cannabisnews.com: Pair Deny Growing Marijuana in Yard Pair Deny Growing Marijuana in Yard Posted by FoM on September 29, 1999 at 12:28:16 PT By Leslie Simmons Source: LA Times Two suspected marijauna growers were out of jail on $100,000 bail Tuesday after police confiscated approximately 80 plants from the backyard of a Burbank home, officials said. Eric Meyer, 33, of Burbank and Robert Farr, 35, of Mission Hills were arrested Saturday at Meyer's home in the 2200 block of Brighton Street. The plants -- ranging in size from three to 12 feet -- weighed 253 pounds and the marijauna had an estimated street value of $253,000, police said. Det. Neil Gunn said a growing system consisting of lights and timers was discovered in a cellar under the backyard. It appeared a water line had been rigged from the house to the cellar, he said. "What we've seen in the past with that type of indoor growth system is they'll plant the seedlings and keep them there until they mature enough to transfer to the outside," he said. Meyer and Farr pleaded not guilty Tuesday in Burbank Municipal Court to felony possession for sale and cultivation of marijuana, officials said. If they are found guilty they face a minimum of 16 months in state prison on each charge, said Dist. Atty. Paul Sergojan. The men's lawyer, Laura Stone, would not comment on the charges but said they should have been released on their own recognizance -- espeically Farr because he was just visiting Meyer at his home. Farr, who Stone said has a prescription for marijuana because of a medical condition, was arrested as he drove away from the house Saturday. Officers found a bag of marijuana and a scale inside his car, as well as a small amount of the drug in his pants pocket, Burbank Police Lt. Larry Koch said. Another man at the home at the time of the arrests, 34-year-old Steven Rulf of Chatsworth was being held without bail in a county jail Tuesday for parole violations, Sergojan said. No charges were filed against him relating to the marijuana, he added. Police stripped the branches of the plants, storing the flowers or "buds" in about 30 boxes for evidence, Koch said. The stocks were destroyed, he added. Wednesday, September 29, 1999 Marijuana Proves To Be a 'Medical Necessity' - 9/24/99http://www.cannabisnews.com/news/thread3008.shtml Home Comment Email Register Recent Comments Help Comment #3 posted by Sammy Jay on June 29, 2001 at 17:05:50 PT: Police and their "street values" I think that when police make these big busts they completely overexagurate the street values of the crops. Most likely for a greater conviction. For example 80 plants they said to have a street value of $253,000, and weighed in at 253lbs!!! hahahah!!!!! First of all if 80 plants would give a value of $253.000, I would start growing immediately!! The weight of these plants is without a doubt including the stems and leaves. However the stems and leaves weigh more than 75% of the plant and cannot be sold. Who buys stems and leaves? Thus turning those 253lbs into about 10-20lbs MAX>. Then street value for example=the value of the drug broken down into acutal grams. Which the people who were growing it would take years to sell it like that, they sell it in lbs and half lbs. So this takes the street value and completely deminishes it. The growers of the 80 plant crop came out with about $30,000 TOPS!!! [ Post Comment ] Comment #2 posted by Cpt. Hemo on May 27, 2000 at 11:26:56 PT: CA. News In Oct. of 99 I was stopped by two Ventura Cnty. Sheriffs in Ca. At the time I had just bought 8 grams from a friend and was on my way home. I was stopped and the Sheriffs saw my pot and they asked for it I gave it to them with my 2 Letters from Doctors and my Cannibis Card from my club. They seized my pot and sent me on my way without a ticket. The next day I called my club, my Lawyer, and the Sheriffs Dept. the Sheriffs said that nomatter what I wasn't going to get it back. After a lot of phone calls on mine and my Lawyers behalf the Attorney General for the state Ca. said give it back. So it went to the Sheriffs Dept. and got my medicine back. It took a total of six days including the weekend.Good Luck to all [ Post Comment ] Comment #1 posted by Serena on April 20, 2000 at 11:15:45 PT: Arresting the 2 men accused of MJ growing.... This is a respose to the charges of arresting the two men in Burbank for growing marijuana in their back yards. What I want to know is how were the police able to get the warrent to search their back yard. If the man was able to have marijuana as medical purposes, then what would be the problem? If he wasn't going to seel it, why did the police feel they had the right to arrest him? So what if the street-price of the drug was over a quarter million dollars? It wasn't hurting anyone else. I think the police need to seriously have their power checked, and release those two men. (One was only visiting. He shouldn't have been arrested in the first place. How was he to know what his friend was doing at his own house?) Aside from that, the police have too much power and they are leting it go to their heads. Someone needs to restrain the police, for once, and not the rest of society. [ Post Comment ] Post Comment Name: Optional Password: E-Mail: Subject: Comment: [Please refrain from using profanity in your message] Link URL: Link Title: