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Busted Letter #124 – Photogenic Herer

Tue, May 13, 2008 3:48 pm


I moved to Milwaukee, WI in October of 2007. We set up a 12 x 12 dry wall grow room in our basement with 1650 watts of hps going into our Jack Herer strain (1,000 hps, 400 hps, and a 250 hps). We also had a lock on the door to our grow room. There were eight plants that were budding like crazy and 12 little babies in a separate little grow room. We were renting a townhouse on the eastside of Milwaukee and my landlord was a total bitch. The plants were going to be clipped the next day when the landlord knocked on our door at nine in the morning (knowing that we work evening shifts and would be sleeping). 

 

My roommate opened the door and they came in (we were still in our underwear and were scrambling to hide all our bongs and pipes).  Her husband ran downstairs with a camera and made us open the door to our grow room. The husband snapped pics of the plants but told us they were not going to call the police. They told us that they were there because they went to both of our neighbors’ places and all they could smell was Skunk weed. 

 

When they left I put all the lights into my car and the garbage bag of weed, which we clipped from the plants. I drove off to hide the stuff at my friend’s house but a little later got a call from the police saying they have the pictures of the plants and I better come back. It took me a while to make my mind up (I called my mom and a couple of friends. My mom told me to go back…eventually, I went back). 

 

When we were being questioned they must have opened the garbage bag of weed because the whole police department stunk (in fact when we went back to get my car – a 2001 Volkswagen Jetta 1.8 T – and our phones back, all we could smell was Skunk). We were charged with manufacture of a controlled substance with intent to sell. We spent four days in the Milwaukee County Jail in the felony pod for growing weed. We were with murders and gang members from all over Milwaukee facing serious time. When we got there, everybody knew what we did. In fact, they all looked up to us. They were calling us scientists. It was so funny. 

 

When we got out of the justice department, they let us out in the middle of downtown Milwaukee with no ride or anything (the DA bailed us out on a DPA diversion program agreement, a bunch of BS if you ask me). A couple minutes later an inmate from our pod got out because his charges were dropped. We asked him if we could come back and chill at his place for a little. He thought we were cool so he had no problem with that. 

 

We ended up going back to his place and smoked two blunts and watched a bootleg of American Gangster with Denzel Washington. When we went to our place it was tore up and there was a five-day eviction notice on our door.  They ripped my Rolling Stones and Grateful Dead posters off the wall. They took everything: my computer, an iPod, phones…they even took the most important thing, our HIGH TIMES magazines (however, they didn’t get the two oz's of weed we had hidden in the closet…those idiots).  Next, we went to the DA and both got six months of drug testing and a bunch of other BS.  All I can say is that when the summer comes around (when my probation ends), me and my roommate are going to roll a phatty and get so lit.



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d

Sep 17 2008, 1:26 pm

OMG people please learn from this post,,,
and if your gonna take risks dont fail to plan////or you will be planning to fail!!!!!!!!!

growing in a rental????????
no scent scrubber???
stuff laying around???
letting in the bitch landlord????
allowing landlord to take pics???
Bringing back the only real evidence????

If your gonna play get educated on the game!!!!

haha

Aug 28 2008, 12:07 am

hows anything gonna change if we're to stoned to do anything about it?

realitybites

Aug 4 2008, 7:09 pm

you know after reading a few comments down i began to just get sick of all you fuckin dumbfucks in this world...first off as "tha police" if you even a real fed.. sound like a snitch anyways...it just goes to show the ignorance in our system..and why the law isnt respected no more...secondly for every dumbfuck talking about a person deserving to get busted..you too show ignorance...if you support legalization or medicinal use or whateva your case is....then you should support the fact that no one deserves to get busted or beat or raided...regardless of the circumstances because of the principles of respect...privacy, freedom, and common sense...we deserve these rights as people and if anyone should have the finger pointed at and criticized then it should be the feds and our government for creating these fuck ass regs..they are the ones who created this mess...and for what ...greed, money, and genocide...and over what....a FREAKIN PLANT!!! that obviously is more than a plant...more like a gift that has been taken from us...along with our freedom...marinate on that you undeducated pot smokers and punk ass police and learn some damn respect...then maybe we can win this damn war..until then good riddens on legalizing it and creating a peaceful atmosphere...geesh

Jeffrey Doles

Jul 8 2008, 11:31 am

Dole ‘conviction’ violates his right against double jeopardy



Tuesday, July 1, 2008 9:31 PM Mountain



TO THE EDITOR:

In accordance with the Gillette News Record and Douglas Budget, Jeffrey Wayne Doles, 37, was convicted June 12 in federal District Court on three counts of selling drug paraphernalia. Doles could be sentenced up to nine years in federal prison and may be fined as much as $750,000. A sentencing date hasn’t been set yet.

What the article neglects to adequately convey is that Jeffrey Wayne Doles was previously found not guilty of the same offense when the case was originally tried before a Circuit Court jury in Gillette back in January 2006. The article additionally neglects to warn you of how alarming the contradicting verdicts truly are.

The logical consequences of trying an individual twice for the same offense are that it literally requires the new jury, to try the old jury’s verdict, thereby subjecting the unanimous meditations of their hearts to the scrutiny of a jury of their own piers, and that’s an extraordinarily disrespectful way to treat “the people” who diligently answered their call to perform their civic duty!

It has continuously been impressed upon us throughout the course of our own lives that government was instituted to work for the benefit of its people. As its people, we should be shocked to discover it utilizing the awesome power vested in it, as a tool to un-constitutionally re-try cases in federal court jurisdictions that have previously seen successful conclusions at state court levels.

Authentically speaking, we know that the law is in place to uphold the constitution and, that in every instance, the constitution should always surpass the law, and we know that it should not ever be the other way around. Naturally, it becomes especially disturbing to discover a public policy, calculated with the deliberate intent of empowering federal government to blatantly disregard your unequivocally guaranteed constitutional right to not “be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb.” (Bill of Rights, Amendment V, Double Jeopardy)


Ours is not a system designed to unleash the power of the government. It's a system designed to control it, and the people have an indubitable, unalienable and indefeasible right to reform or change their government, whenever it be found adverse or inadequate to the purposes of its institution. Even though, losing the double jeopardy clause of the constitution may not affect you, as a law abiding citizen, it should concern you. What if this was happening to someone you know, and up to nine years of your right to have them in your life was hanging in the balance of this terrible miscarriage of justice?

If you feel as though government is acting adversely or inadequately toward the purposes of its institution, and you realize that sacrificing our constitutional rights in furtherance of its own contradicting purposes is in no way beneficial to its people, we would greatly appreciate you aligning yourself with our mission of pointing a generation of young minds in the direction of the truth, by either joining our friends list at www.myspace.com/unfairtrial or by calling the office for information on how your opinion can be heard through our voice at (307) 358-3246 or cell at (307) 299-3554.

Virginia G. Peterson,

Gillette,



Doles’ mother

guy

Jul 1 2008, 2:08 am

atleast you can fuck up them and their property

so stupid

Jun 14 2008, 1:22 pm

I agree with the previous comments. You deserved to get busted. First, having bongs/pipes laying around a RENTED place. Those should be stashed, or just smoke in the bathroom with the fan on. Basic common sense. And growing skunk without a ventilation system or scrubber.. yea real brilliant. You are stupid for ever letting in your landlord and for not ditching the evidence bag when you had a chance...
Oh well, lesson learned, right? I got busted a couple times for stupid shit, too. That's the thing, you can smoke all the time and be extremely prudent about it, but one day you might just be a little carless and BAM that's when you get busted. Just gotta be careful 100 per cent of the time, but that sucks too because you get paranoid... haha!

weed hero

Jun 2 2008, 7:24 pm

1. The alcolhol and tobacco companys dont want weed to be legal.
2. Real pee must be used to fool a drug test which is really a weed test.
3. There are so many phishing and spy programs on this web site installed by the feds here, you wouldnt believe it!

FUCK THA POLICE

May 27 2008, 4:15 am

hey nigga, fuck you. running yo mouth like ur the fucking shit. how does it feel knowing that millions of people hate you. you've had fuckin songs written about hating you. all we're doing is smoking a fuckin plant. it comes out of the motha fuckin ground. what the fuck is up with us getting busted?? i don't see yo wife (assuming that you have one) gettin thrown in jail for growin tulips you punk ass bitch. has anyone ever died from smokin weed? hell no. has anyone ever killed someone over weed? maybe, but if it was legal, that shit wouldn't be happenin you ignorant bastard. why don't you go smoke a phatty then tell me why we're gettin sent to jail for that shit. it's healthier than cigarrettes and alcohol, and it doesn't endanger people like drunk drivin does. my brother drives high all the time, and i cant even tell. now ur probably an alcoholic (like most cops) to solve your problems. you're ruining your liver, your wife probably hates you (along with the rest of the world) and you probably can't even get a boner. so why don't you go fuck yourself you fucking bitch ass nigga. FUCK YOU, AND FUCK THE PROHIBITION LAWS. LEGALIZE WEED TO HELP AMERICA!!!!!

legal advise.

May 21 2008, 2:18 pm

shouldnt have let those landlords in, unless you are behind on rent im pretty sure you dont have to let them in. rentors have the same consitutional rights as if you owned the house. unless it said on the lease that the landlandy could come in at any time you didnt have to let her in. being evicted for being a dick to your land lady is way better than being busted for growing.

also, get a fucking air scrubber!

THA POLICE

May 20 2008, 12:17 pm

I LOVE READING ABOUT YOU SHITHEADS GETTING BUSTED...THIS IS FUNNY SHIT, I THINK I'M GOING TO GO OUT AND BUST ONE OF YOU TODAY NOW THAT I'M MOTIVATED...
KEEP UP THE STUPID SHIT, KEEPS ME EMPLOYED....
I'M ON OVERTIME RIGHT NOW...HAHA....

...

May 19 2008, 12:05 pm

if u know ur land lady or w/e is a total bitch why would u grow dope there...find a land person that wants to go in with u then ur gold.

hydro bo

May 18 2008, 8:58 am

never never take evidence back 2 the scene after you already gotten away!!! whats wrong with you ????pics not evidence !!no evidence no crime!!!!!!

HaHa

May 17 2008, 9:13 pm

Thanks for the knowledge

iceman

May 17 2008, 3:55 pm

ya true you messed up by opening the door but it still realy messed up what happenend true or not.

Yardbird

May 17 2008, 10:29 am

I'm from Philly and I know your frustrations, if you have any, you don"t grow weed where you live or rent in your own name or partners name he/she will snitch you out, I think that you and your partner is way to honest for this type of lifestyle. I mean dude, you got away scott free with a trash bag full of weed, in Philly that asshole landlord would had been shot down, camera snatched, and the body dumped in the dumpster sike! he/she would have had a good beat down including a cracked skull from the camera, thay were at your place dig it! and those pigs would"nt got shit who needs that bullshit when weed is 1400.00 per pound and sell faster than hotcakes at 2.99 get real come to Philly set your shit up and get freakly rich dont get it twisted we don"t need your dumb asses but we do like to puff weed a lot. If you do come to Philly don't tell anyone how yall fucked up. Just because the landlord smelled weed dosent give her or the pigs the right to demand you to to open shit in your own spot without a warrant. You fucked up by bringing the weed back let it be a note in your soft ass head, do yourself a favor get out of the grow business before you find yourself in the state pen doing time with a bong up your friggen ass'es-- Well if your so nice to open your door to let an asshole take pitchers of your lab then get away with your product just to give it up to some stinking pig then your nice enought to give up some ass and some head from time to time if you don't already.

Yardbird

May 17 2008, 9:53 am

I'm from Philly and I know your frustrations, if you have any, you don"t grow weed where you live or rent in your own name or partners name he/she will snitch you out, I think that you and your partner is way to honest for this type of lifestyle. I mean dude, you got away scott free with a trash bag full of weed, in Philly that asshole landlord would had been shot down, camera snatched, and the body dumped in the dumpster sike! he/she would have had a good beat down including a cracked skull from the camera, thay were at your place dig it! and those pigs would"nt got shit who needs that bullshit when weed is 1400.00 per pound and sell faster than hotcakes at 2.99 get real come to Philly set your shit up and get freakly rich dont get it twisted we don"t need your dumb asses but we do like to puff weed a lot.

strait outa humboldt

May 17 2008, 1:56 am

If this busted letter is true ,I feel for you.BUT you made all the mistakes you could. my 16 yr. old son and freinds know better than to open a door anytime. day or nite, before you are certain who i
s on the other side.I dont know about your area, but in the ureka/ arcata area landlords are super sketchy.Alot of amatures/wannabescome here to go to hum state frome Ilinois or the like,try too be a( humboldt baller)set up way too much shit for res. wirering and set half the block on fire

Why are people so stupid?

May 16 2008, 6:05 pm

Why would you open the door to evidence that you know would incriminate you? Come on, think about it. You don't open the door, they have no pictures, and the police will need a warrant to search your $hit. You deserved to go to jail for being stupid enough to open a door to someone with a camera,when you know there are weed plants behind it.

Fuck the PIGS, but your fault you ended up in this mess!!

umm

May 16 2008, 2:25 pm

you left out a major detail buddy. how did the garbage bag you drove off with and hid at your friends house end up open at the PD? photos can be doctored etc its not very good evidence by itself...its enough to get a warrant maybe but not an arrest. post the missing part of the story if you want better advice.

ANM8

May 16 2008, 6:37 am

listen to the guy who said dont open the door. . .my sons friend just got busted for selling because he let the cops in the house with no warrant. . .they told the guy they would come back with a warrant and it would be better if he just let them in. . .he did. . .and his son spent the next 5 days in the slammer. . .17 year old kid with a future tossed out the window because his lazy ass father was too stupid to realize the cops are full of shit!

yeaH

May 14 2008, 5:55 pm

Just because the landlord is suppose to give you notice doesn't mean they will. My previous landlord (slumlord) would come into my apartment unannounced. One time i was sitting on my couch about to fall asleep. When i hear him at the door. I ignored him and went back to the couch only to hear him grab his keys and start to unlock the door. I jumped up stashed my pipes that were out and opened the door as he had just unlocked it. He told me he was here to inspect the floors(no notice). I stood at the door, he then took one step into my place looked around briefly and said alright looks good. In reality this wasn't a inspection but him trying to catch me up. Moral of story being never grow in a apartment. It's not your building or your property, and in the united states toker's will go to jail even if their rights were violated.

THE NIGHTSTALKER

May 14 2008, 2:22 pm

I've said it before...I'll say it again...NEVER, NEVER, EVER open the door of your residence for ANYONE if you have a grow op going. There is no law that states you have to open your door for anyone. It took me me awhile to get my old lady to finally understand this, but after a home invasion in broad daylight in our sub-divison, I finally got her to understand the concept. If you never open your door, you wont have these problems you have described. Granted your landlord still has the right to conduct an inspection of the rental property but your lease should specifically state an "Advanced Notice Of Inspection" (usually 24-72 hrs)clause that should give you enough time to clean up before your landlord enters.

kittien smuggler

May 13 2008, 9:26 pm

pot is bad for you noob

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