should be used to promote the legalization of cannabis and further contrast the evils of the black market.

minds_I
 

Jhhnn

Active member
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Any profitable black market activity will attract psychopaths. In those roles, they get to be more of what they want to be than elsewhere. They exploit the cannabis community and any community where they can depend on what really is a code of silence. These guys are a very extreme example, totally over the edge. OTOH, I'm sure we've all known some truly abusive outlaws through our association with cannabis.

Which is why cannabis and a lot of other things need to be legal. Outside of that code of silence, psychopaths must modify their behavior to stay free. That's the best we can hope for.
 

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