Marijuana 'grow operations' found at Ohio slaying sites
Source: cnn
(CNN)Investigators found three marijuana "grow operations" at rural residences where eight family members were slain in southern Ohio, state Attorney General Mike DeWine said Sunday at a news conference.
Authorities wouldn't say publicly whether they thought the killings were drug related, but an official with knowledge of the operation told CNN's Nick Valencia: "This operation was not for personal use; it was for something much bigger than that. It was a very sophisticated operation."
The cold-blooded nature of the killings has rattled Piketon, a town of about 2,000 people 90 miles east of Cincinnati.
The victims, aged 16 to 44, were methodically shot in the head while sleeping at four residences, including a mother with a 4-day-old infant lying beside her, authorities said. The newborn, along with a 6-month-old and a 3-year-old, survived. The official said the killings happened before dawn.
"This was a preplanned execution of eight individuals," DeWine said. "It was a sophisticated operation and those who carried it out were trying to do everything they could do to hinder the investigation and their prosecution."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/24/us/marijuana-grow-operation-found-at-ohio-slaying-sites/
Damn. Greed is always involved.
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http://blog.seattlepi.com/seattle911/2015/05/28/two-arrested-in-bellevue-pot-shop-robbery/
By Lynsi Burton on May 28, 2015 at 4:47 PM
Origin Cannabis Company, a licensed marijuana grower on Richards Road, was robbed April 17 by two men — one of them armed — who escaped the scene before police could respond.
The intruders took about $9,000 worth of marijuana, as well as a cell phone and iPod Touch belonging to one of the employees. One of the robbers appeared to know exactly where the pot was kept, despite being stored in unmarked drawers, reports say.
Police identified one of the robbers as Isaac Pollard, a 25-year-old former employee of Origin who was subsequently charged with two counts of first-degree robbery. Police arrested him May 11 in Atlanta, from where he awaits extradition.
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The 25-year-old arrested in Tacoma admitted he was the getaway driver for the robbery and he was paid in two ounces of stolen marijuana, gas money and the stolen cell phone for his role.
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MEDICAL MARIJUANA ROBBERY SUSPECT BUSTED
http://www.skyvalleychronicle.com/?t=News_inside_display&nid=2029648&nhr10000309=5&nhc10000309=75
February 23, 2015
(SEATTLE, WA.) -- Seattle Police say a robber wanted for holding up a Madison Valley medical marijuana dispensary earlier this month was arrested Thursday night.
"The suspect made off with more than $10,000 in cash and merchandise when he robbed the dispensary, located on the 2300 block of East Madison Street, at gunpoint on Feb. 10," said a police statement.
The suspect threatened to shoot the clerk before fleeing the scene.
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And there are robberies of grows and retailers in Colorado as well
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Robber gangs terrorize Colorado pot shops
http://www.cnbc.com/2014/02/05/robber-gangs-terrorize-colorado-pot-shops.html
Tony Dokoupil and Bill Briggs, NBC News
Wednesday, 5 Feb 2014 | 8:27 AM ET
One thief, posing as a delivery man, pulled a can of bear mace on employees and ransacked their marijuana shop, fleeing in a defensive cloud of "ultra-pepper" spray. Another opened the wall of a dispensary with an ax and attacked the store's safe with a circular saw. Still another stuck to the basics. He kicked in the front door and pointed his gun at the counterman. An accomplice kicked in the back door and filled a duffel bag with more than $10,000 worth of high-quality cannabis.
For weeks now, the Mile High state has allowed the sale of recreational pot to adults, and so far the Rockies still stand. But crimes like the ones above, all of which occurred in Colorado in the last six months, have produced an acid-drip of anxiety in the industry, highlighting the dangers faced by those hoping to drag America's most popular illegal drug into the light. Because marijuana remains banned by Congress, banks and security firms deny services to most dispensaries. That leaves them cash-based and vulnerable, a magnet for criminals who like the idea of unguarded counting rooms and shelves lined with lucrative horticulture.
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More recently, however, the crimes have sent a forked bolt of fear through the industry. Last summer, for example, a trio of gunmen "demanded Weed" from the workers at a dispensary called 420 Wellness, according to documents provided by the district attorney's office. As two of the gunmen filled "several trash bags" with award-winning marijuana, the third leapt over the counter and took a female employee by the elbow, leading her around the shop as a human insurance policy. Police caught up with that squad soon after they fled the scene, charging the ringleader with aggravated robbery and kidnapping.
But over the next six weeks, a different team of burglars hit at least eight dispensaries, and a third team is still on the loose after a stick-up at New Age Wellness in nearby Boulder County. Moments after closing time, two men dressed in baby-blue ski-masks burst in, pointed guns, and cleaned out the little mountain depot. "It's an epidemic," says one of the employees, who declined to give his name for safety reasons. "Everything is a lot tighter now. It isn't so homey anymore."
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Evil monsters. 
are the vultures and banksters that enable them.
Could be a biker gang, or, MS-13 as they are in that state, as well as most states for that matter.
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In his basement is a cheap hydro set up. With 2 grows a year at 4 plants per grow yields maybe 4 kilos. Another friend buys an eighth oz @$100 per. That's $800 per oz. 800X16=$12,800 lb Times that by 8.8=$112,640. Personal consumption
...eliminating American competition. 
that the victims were killed by people who were anti-marijuana but pro-murder 
http://komonews.com/archive/1000-reward-for-pair-who-robbed-medical-pot-clinic-at-gunpoint
BY KOMO STAFF WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 30TH 2015
EVERETT, Wash. - A clerk at a Snohomish County medical marijuana dispensary is in shock after an armed robber pointed a gun at his face then stole cash while his accomplice grabbed two boxes full of pot before fleeing out into the night.
The search is now on for the pair, who were caught in the act on surveillance video.
The incident unfolded Monday at about 7 p.m. at the Patient Care 99 marijuana dispensary just south of Everett.
Surveillance cameras captured images of the two robbers as they walked in and held a gun to the clerk's head.
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