"that was where her husband did his
artwork and practiced with his yo-yo."
That is *exactly* what I tell *my* wife.
True story. When I was in college, I lived in in the upstairs half of a 2 apartment building with a couple of friends. One night, as I was exiting our apartment, I noticed a man with a blue jacket holding a german shepherd on a leash coming up the stairs. I was a bit mellow myself in those days, but I was calm. He looked up at me and said: "319?" I pointed downstairs. He turned around, and went to the downstairs apartment. After I had calmed myself sufficiently, I went back outside, to see a few vans, cars, etc. all filled with, uh, Johnny Law actually (of both the state and federal variety), in and around the downstairs pad.
When I'd left earlier, I was on my way to a party up the street, so I decided to go ahead and attend. On the way I passed one of the residents of the downstairs place. He was a hippy kid, nice, but a true space cadet. I told him about the raid, and he just looked at me and said, "Oh, thanks dude." And kept walking towards his place. Found out that he was not only growing weed, but dealing acid. Heard he got 10 years in the fed. pen.
That was about 1990.... Wonder if it's the same guy?
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Herald Writer
CAMANO ISLAND -- A naked man found wandering around
Stanwood Cinemas led police to his indoor marijuana garden
after deputies asked the man what he did for a living, police
said Wednesday.
Deputies from the Island County Sheriff's Office said they
removed more than 80 marijuana plants -- including 50 or so
mature plants -- from a shed behind the 30-year-old man's
home on Maple Tree Lane, a dead-end road on the south end
of the island.
The strange saga began Saturday night when moviegoers and
diners in restaurants near the theater's courtyard reported
seeing a naked man walking around the complex in full view of
families dining out.
When an officer approached the man and asked why he was
walking around naked, the man reportedly said that he felt like
it so he just did it. An officer writing the man a ticket for
indecent exposure then asked the man what he did for a living,
and he allegedly said he grew marijuana.
According to a police report, the man then asked for the
officer's help in harvesting the crop. The officer said he was
too lazy to help but offered to go look at the man's operation,
and the naked man agreed.
In the outbuilding behind the man's mobile home, police found
what they described as a "sophisticated hydroponic grow
operation."
Deputies allegedly found numerous grow lights on timers, fans
and a complicated watering system with a line running to each
of the plants.
Police said the man seemed proud of his operation, telling them
that the system used no dirt, just lava rock, and he picked a
large bud from a plant and handed it to an officer.
In a written statement to police, the man allegedly said: "I
grow marijuana for fun and profit, to support myself and my
family, to help bring us a better life." He also said he was
growing marijuana for his father, who had a disease, and for
other "medically ill people."
The man's wife told police she had never been inside her
husband's shed, but that was where her husband did his
artwork and practiced with his yo-yo.
Deputies said they asked the man what he expected them to do
after he showed them his garden, and the man said he didn't
expect them to do anything.
Police, however, confiscated the plants and growing
equipment. The man was cooperative, they said, even helping
to load the equipment into police vehicles.
The man may be charged with manufacture of a controlled
substance, but he is not named because charges have not been
filed.
You can call Herald Writer Brian Kelly at 425-339-3422 or
send e-mail to kelly@heraldnet.com.
That is one mellow dude.
"that was where her husband did his
artwork and practiced with his yo-yo."
That is *exactly* what I tell *my* wife.
True story. When I was in college, I lived in in the upstairs half of a 2 apartment building with a couple of friends. One night, as I was exiting our apartment, I noticed a man with a blue jacket holding a german shepherd on a leash coming up the stairs. I was a bit mellow myself in those days, but I was calm. He looked up at me and said: "319?" I pointed downstairs. He turned around, and went to the downstairs apartment. After I had calmed myself sufficiently, I went back outside, to see a few vans, cars, etc. all filled with, uh, Johnny Law actually (of both the state and federal variety), in and around the downstairs pad.
When I'd left earlier, I was on my way to a party up the street, so I decided to go ahead and attend. On the way I passed one of the residents of the downstairs place. He was a hippy kid, nice, but a true space cadet. I told him about the raid, and he just looked at me and said, "Oh, thanks dude." And kept walking towards his place. Found out that he was not only growing weed, but dealing acid. Heard he got 10 years in the fed. pen.
That was about 1990.... Wonder if it's the same guy?