Posted on 08/10/2015 3:40:58 PM PDT by rey
Jerusalem fire in Lake County continues to increase
As Cal Fire ramped up efforts Sunday night to fight Lake County’s newly raging Jerusalem fire, estimated at 5,000 acres and growing, sheriff’s deputies arrested a Lake County man suspected of starting a separate fire in the area in an attempt to protect his marijuana garden, sheriff’s officials said Monday.
The Lake County Sheriff’s Office said Juan Ramos Silva, 51, of Lower Lake was arrested at about 6 p.m. Sunday. He’d told deputies and fire officials he’d been a firefighter years ago while living in Mexico and he’d wanted to set a control burn to protect his property in case the Jerusalem fire closed in, sheriff’s officials said in a release.
The property, on remote Spruce Grove Road, reportedly included a large marijuana garden growing close to a home.
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Let me know if you want on or off.
Any particular state?
CA
Uh huh. Here legally, growing a legal crop, of course.
Just someone doing the growing that Americans refuse to do.
Right.
Wondering which cartel Juan is tied to.
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