Posted on 04/02/2010 12:36:53 PM PDT by SmithL
WEED, SISKIYOU COUNTY -- Chronicle outdoors writer Tom Stienstra and his wife were arrested at their Northern California home on suspicion of possession of marijuana for sale, and later released with no charges filed pending an investigation, officials said.
Siskiyou County sheriff's spokeswoman Susan Gravenkamp said deputies found "a sophisticated marijuana cultivation operation in the barn" at Stienstra's home in Weed, a small town 30 miles south of Yreka, when they searched it March 25.
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Cute little town where one turns to go thru Klamath Falls into Bend, Oregon.
Named after Abner Weed, who founded the town.
He’s one of my favorite columnbists, after Scott Oslter.
They have some good journos at the Chron.
Ed
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