May 14, 2007

Memo to self - if my last name is Stoner...

...running a commercial marijuana growing operation out of my house might lead to bouts of excessive irony. From Tampa Florida's WTSP:
BUSTED: Guy named "Stoner" growing pot
Hudson, Florida -- Deputies say they have shut down a marijuana grow house, seizing 94 pot plants and arresting the resident, 31-year-old Jason Robert Stoner.

Investigators say he may also be in trouble with the power company, since he tampered with the electric meter to bypass the wiring and run his grow lights.

Deputies say Stoner admitted he started cultivating marijuana in his home last January. The plants ranged from 3 to 4 feet high when seized.

Also confiscated were grow lights, fans, rolling papers and other paraphernalia, deputies said.

Stoner, a self-employed handyman, was taken to the Land O'Lakes jail and released on $3,500 bond.
And the article was complete with some mug-shot goodness:
stoner_mugshot.jpg
The lad was correctly named -- at least from looking at the well baked expression on his face... Posted by DaveH at May 14, 2007 10:47 AM | TrackBack