[Endur]

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. — On the eve of the nation's biggest marijuana holiday, an unknown person threw a “improvised explosive device” into one of three medical marijuana collectives in South Lake Tahoe.

About 10:15 p.m. Thursday, South Lake Tahoe police, South Lake Tahoe firefighters and the Douglas County Bomb Squad responded to a report of a possible improvised explosive device being thrown into Patient to Patient Collective, according to a Friday statement from the city.

“The investigation revealed an improvised explosive device was thrown into the business through a window, causing minor property damage,” according to the statement. “The device caused a small fire and it's unclear if it functioned as intended. The business was closed to the public at the time the device was discovered, however, there were two employees working inside. Neither of the employees was injured in the incident.”

Erika Triglia, manager at the dispensary, said the device was a PVC pipe containing sulfur and a fuse. The suspect targeted the room where the collective typically keeps maturing marijuana plants, Triglia said. The incident was an attempt to kill the plants by clouding the room with excessive amounts of sulfur, Triglia said.

The plants were not in the room at the time of the incident due to spring cleaning at the dispensary, but the incident could have cost the collective a lot of money, Triglia said.

“The person made a big smoky mess, but that's all they did,” Triglia said. She said she has some idea as to who may have been involved in the incident, but said she would save that information for police.

According to Friday's statement, the Douglas County Bomb Squad removed the device from the building, rendered it safe and booked it into evidence for processing.

Triglia said the device was removed by her husband, Matt Triglia, who operates the collective. She questioned the need for the bomb squad's robot, as well as police overtime in the response to the incident.

The collective was open for business as usual Friday.

April 20 has historically been an unofficial holiday when marijuana users, both recreational and medicinal, celebrate cannabis.

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[GreenShadows]

I've never heard of non-police vandalizing sanctioned marijuana grows.

[lost in a sea]

probably was the police,, they commit more criminal acts than criminals,,

[zymos]

Believe it or not, there are people anywhere that truly hate the idea of a dispensary in their neighborhood...

[PhenotypeX]

Originally Posted by Endur

Triglia said the device was removed by her husband, Matt Triglia, who operates the collective. She questioned the need for the bomb squad's robot, as well as police overtime in the response to the incident.

Yea they were probably all hanging out in the collective being nosey searching everything. Fucking pigs.

[MIway]

Could have been a pissed off employee or ex-partner too... Certainly do hear of that scenario quite a bit, tho first bomb I'v heard of. Who knows what they are doin behind closed doors, or the type of people involved. Not like org crime aren't players too... Not to speak about these folks in specific... Just brainstormin some ideas.

[Cool Moe]

sounds more like someone with a working knowledge of the building, most likely an embittered ex-employee

Or a competitor. We just drove by this collective weekend before last when we went up to Sorensen's for our anniversary. We also usually like to have sushi at Sato and I noticed there was a new collective--Patient 2 Patient (I believe they also have a storefront in Sact'o somewhere).

Anyway, it's right there on the main boulevard, big glass front windows, you don't need a working knowledge of the store to throw something through the window.

I bet they'll blame it on a guy from Afghanistan.

[Phillthy]

it was an leo