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Interim County Counsel Busted with Pot & Gun Resigns

August 7, 2012
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Interim County Counsel Busted with Pot & Gun Resigns

Mendocino County’s lead legal counsel resigned after a sheriff’s deputy found 3-4 grams of marijuana and an unpermitted pistol in his car last month. “His license plate light was out and he was going about 10 miles per hour over the limit,” Sheriff Deputy Kurt Smallcomb told The Independent.  Doug Losak was pulled over...

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Deputy DA Resigns After 150 Marijuana Plants Found in Home

August 1, 2012
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Deputy DA Resigns After 150 Marijuana Plants Found in Home

  Deputy District Attorney, Sergio Fuentes is the 2nd county employee to step down from his job due to a marijuana-related incident with law enforcement. As The Independent reported in May 2012, Fuentes was relieved of his duties pending an investigation into marijuana cultivation at a house he shared with his mother. Authorities allege they...

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Dispensary Wars

July 15, 2012
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Dispensary Wars

Vandalism at New Dispensary “Not a Random Act of Violence.” Since one medical marijuana dispensary opened up right next door to another just outside of Fort Bragg’s city limits, a conflict has erupted. “It was a bold move; I wouldn’t do that,” reflects Sherry Glaser-Love collective member of Love In It Cooperative in Mendocino. ...

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The Sheriff’s New Marijuana-Related Revenue

June 8, 2012
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The Sheriff’s New Marijuana-Related Revenue

6 New Sheriff Patrol cars will be purchased with excess revenues from medical marijuana related sources. “Mendocino County is the only county in the state to utilize the law ; under the law Mendocino County received $800,000 in 2011” explains Mike Geneilla, press officer with the District Attorney’s Office. A majority of the new...

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On the Rebound

May 16, 2012
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Since my San Francisco break-in, break-down, and break-through my roommates have started a fund raising campaign to raise the $3,000-$4,000 worth of equipment that was stolen out of the trunk of my car. They’re holding a raffle.  $5 a ticket.  We’d need to sell at least 600 tickets to acquire all that’s been lost. ...

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