Arrests made in $10,000 pot clinic theft
Here's the latest news on the $10,000 theft from a Granada Hills medical marijuana dispensary from Friday. Looks like cops have been seeing a spike in crimes around these places. Go figure. What are you, high?
GRANADA HILLS - Two men and two women were arrested in connection with the theft of some $10,000 in cash and thousands of dollars worth marijuana during a takeover robbery Friday at a medical marijuana clinic in Granada Hills.The robbery occurred at the Golden State Collective, 10369 Balboa Blvd., around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, police said.
During the heist, one shot was fired, ricocheting off the floor and breaking a window. No one was injured.
The robbers took some $10,000 in cash and up to four pounds of marijuana before taking off in a 4-door SUV, police said.
During the investigation police recovered a sawed off double-barrel 12- gauge shotgun from the scene.
Arrested Sunday on Roxford Street were Jose Carlos Meza, 20, from Arleta; Carlos Rodriguez, a 21-year-old tattoo artist from Arleta; Stephanie Avila, 19, unemployed from Panorama City; and Lisa Annette Gutierrez a 22-year-old office manager from Mission Hills. The women were being held on charges of transporting cocaine for sale. The men were being held on attempted murder charges because they threatened their victim, said Los Angeles Police Lt. Tom Murrell.
An explosion of dispensaries and patients has cities and scrambling to regulate the operations, and police say they have seen a spike in crimes.
On the same day as the heist at the Golden State Collective, Murrell said, another takeover went down at a marijuana dispensary on Cahuenga Boulevard in North Hollywood.
Comments
This is great news. We need to thin out the polluted gene pool. Let 'em get loaded. Let 'em get high. Let 'em shoot each other. This will reduce the unemployment rate since they are all out of work. It will also take them off of welfare. Give 'em a joint and a gun. When they are loaded BANG BANG!
Posted by: Stuart | January 7, 2008 8:41 AM