[Midnight]

In light of this story, if I were a vendor to any California dispensary, I'd be very leery of selling to any dispensary. This is especially screwed up with the outdoor harvest being right around the corner.

And I would not want to be anyone that sold this place anything because now you are on the Feds radar for sure. I am sure that there will be some growers facing federal charges before this is all over.

https://www.news10.net/news/article/1...mento-pot-shop

SACRAMENTO, CA - The owners of R and R Wellness have been named in a federal complaint, which charges Bryan Smith and his father Kelly Smith of conspiring to turn a profit, a violation of California law.

READ: Federal complaint filed against R and R Wellness

Within the criminal complaint, a federal drug agent states:

"The investigation reveals a network of marijuana cultivators, which all worked in knowing cooperation with others within the conspiracy to make as much money as possible via the sale of marijuana with the common link being Bryan Smith, the owner of R and R Wellness."

Back in June, R and R Wellness, in downtown Sacramento, was raided for growing pot plants and turning a profit.

Now, a federal complaint could supersede state charges against the dispensary and lead to stiffer penalties.

The complaint could also lead to a crackdown of California medicinal marijuana dispensaries.

News10/KXTV

IMHO dispensaries suck sweaty balls no matter what state they are in ...... i hope no growers get screwed because of this

[Midnight]

I would not want to be anyone that vended to them, if you did, you are in the feds cross hairs now. At the bottom of this post is a link to the affidavit that the feds used to get the search warrant, it has some pretty useful and interesting information in it. When they raided dudes house he had 17 plants growing there and they let him keep them because his wife had a card.

I would strongly encourage everyone to read the affidavit for the search warrant.

https://www.news10.net/news/RnR-Wellness-complaint.pdf

[MadBuddhaAbuser]

so i wonder why the first page says weed is a schedule II substance, then the actual complaint says I?

[Yes4Prop215]

i have friends who run a dispensary and honestly i could give a rats ass about the dispensary system...they are all greeedy as fuck, bragging about how they are gonna be millionaires... never walk right in to a club and sell it....meet a broker at his house and he takes it to the club for me...and i know there isnt any paperwork on it.

people who walk into clubs and sells LBs and fills out 1040s might be in trouble...you are basically creating evidence that can be used against you. safer to just sell black market, keep your stash as low as possible..and if you get caught just shut up and say its for personal....harder to charge you for a crime than if they have dispensary paperwork to show!

[MurderDeathKill]

good advice yes4

sounds like a shit load of the evidence is in the form of text messages and voice mails ......... might be a lesson in there

[Yes4Prop215]

after reading the affidavit sounds like power theft was the intial reason they raided the first grow house....his phone was in the process of calling the main defendant. the first grower, "goldsmith", his girlfriend basically snitched and told the cops that they were engaged in selling marijuana...they also heard "ventilation equipment consistent with marijuana production" and a k9 hit for marijuana...god damn!

the cell phone he was found with had 17,000 text messages....come on people delete messages and switch up phones often! its probably safer to just use voice because the text messages are recorded and show the entire record dating back to when it was first used...they also had voice mail messages that had them discussing transactions....although the DEA agent mentioned the texts were "crass" so maybe they can be dismissed as evidence in court...

they found pictures of cash and drugs in the guys iphone as well...and they found almost 300k in cash at the club owners house...way to operate a dispensary and have cash stashed at your own house...what a idiot!

shit they even got latent fingerprints off the electrical panel! and off the hoods...god damn! if you are at your friends grow dont touch anything...

these guys are also talking to the cops, telling the cops they were "contract growers" and that they supplied to the dispensary...way to snitch on yourself!

the father and son are sending eachother super incriminating text messages to eachother...not smart.

also, these guys are depositing funds into their bank accounts, in excess of thousands of dollars! why the fuck would you do that!!

they had paperwork receipts that directly linked them to eachother, BURN YOUR FUCKING RECEIPTS PEOPLE...these guys are very lucky they havent been hit with continued criminal enterprise..they had receipts that led to their warehouse storage, etc...seriously, you have a receipt for 47k worth of hydro equipment...are you gonna declare that on your tax deductions LMAO...BURN THAT SHIT!!!!


and holy shit....the ICING on the cake.. this kid had a video of himself auditioning for MTV true life. he talks about how hes happy that prop19 didnt pass, and that he is in it for a profit...WHAT A FUCKING IDIOT!! seriously hard to feel sympathy for this guy...

[Midnight]

Yep Y4P215, these tools were not the sharpest in the shed, that is for damn sure.

[MIway]

Originally Posted by Yes4Prop215

i have friends who run a dispensary and honestly i could give a rats ass about the dispensary system...they are all greeedy as fuck, bragging about how they are gonna be millionaires...

i understand this sentiment... see all around the place. not all of em, as in greedy to the bone, but a lot. hate the 'growers' that don't smoke too... crazy shit.

Originally Posted by LOVEROCKETER ~

I'm so very encouraged by this news. You see everyone and their grandma included has arrived with the notion that owning a dispensary leads to untold riches & wealth.

I'm here to inform you all that the day has come. The opportunistic greed that compels those to open dispenaries under the guise that they're assisting and filling a need for those that are sick & dying is a [ SHAM,] and we're onto you. We no longer trust in you, because you lack the integrity to gain our faith and confidence.

We do not believe your lies, and guess what? The government doesn't either.

That they [ DISPENSARIES ] go down in flames will be our primary objective and [ MISSION STATEMENT.] I'll be there to hold a press conference that this is jus' but the beginning of a crusade to eradicate dispensaries from the face of California and the US of A.

The patient, the sick & dying, are no longer your friends, and we have turned on you, you the opportunistic evil & greedy dispensary owner. You will, with the assistance of the Federal Government be imprisoned to protect us from you. Never again will we march in your behalf as we did for Brian Eppis of Chico, when the FEDS came and took him away. Never again.

You are the wretched people, the vermin, the swine & THE FLY IN THE OINTMENT of this MOVEMENT, and we will like any other constituency based MOVEMENT clean house and fumigate COCKROACHES into the earth, as it opens wide and closes up over you, and swallows you whole into Gehenna.

Good Riddance!


THETRUTHHURTSDOTCOM

Let's bring this MOVEMENT back home to its roots and leave the cultivating to those who should be entitled to do so w/o the [ 2 ] sets of books needed to lie to us that you're not making a profit, but rather quite profitable in the exploitation of our sick & dying.

Yes the govt is jus' as evil, but they establish law where no one should feel above it. We need order and we cannot trust you, so this is why we must trust them to protect us from the likes of you.
You do not serve the best interests of your patient base.

You are evil.......evil incarnate.

although i get your being upset with the underlying capitalist system... you are terribly, terribly misguided. you just stated that people selling & growing weed for profit should be put in jail... cuz they are all evil. that's pretty fucked up... just alone... suggesting it would be right to incarcerate a person for weed...? maybe if they were lacing it with draino with the intent to make other people die... maybe something. but for those simply trying to turn a buck while dispensing other people's excesses... that's a bit much... a bit outta whack... little off in perspective... and advocacy. get a grip yo.