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When BHO Goes Horribly Wrong

Sam Selezny

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Here is where I will be collecting the many BHO explosions that are in the news. Enjoy the read, it should be worth a few laughs. Expect at least weekly updates, three last week. Please be safe, all you have to do is go outside.

Deputies interrupt amateur chemists

Dec 26, 2011 - 03:22 PM
An improvised drug lab in a vacant lot in the Springs was broken up by a Sheriff’s deputy who intervened in an apparent attempt to manufacture hashish in a vacant lot in the 500 block of Baxter Avenue.
The deputy arrived on the scene at about 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 19, after an anonymous caller reported hearing noises, for about two hours, coming from two males wearing hoodies in the vacant lot.
As the deputy arrived, two hooded figures fled in different directions. The deputy chased one of them and found him hiding in some bushes on Liquid Amber Lane. When the deputy searched the young man’s backpack, she discovered three containers of butane, a piece of capped PVC pipe filled with marijuana, a lighter and three plastic containers with about 134 grams of marijuana, the equal of 4.7 ounces.
With the suspect under control, the deputy went back to the abandoned field and found a hammer, a metal bowl and another piece of capped PVC pipe. Her experience told her that the man and his now-vanished cohort were trying to manufacture hashish.
The man admitted to trying to make the illegal substance but the deputy interrupted the process.
The would-be hash-maker, Henry Morgan, 18, of Agua Caliente, was arrested and charged with felony manufacturing a controlled substance, felony committing a felony while on bail, possession of more than 28.5 grams of marijuana and resisting or obstructing arrest. Morgan was booked intio the county jail.
In other incidents reported to local law enforcement:
http://www.sonomanews.com/News-2011/Deputies-interrupt-amateur-chemists/

Cousins' Attorneys Say Drug Case Should Be Dismissed

FLATHEAD COUNTY

By KCFW Staff
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OMFG two hooded men on liquid amber lane, this is SURREAL




KALISPELL, Mont. -- Two Evergreen men accused of making hashish oil want their charges dismissed. Tyler and Matthew Shepard both took the witness stand in court on Tuesday.Both face charges of attempted manufacture of dangerous drugs.Court records say the two men were burned in a house fire after attempting to use a PVC pipe and butane to make hashish oil. Both men had valid medical marijuana cards.Under Montana state law, their plants were legal, but investigators say turning the marijuana into hashish is prohibited.Both cousins said they were not making hashish, or hashish oil, but rather a different, less potent oil."We were the taking a last little bit of our plant, which, by our understandings, was totally legal, and basically rendering it into a low parts per million amount of THC oil that you can infuse into cookies or suckers, which is what we were going to do," said Matthew Shepard.If convicted, the Shepards face up to ten years in prison and a $50,000 fine.

http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/30182853/detail.html

I followed the case and THEY GOT OFF!!


Man given probation for pot operation

By RYAN OLSON-Staff Writer
Posted: 01/20/2012 12:20:48 AM PST

OROVILLE — A man was placed on probation for two alleged commercial marijuana, hash, and marijuana refining lab operations on the Paradise ridge.On Thursday, Butte County Superior Court Judge Kristen Lucena gave John Brandon Sloane three years of probation, according to deputy district attorney Jeff Greeson. Sloane's probation includes a year in Butte County Jail.
Greeson said Sloane, 32, may also be released into a residential treatment program.
Sloane, reportedly from Georgia, had pleaded no contest in November to felony counts of cultivating marijuana and manufacturing a controlled substance other than PCP.
Felony counts of possessing pot for sale and transporting it were dismissed.
The prosecutor said outside of court that Sloane had faced a maximum sentence of eight to nine years for the two counts.
Defense attorney Michael Rooney said outside of court that probation was a just result.
He said Sloane had gotten caught up in the state's ongoing political battle over marijuana.
The Butte County Sheriff's Office Special Enforcement Unit arrested Sloane on Aug. 11, after searching a residence on the 4200 block of Pentz Road.
Deputies reportedly found 131 mature pot plants, 74 immature plants, 43 pounds of processed pot, two pounds of packaged keif hashish, and cash.
They had also discovered a lab for refining marijuana into honey oil and 6.5 ounces of honey oil.
Deputies later searched a Coutolenc Road residence and discovered another honey oil lab and a hashish extraction operation.They found 244 immature plants, 8.5 pounds of processed pot, 1.6 ounces of keif hash and 1.6 grams of honey oil.

http://www.chicoer.com/news/ci_19781888



Fire leads to drug charges

Small explosion and fire and Mitchell Street residence

By PaTRICK BRENNAN TIMES-JOURNAL

Updated 13 days ago


Around 10 p.m. Sunday, St Thomas Police attended a Mitchell Street residence regarding a reported explosion and fire. Police say 19-year-old tenant of an apartment unit within the building was using butane gas to extract oil from marijuana plants. This resulted in the ignition of flammable vapours and subsequent explosion and flash fire. The kitchen area of the apartment sustained minor fire damage. The tenant was treated at St. Thomas-Elgin General Hospital for burns to his hands. Police have charged the male with production of a controlled substance. He was held overnight at police headquarters pending a court appearance Monday. During the early morning hours of Monday, drug unit officers executed a search warrant at the apartment unit resulting in the seizure of several grams of marijuana and approximately 60 canisters of butane.

http://www.stthomastimesjournal.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3429672

60 canisters LOL not even a full MC


#1 story of 2011 according to Russ Bellville from the NORML network



Hotel explosion exposes danger of solvent-based marijuana hashish extraction

By "Radical" Russ Belville on August 25, 2011


Butane hash oil cannot kill you... but making it can! (photo:
A Best Western hotel was rocked by an explosion in Newberg, Oregon this morning. According to reports fromour local FOX affiliate KPTV, around 3am the windows were blown out of a room as a man who suffered severe burns admitted he was “cooking hashish”. A woman and a 2-year-old were in the room at the time, but not severely injured.
“Cooking hashish” is not exactly the right terminology and, from a public relations standpoint, an unfortunate choice of words. The only drug the public associates with explosions and cooks until now is methamphetamine. What the man was probably doing is making a form of concentrated cannabis.


This isn’t exactly hashish, which usually a dried, pressed form of cannabis concentrate, but a sticky or buttery substance that is also a form of cannabis concentrate. Its popular name around here is “BHO”, which stands for “butane hash oil” (or “butane honey oil”), though some will sarcastically say it stands for “Barack Hussein Obama”, as in, “hey let’s smoke some Obama.”
Nothing is “cooked” when making BHO in the sense that flame is used to heat combined chemicals into a new molecule like meth; rather, the butane acts as a solvent to extract the THC from the plant. There are other ways to achieve this – micro-mesh bags and ice water, for example – but the butane is used because it evaporates quickly and tends to make a more potent concentrate. It’s also dangerous, because it is a heavy, flammable gas that explodes at the slightest spark or flame, like a pilot light, cigarette, or electric switch.

This BHO is becoming very popular. While the prices of high-quality “flower” (what the BHO enthusiasts call cannabis buds and you might know as good ol’ fashioned “pot”) have plummeted in the Pacific Northwest to around $5 to $10 per gram, the price of BHO ranges from $20 to $40 per gram. Just as prohibition in the 1920′s led consumers and producers to seek the most bang for the buck, preferring whiskey over beer, prohibition today is driving the market toward stronger concentrates of cannabis like BHO. And just as bootleggers with lots of profit motive and little chemistry training led to clandestine alcohol distilleries exploding in the backwoods, greedy weed dealers without much common sense are messing around with heavy explosive gases in un-ventilated hotel rooms.
For medical marijuana patients, the BHO can be the only effective medicine, as smoking or vaporizing relatively-low-potency cannabis can be impractical and ineffective. My palCannabis Cure UK, a sufferer of Crohn’s disease, can make it through an entire workday* on one morning “oil hit”. Smoking “flowers” doesn’t achieve the same relief and requires hourly hits for him. Plus there is a zealous movement behind “Rick Simpson’s Oil”, a recipe that uses a cannabis concentrate oil, that claims it doesn’t just treat but cures cancer.
This in turn has created a whole new sub-genre of paraphernalia and terminology among cannabis consumers. While the oil in its more liquid forms can be spread on a joint and in it’s more solid forms spread over a pipe-load of cannabis, most oil enthusiasts prefer to smoke it directly. To do so, one must heat up a “nail” (a piece of glass or titanium) or a “skillet” (a flat piece of metal) with a “torch” (like a chef would use on crème brûlée). Then one places their “dabs” of “oil” (or “wax” or “butter”) on the “nail” or “skillet” and the hot surface immediately turns the BHO into vapor captured by a “globe” or “bell” (a glass piece added to a bong that keeps the vapor from escaping) which is then inhaled like any hit of cannabis.



Explosion caused by men smoking marijuana

By Associated Press
Sunday, November 20, 2011 - Added 2 months ago

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SALT LAKE CITY — The windows of an apartment in suburban Salt Lake City were blown-out after authorities say an explosion was caused by three men using a leaking lighter while smoking marijuana.
Cottonwood Heights police say Saturday night the lighter was leaking butane that was ignited by the pilot light on the water heater. The gas exploded and shattered three windows




Cant link the video... but it worth watching. Blood on the walls of this BHO lab... dozens of stitches to remove the shrapnel from his head. Yikes.


http://www.ksee24.com/news/local/Marijuana-Lab-Explosion-in-Sanger-122479514.html
Marijuana Lab Explosion in Sanger

By KSEE News



May 23, 2011Updated May 23, 2011 at 6:09 PM PSTA Sanger man was injured in a marijuana lab explosion over the weekend. The man was trying to create "butane honey oil". A substance that has highly concentrated levels of THC. Joe Ybarra has the story.


Same story, different video link: http://abclocal.go.com/kfsn/video?id=8146799
 

Sam Selezny

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liquid amber lane for the win in that first one. LOL kids!


http://www.kval.com/news/local/106087888.html
Explosion blasts door off fridge - and through wall

By KCBY.com staff Published: Oct 28, 2010 at 8:33 AM PST Last Updated: Oct 28, 2010 at 10:44 AM PST
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COOS BAY, Ore. - A small spark from a freezer ignited butane gas that had built up inside a home as a result of someone extracting THC from marijuana Monday afternoon.
The explosion blew the door off the fridge and through a wall in the home, investigators said.
No one was injured, but the potential for severe injury existed had anyone been in the kitchen at the time, investigators said.
The explosion happened around 1 p.m. on Monday in the 63000 block of Jerome Road in Coos Bay, Ore.
Investigator determined one of the four people living at the home had been extracting THC, the active ingredient in marijuana, with a method that used butane gas.
Sheriff's deputies and the fire marshal said gas had built up in the home. When the freezer portion of the rerigerator/freezer turned on, a small spark ignited the accumulated butane gas.
The explosion did not cause a fire, but the door of the fridge blew off and went through a wall.
One person was home at the time of the explosion taking a nap on a couch. Investigators said that may have saved her life. Anyone standing in the main kitchen/living room area in the residence could have been severely injured, they said.
The investigation regarding the marijuana found at the residence as to whether any of the individuals living at the home were medical marijuana card holders is still ongoing and the case will be referred to the Coos County DA's Office for review.




Bomb Squad was called in for this BHOtard situation. If these BHOtards had told the police what they were doing, they would not have called the bomb squad, and the buildings would not have burned so badly.
http://www.times-standard.com/localnews/ci_19875639

Church Street fire, bomb scare under investigation; bomb squad retrieves hashish extractor from scene

Jessica Cejnar/The Times-Standard
Posted: 02/02/2012 02:39:21 AM PST

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Investigators are continuing to investigate the cause of a fire Tuesday night that charred a Church Street apartment building and left an 18-year-old in critical condition with severe burns.
Firefighters were dispatched to the building at about 7 p.m., after neighbors reported seeing flames and hearing an explosion. The 18-year-old and an unidentified female were already outside the building when emergency personnel arrived on scene and were ultimately sent to an out-of-the-area hospital for treatment.
But it was what firefighters found when battling the blaze that ultimately led to the fire getting out of control, burning much of the building and leaving eight to 10 residents homeless.
Humboldt Bay Firefighters had largely extinguished the blaze and were mopping up when they reported coming upon a device for extracting concentrated THC from marijuana -- which they mistook for a pipe bomb -- causing them to pull back out of the building until the county bomb squad could investigate.
Firefighters found the device inside a bedroom closet in the apartment where the fire originated, according to Humboldt Bay Fire Chief Ken Woods. But upon finding the device -- not knowing what it was or what else may have been in the apartment -- fire crews were forced to evacuate the building and continue fighting the fire from the outside, he said.
In the time it took for the Humboldt County Bomb Squad to arrive, the fire had reignited and spread to other parts
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of the building via the attic, Woods said.The Humboldt County Bomb Squad was notified about the device at about 8 p.m. and spoke with a Eureka Police Department detective about obtaining a search warrant while en route to the scene, said Lt. Steve Knight of the Humboldt County Sheriff's Office. Bomb technicians arrived on scene at about 9:30 p.m. with the approved search warrant and ultimately used the robot to investigate the suspicious device.
The bulk of the damage to the building and its contents -- about $500,000 total -- is due to the amount of time firefighters had to wait before being able to fight the fire from inside the building, Woods said.
”We set up about a 70-foot perimeter where our people were not close, and we were shooting water in through openings in the windows and through the hole in the roof trying to keep the fire contained,” he said, adding that it took about three hours for the bomb technician to remove the device. “But because (the fire) was in the attic, it spread through probably 65 to 70 percent of the building before we could get a handle on it.”
EPD detective Todd Wilcox said it was necessary to get the search warrant before the bomb squad entered the apartment to ensure that anything found could be used as evidence in a potential prosecution. Additionally, Wilcox said, emergency personnel had no idea what they would find upon further investigation of the residence.
”You can't start taking short cuts when you don't know what you're looking at and what you're going to find,” Wilcox said, adding that police could have found a dead body in the residence and suddenly been dealing with a homicide investigation.
Woods, who went in with the bomb technician to show him where the device was, said there were still active flames when the bomb squad arrived. The technician determined that the device posed no threat, removed it, and firefighters were able to resume battling the blaze. Woods said fire investigators don't think the hashish extractor is the source of the actual fire, adding that the device was still intact when the bomb technician removed it. Firefighters also found butane cylinders in the apartment, he said.
Volunteer personnel with the Eureka Police Department blocked off Summer Street and Pine Street during the bomb squad's investigation. Fire crews were on scene until about 3:15 a.m. Wednesday, Woods said.
Bomb technicians removed a device that consisted of a plastic pipe with a cap at each end, Knight said. Holes had been drilled into each of the caps. Knight said the device technicians removed is similar to an extractor device made out of a galvanized pipe recovered during a marijuana bust in Hydesville Tuesday morning. The extractor device looks very much like a pipe bomb, he said.
According to Knight, manufacturers trying to concentrate THC fill the extractor device with marijuana and force butane through it to remove the THC from the plant matter of the marijuana. The substance that drips out of the device is the concentrated THC, he said. Manufacturers, Knight said, often work in areas with poor ventilation, and the butane fumes can pose a hazard.
”Any ignition source can cause it to explode,” Knight said. “These things are very dangerous.”
According to Eureka Police Chief Murl Harpham, police officers continued to investigate the scene of the fire on Wednesday. Harpham said he didn't have the results of that investigation.
During the initial fire, apartment building residents reported hearing an explosion before seeing smoke and flames. One resident, Heather Smith, who lives in a unit that faces Pine Street, said she thought the water heater might have exploded. Woods said firefighters haven't been able to confirm that yet.
With all the butane in the apartment -- Wilcox said numerous canisters were found -- it's also possible the explosion was caused by the combustible fumes catching a spark, the detective said.
Woods said it's simply too early to tell what caused the blaze or if it had anything to do with the hashish making equipment reportedly found on scene.
”We're looking at all sorts of ignition sources, the water heater being one of them,” he said, “but we haven't nailed them down yet.”
Firefighters responded to the blaze on the 200 block of Church Street at 7:04 p.m. Tuesday. At that point, the fire was centered in a second story apartment. City Ambulance immediately transported two of the apartment's inhabitants, an 18-year-old male and an unidentified female, to St. Joseph Hospital, Woods said. He estimated that the 18-year-old had serious burns covering about 60 percent of his body, and the female suffered from inhalation burns. The two victims were transported by helicopter to a burn unit, Woods said.
According to the University of California Davis Medical Center, the 18-year-old is in critical condition.
In all, firefighters evacuated eight to 10 residents from the building Tuesday night.
Smith and her family were busy removing furniture and other belongings from her home the afternoon after the fire. The living room and front bedroom were largely undamaged, but firefighters were forced to knock a hole in the kitchen and back bedroom ceiling to attack the blaze, which spread via the attic. Plaster, glass and insulation material littered Smith's bed and the bedroom carpet sustained massive water damage. Smith, who had been living in the home for a year and a half, said her landlord told her it may be four to six months before she or the other residents can move back into their homes.
Despite the damage, Smith said firefighters had managed to save most of her furniture, her clothing and her daughter's belongings. Smith said she's currently staying with family.
”I had just decorated it, finally turning it into our home,” she said, adding that she may move to Fortuna. “But everybody's fine. My daughter's almost three, and she's handling it like a champ.”
Out of the eight to 10 residents that were forced to leave their home due to the fire, all but two women were able to find shelter through family or friends, said Cris Jones, deputy regional disaster director for the Humboldt County chapter of the American Red Cross. The Red Cross helped the two women by putting them up in a motel for two nights and giving them vouchers for clothing and food.
Jones said if any of the other residents have additional needs, they can call the Red Cross at 443-4521 or the community switchboard at 441-1001.
Woods said the cause of the fire remains under investigation and Wilcox said EPD is continuing to investigate the possibility there was a hash making operation in the residence, and may refer the case to the Humboldt County District Attorney's Office for possible criminal charges.
Jessica Cejnar can be reached at 441-0504 or at jcejnar@times-standard.com.




Okay, we've skipped a few good BHOtard incidents. But this one is personal because I know this person, and a child was injured.


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Woman Accused Of Drug Explosion Pleads Not GuiltY




3:24 PM: A woman accused of causing a drug-related explosion that injured her and a 12-year-old boy at a home in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood on Tuesday made a tearful initial appearance in court today.
Angelic Cisneros, 33, pleaded not guilty to charges related to the blast reported at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday at 1228 Capitol Ave. near Ocean Avenue.
After a fire was quickly extinguished at the home, investigators determined that a butane tank exploded as drugs were allegedly being manufactured, according to police.
Following the explosion, Cisneros and the boy went to a hospital for treatment of burn injuries. As of Wednesday night, the boy remained hospitalized with injuries that are not life-threatening.
Police have not said what Cisneros' relationship was to the injured boy.
Cisneros, whose face was red and splotchy from apparent burn wounds, began openly crying when she was led into the courtroom at the San Francisco Hall of Justice this afternoon.
After she consulted with her attorney from the public defender's office before the arraignment, Cisneros put her head in her hands.
Prosecutors have charged Cisneros with six felonies--recklessly causing a fire causing bodily injury, causing a fire to a structure, child endangerment, attempting to manufacture a controlled substance, possession of drugs for sale, and having a house used for drug sales and manufacture, according to the district attorney's office.
She was also charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia.
Cisneros pleaded not guilty to all charges and bail was set at $350,000 before she exited the courtroom in tears.
She is set to appear in court again later this month.
Patricia Decker/Dan McMenamin, Bay City News

11:13 AM: A woman accused of causing a drug-related explosion that injured her and a 12-year-old boy at a home in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood on Tuesday will be arraigned today on several felony charges, a district attorney's office spokeswoman said.
Angelic Cisneros, 33, is accused of causing the blast reported at 8:50 p.m. Tuesday at 1228 Capitol Ave. near Ocean Avenue.
After the fire was quickly put out at the home, investigators were able to determine that a butane tank exploded as drugs were allegedly being manufactured, police said.
Following the explosion, Cisneros and the 12-year-old boy transported themselves to a hospital to be treated for burn injuries. The injuries are not life-threatening, but the boy remained hospitalized as of Wednesday night, police said.
Police did not immediately release the boy's relationship to Cisneros.
Prosecutors have charged Cisneros with six felonies--recklessly causing a fire causing bodily injury, causing a fire to a structure, child endangerment, attempting to manufacture a controlled substance, possession of drugs for sale, and having a house used for drug sales and manufacture, district attorney's office spokeswoman Stephanie Ong Stillman said today.
She was also charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia, a pipe, Stillman said.
Cisneros will be arraigned on the charges at the San Francisco Hall of Justice this afternoon.
Dan McMenamin, Bay City News
 

Sam Selezny

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Here is a bad one from 2009
http://current.com/16tim4c

TEEN DIES IN HASH OIL EXPLOSION

An 18-year-old Chilliwack teen is dead after hash oil he was cooking in the bedroom of a McIntosh Drive apartment exploded and burned more than 40 per cent of his body.

The teenager, whose name is not being released by police at the family's request, died late Monday at the Victoria Jubilee Hospital where he was taken for treatment of severe burns to his arms and legs following the Saturday morning explosion.

"This is a tragic incident that reveals the true dangers associated to drugs and drug production," Const. Lea-Anne Dunlop said.

Two female teens and a male of unknown age were also in the apartment at the time of the 11:30 a.m. explosion, but were not injured.

Dunlop could not confirm whether police investigators believe it was the teen's first time converting marijuana into oil, or whether he was producing it for personal use rather than for sales.

But she said there was a "relatively small amount" of marijuana in the apartment compared to what is usually seen in producing drugs for trafficking purposes.

However, along with a quantity of marijuana, police also seized score sheets and various weapons in the apartment - along with the isopropyl alcohol and butane used to manufacture hash oil.

According to an Internet website, hash oil is the most potent form of cannabis, but making it is fraught with danger because of the highly flammable butane. Isopropyl alcohol is not as flammable, but fumes can ignite when exposed to a spark or flame. An ounce of marijuana shake will produce 1-3 grams of hash oil.

Dunlop pointed out that there's always a risk involved in producing any kind of drug, from the fires caused by marijuana grow-ops to the chemical explosions in meth labs.

"There's always a risk involved," she said. "As a result of the injuries in this case, there was a man's life claimed."

"Our thoughts are with the family as they deal with their loss," she said.
 

Sam Selezny

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Total class act. This is the follow up to the above article about the woman who blew up herself and her 12 year old.

Defendant in SF apartment blast blames girlfriend

The Associated Press
Posted: 02/17/2012 05:49:29 AM PST
Updated: 02/17/2012 05:49:29 AM PST

SAN FRANCISCO—The second defendant in an alleged drug lab explosion at a San Francisco apartment has pleaded not guilty and says he wasn't there when the blast occurred.Twenty-six-year-old Thomas Weed entered the plea to drug and fire counts in court on Thursday. He said he was the victim of lies being told by the other defendant in the case, his girlfriend, 33-year-old Angelic Cisneros.
Authorities say Weed and Cisneros were manufacturing hash oil at the apartment in the city's Ingleside neighborhood last week when the blast occurred.
It is believed to have been caused by butane.
Cisneros was injured. Her 12-year-old son suffered burns and required skin grafts on his face and body.
Cisneros has also pleaded not guilty


http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_19986720




Hash-oil blast defendant lashes out at girlfriend

Vivian Ho
Friday, February 17, 2012



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A San Francisco man accused of causing an apartment explosion in the Ingleside neighborhood while trying to make hashish oil railed against his girlfriend and co-defendant in his first Superior Court appearance Thursday.
Thomas Weed, 26, created a hubbub when he briefly resisted his attorney's advice and insisted on his right to speedy court proceedings, saying the only reason for a delay would be to "find evidence against me."
Weed, who pleaded not guilty, declared loudly to his attorney that he "didn't get burned" and "wasn't there" when his girlfriend, Angelic Cisneros, 33, and her 12-year-old son were injured in the Feb. 7 explosion on the 1200 block of Capitol Avenue.
"I don't want any time for her to come up with more lies against me," Weed said angrily.
Prosecutors say the blast happened when butane used in the manufacture of hash oil exploded. Weed and Cisneros have been charged with six felony counts each, including recklessly causing a fire that resulted in bodily injury, child endangerment and drug counts.
Weed's attorney, George Borges, told his client that waiving his right to a preliminary hearing within 10 days would allow him to prepare a stronger defense. Judge Richard Ulmer pointed out to the defendant that Borges had more legal experience than he did and said he should listen to him.
"I'm not telling you what to do, but it's up to you," the judge told Weed.
Within minutes of his outburst, Weed decided to waive his right to a speedy preliminary hearing after all.
"I'm sorry to waste the court's time," he said. "It's a very difficult decision."
Borges declined to comment outside court.
Weed and Cisneros, who has also pleaded not guilty, are being in lieu of $350,000 bail apiece. Weed is scheduled to return to court Feb. 27 alongside Cisneros to set a date for a preliminary hearing.
Vivian Ho is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. vho@sfchronicle.com





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Los Osos man sets off explosion making hash oil Thursday
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A 55-year-old Los Osos resident was arrested on Thursday evening after an apparent attempt to convert some marijuana into hash oil in his kitchen went terribly wrong.
John Russell Odom remained in San Luis Obispo County Jail this afternoon on suspicion of manufacturing or converting a controlled substance through a chemical extraction process, a felony. Bail was set at $500,000.
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Cmdr. Aaron Nix said sheriff’s deputies received a call about 7:50 p.m. Thursday after a loud explosion was heard by neighbors in the 2100 block of Ferrell Ave.
Deputies soon learned that Odom had been trying to convert some marijuana into hash oil, also called honey oil, in a process that involves butane. He did so inside his apartment with the windows closed, Nix said.
The lack of ventilation likely led to an explosion, blowing the glass sliding door near Odom’s kitchen off its frame.
Odom received some burns to his legs in the explosion, but no one else was present or injured. He was taken to a local hospital, treated and then released to sheriff’s deputies, who placed him under arrest, Nix said.

Read more here: http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/03/09/1982907/los-osos-man-sets-off-explosion.html#storylink=cpy
 

Sam Selezny

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Mill Valley woman who escaped fire arrested for alleged drug lab in garage

By Gary Klien
Marin Independent Journal

Posted: 03/09/2012 03:05:16 PM PST

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A Mill Valley woman who escaped a fire at her home this week was arrested on allegations of running a hash oil laboratory at the residence, a drug investigator said Friday.

Ramona LaLonde, 53, was booked on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance. Her bail was set at $500,000.

The fire broke out around 12:30 a.m. Thursday in the garage of 6 Heavenly Way, firefighters said. The fire triggered a smoke detector, and LaLonde ran out as the fire spread upstairs, according to the Southern Marin Fire Protection District.

The fire caused about $400,000 in damage to the four-bedroom home, last purchased for $1.375 million in 2006. As fire investigators combed through the debris, they found marijuana and some suspicious materials, so authorities obtained a search warrant for the home, said sheriff's Sgt. Pierre Acunhain.

Investigators found what appeared to be remnants of a "manufacturing lab" for converting marijuana to hash oil, said Ahuncain, a supervisor for the Marin Major Crimes Task Force.

"There were hundreds of cans of butane found in the garage area, and we believe that had something to do with the fire," he said. "It was lucky this didn't happen during the summer, with all the vegetation around the property. It could have been a bad fire."

Detectives also found hundreds of vials. Ahuncain said hash oil is produced by heating the marijuana plants until the resin is pushed out of the plant.

The resulting hash

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oil, or "honey oil," is highly concentrated, more potent and easier to transport, he said. It can be sold for about $80 per gram.
LaLonde, also known as Ramona Mushtag, was booked into jail Thursday night. No charges were filed Friday while the district attorney's office awaited reports.

The investigation was continuing. Acunhain said there was no evidence the marijuana was being grown onsite.

Contact Gary Klien via email at gklien@marinij.com
 

Sam Selezny

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Police: Explosion caused by man attempting to make concentrated cannabis
By Adam Jensen
Tahoe Daily Tribune

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SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — A 22-year-old man was arrested Wednesday night after allegedly causing an explosion while attempting to make a concentrated form of cannabis from marijuana plant parts.

Around 7 p.m. Samuel Frangella was allegedly using liquid butane to make “honey oil” from parts of a marijuana plant at a hotel on the 1200 Block of Bonanza Avenue when the butane exploded and blew out the windows of the room, said Jeff Catchings, task force commander of the South Lake El Dorado Narcotics Enforcement Team.

Frangella, a South Lake Tahoe resident who recently moved from Illinois, was arrested on suspicion of manufacturing a controlled substance, arson and child endangerment following the blast.

The child endangerment allegation arose from the presence of a young child in a nearby apartment, Catchings said. No one was hurt in the explosion.

Glass from the windows was sent as far as 100 feet from the building and Frangella was lucky to escape injury, Catchings said.

Frangella remained in custody in El Dorado County Jail in South Lake Tahoe Friday afternoon. It is unknown if he has an attorney.
 

Sam Selezny

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this is one of the women who blew up with her 12 year old. the kid needed major skin transplants to his face and body. i met her at the SF cup last year. small world.
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her partner in crime
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Court:

SAN FRANCISCO — A man accused of playing a role in an allegedly drug-related explosion that injured a woman and her son at a home in San Francisco's Ingleside neighborhood last week pleaded not guilty to several felony charges during a lively arraignment hearing Thursday.
Thomas Weed, 26, was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the Feb. 7 blast at a home in the 1200 block of Capitol Avenue near Ocean Avenue.
Investigators believe a butane tank exploded as Weed and 33-year-old Angelica Cisneros were trying to manufacture hash oil at the home, prosecutor Andrew Clark said outside of court.
Cisneros and her 12-year-old son were injured in the explosion. The boy's injuries required him to get skin grafts on his face and body, and he remained at the hospital as of Thursday, Clark said.
Cisneros was arrested the day after the blast and has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of recklessly causing a fire resulting in bodily injury, causing a fire to a structure, child endangerment, attempting to manufacture a controlled substance, and having a house used for drug sales and manufacturing, prosecutors said.
Police investigators later identified Weed as a second suspect in the explosion and he was arrested Tuesday with the assistance of the U.S. Marshals Service.
During his arraignment on charges identical to those Cisneros is facing, Weed initially refused to waive his right to have a preliminary hearing within 10 court days, apparently out of concern that he would get ratted out by Cisneros.
"I don't want any time for her to come up with lies against me," he told his defense attorney George Borges. "I didn't get burned, I wasn't there."
San Francisco Superior Court Judge Richard Ulmer gently recommended that Weed listen to the advice of his attorney, who wanted to waive the right so he would have more time to look at the evidence in the case.
"Mr. Borges has been in court a little more than you have," Ulmer said.
After a long pause, Weed acquiesced and agreed to the time waiver, telling his attorney "I want to give you the time to do what you have to do."
Ulmer ordered Weed held in custody on $350,000 bail, the same amount as Cisneros.
They will both return to court on Feb. 27 to set a date for the preliminary hearing.
http://www.ktvu.com/news/news/man-pleads-not-guilty-charges-drug-related-explosi/nH7Cy/
 

midwestHIGHS

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survival of the fittest.....If you that dumb to release a extremely flammable gas inside a residence well then I dont know what to say give up on life?
 

Hydro-Soil

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Every single one of these incidents could be argued as murders... perpetrated by those who continue the prohibition of cannabis and the truth.

The travesty of prohibition reaches into all of our lives.... to levels that most people haven't even got a clue about.

Stay Safe! Purge Outdoors with HOT-WATER... not flame. :blowbubbles:
 
C

CANNATOPIA

Ice & water dosen't explode, Ill play it safe & leave the idiot work to ass hats & teenagers. lol These kids are probably some of the same kids I read about smelling poop in a bag to get high off methane. To all the Bight ones out there, Ill bring the marsh-mellows. :) hehehe
 

Hammerhead

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you have to be an imbecile to cause a explosion making BHO. Many and I do mean many have there head on right and make BHO safe. If you take shortcuts and dont follow normal safety practices while making it I have no sympathy for these people. it JUST MAKES EVERYONE LOOK LIKE A MORON.
 
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jump117

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I hope the mindless idiots of the world are paying attention.

Mindless idiots never will pay attention,
If they will pay attention, they will not understand,
If they understand, they understand it wrong.

Nature produces them in abundance for natural selection.
I’ve seen them a lot in virtual and also in real life.
Useless to repeat Warnings, doesn’t work.

Due to the fact that they exist, we should not conclude that we should not use electricity, cars, gas and other potentially hazardous fruits of civilization.
 

Sour Deez

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Notice how most of these explosions there is a pvc pipe found there, these people obviously dont do their homework or are just ignorant.
 
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