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California man busted with 800 pounds of stolen lemons
UPI ^ | 08/27/2018 | By Ben Hooper

Posted on 08/27/2018 10:42:17 AM PDT by Red Badger

Sheriff's deputies in California conducted a traffic stop and discovered 800 pounds of stolen lemons in a man's car. Photo courtesy of the Riverside County Sheriff's Office

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Aug. 27 (UPI) -- A California sheriff's office said deputies conducting a traffic stop arrested a man found to be transporting 800 pounds of stolen lemons.

The Riverside County Sheriff's Office said Thermal Station Deputies assigned to the Southern Coachella Valley Community Services District Team were investigating a string of recent agricultural thefts when they conducted the traffic stop Friday.

The sheriff's office said Los Angeles resident Dioncio Fierros, 69, was found to be transporting about 800 pounds of freshly picked lemons that had been illegally taken from a nearby farm.

Fierros was booked into the Indio Jail on a charge of theft of agricultural products.


TOPICS: Agriculture; Business/Economy; Society; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: lemon; lemons
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To: BipolarBob
I live in the northern San Fernando Valley, the area was once ranches and orange groves. Many of the homes still have orange trees on the property. Last week on the way home I noticed a U-Haul van with the side door open and a person hanging out taking oranges off the trees by the street. I pulled over and asked if they had the homeowner’s permission and was told (in broken english) that they were only taking the oranges that were hanging over the street so it was “okay.” I said that I would go to the door and ask the owner and as I walked up the driveway the van sped away.

We have a lemon tree in our front yard that is at least 25’ from the street. My wife has caught people several times with bags, boxes, and in one case a woman who used the front of her shirt, picking our lemons. When confronted they feign that they don’t speak English or just shrug and walk away. According to my wife never once did any of them show any remorse or apologize when caught.

61 posted on 08/27/2018 11:55:06 AM PDT by 101viking
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To: Red Badger

Who was from West Virginia


62 posted on 08/27/2018 11:55:24 AM PDT by Figment
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To: Figment

Tennessee Williams was from Mississippi.

I mean names are just names in the entertainment industry.

Who would pay to hear West Virginia Ernie Ford?............


63 posted on 08/27/2018 12:07:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: faithhopecharity

Because he couldn’t concentrate?


64 posted on 08/27/2018 12:07:20 PM PDT by LibWhacker
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To: Red Badger
This story conjures up an old memory:


65 posted on 08/27/2018 12:51:11 PM PDT by mikrofon (Measured Monday BUMP)
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To: mikrofon

LOL!.......................


66 posted on 08/27/2018 12:52:20 PM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Red Badger

True


67 posted on 08/27/2018 1:14:59 PM PDT by Figment
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To: LibWhacker

gawd! you have a really sweet sense of humor, HA!

(maybe, too, he was just desperately in search of his Main Squeeze?) in which case, concentrate wouldn’t work for him


68 posted on 08/27/2018 2:14:37 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicians aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: faithhopecharity

impromptu roadside fruit stands (illegal in Riverside Co btw)


69 posted on 08/27/2018 3:40:05 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Red Badger

What - no mention of the half ton of sugar....?


70 posted on 08/27/2018 4:15:35 PM PDT by Jack Hammer
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To: Red Badger

Those are limes.


71 posted on 08/27/2018 6:23:41 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Red Badger

Yellow Gold. Lemons have become quite pricey here in Chicago.


72 posted on 08/27/2018 11:05:58 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: Red Badger
Thanks for posting this.

Another one for the "Rural Crime Project" files.


73 posted on 08/27/2018 11:33:40 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: ViLaLuz

Lemons are green before they turn yellow.

So are limes.

But limes that are yellow are not marketable because people expect limes to be green.............


74 posted on 08/28/2018 6:22:34 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Red Badger

True. I’ve also seen lemons round like tennis balls.


75 posted on 08/28/2018 3:06:56 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz

My wife’s cousin had a lemon tree that had lemons the size of grapefruits!...................


76 posted on 08/29/2018 6:08:44 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world learns the TRUTH......Q Anon.......Timelines change. Aug 16)
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To: Red Badger
Wow! When they're that size in Louisiana they call them citrons. They make good pies. 😁
77 posted on 08/29/2018 7:01:26 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: ViLaLuz
When they're that size in Louisiana they call them citrons.

Gasp! You mean to tell me that citrons are good for something other than target practice?

78 posted on 08/29/2018 7:05:01 AM PDT by N. Theknow (Kennedys-Can't drive, can't ski, can't fly, can't skipper a boat-But they know what's best for you.)
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To: N. Theknow
LOL! They also hurt when you get hit with one 😂
79 posted on 08/29/2018 7:33:06 AM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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