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[SomeGuy]

Sheboygan Press

Teen busted after posting pictures of pot online

Photos were posted on MySpace.com

By Eric Litke
Sheboygan Press staff


The district attorney says a Sheboygan teen is learning the hard way that posting pictures of your potted marijuana plants on MySpace.com is a bad idea.


That picture, labeled, "My Mary Jane thats growin in my closet right now," also gave police a road map to the alleged stash.


According to Sheboygan County District Attorney Joe DeCecco, that's why Moua Yang, 18, was charged Wednesday with two felonies and two misdemeanors following a police raid of his south-side apartment.


"When someone is going to advertise their drug use — or any other crime for that matter — on a Web site, chances are we're going to find it, and this is what's going to happen," DeCecco said. "We appreciate the help. Thanks a lot."


Yang, of 2709 S. 18th St., was arrested Monday after police found three potted marijuana plants in a basement closet that matched the online picture, according to a criminal complaint. Yang was identified after a school resource officer at South High School identified him as a former student there.


Still on Yang's MySpace Web site as of Wednesday afternoon were pictures of a bong commonly used to smoke marijuana — labeled "my baby" — and numerous pictures of Yang and his friends drinking beer and flashing gang signs at parties.


The identifying quote at the top of Yang's MySpace page is, "I need that Kali Chronic," slang for marijuana.


"People think that Web sites are more private than they are," DeCecco said. "This is just another tool for us to use."


Police first found out about Yang's alleged drug use through his postings on another Web site that police monitor for gang-related activity, according to a criminal complaint.


On that site, one similar to MySpace that allows users to set up profile pages for others to view, Yang posted pictures of numerous weapons and drug paraphernalia and brags about having marijuana plants growing in his house and using Ecstasy, the complaint said.


"The officers were surprised about how brazen they were on the Internet," said Lt. Dave Schafhauser of the Sheboygan Police Department, referring to Yang and others pictured or mentioned on his site. "They talked about their growing of the marijuana and some of the gang activity they were involved in."


The picture of the potted marijuana plants is also posted on the gang-related site, the complaint said.


Yang faces up to three years and seven months behind bars and fines up to $21,500 if convicted on charges of felony manufacturing marijuana and maintaining a drug trafficking place, and misdemeanor possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia.

Gotta love Myspace!

 

[Northern_Greens]

what a tool, thats just as good as sending the cops a letter with a picture of you and pot and the caption "enclosed is all of my information, please come arrest me.By the way Fuck you"...man, kids

N_G

 

[Lootpimpin]

lol wow

 

[cyburnt]

Kinda creeps me out knowing that they troll through websites

Kinda creeps me out knowing that they troll through websites

Big brother is watching

 

[Guest]

As long as there are dumbasses like that - I'll feel pretty secure. Cops will feed on the weak and stupid first.

Morons...

ws

 

[Guest]

kid needed to read the first rule of growing..............don't tell anyone

 

[ItsGrowTime]

I doubt theres a lot of "trolling". Pretty much anything you post on the net can (and will?) be cached on a search engine. Putting "pot plants" in a post (esp. on a myspace type site with no concern for privacy) will end up on any search engine in a couple weeks. A basic rule is never post any word (or pic...esp. if related) that you wouldnt want any bad people to see eventually.

EDIT: I know this personally btw. You never know who's looking!!

 

[Guest]

This should be a lesson to all the pic posters through the years who laughed at me,phooey on youeeey lol.

 

[Hoam Groan]

Heh, that's pretty funny IMO.

 

[Guest]

funny article
http://www.hightimes.com/ht/news/content.php?bid=502&aid=24
Texas cops thought they'd made a major drug bust when they raided a home northwest of Houston last Tuesday. After all, it looked like there were huge marijuana plants growing in the front yard.

"All of a sudden, they burst in with their guns loaded, pointing at me, screaming, 'Get on the floor! Get on the floor!'" northwest Harris County resident Blair Davis told KHOU-TV.

It turns out the tall plants with the narrow leaves arranged in a fan pattern weren't pot plants at all, but specimens of Texas Star hibiscus (search), which Davis grows for his landscaping business.

That didn't convince the 10 or so members of the Harris County Organized Crime Unit (search) who stormed around the house.

"I just put my head down, shook it and said: 'Guys, you are making a terrible mistake. That is Texas Star hibiscus, not marijuana,'" Davis told the TV station. "They just told me to shut up."

At one point, the officers discussed whether the bamboo in the window might be the demon weed as well, Davis told the Houston Chronicle. They also asked him what he planned to do with the watermelons and cantaloupes growing out back.

"What would I do with them?" Davis said he responded.

It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves — marijuana has rough leaves and dense flowering buds — in the yard and tipped off the authorities.

"My guys went out there, and they looked at the plants and stuff, and they believed them to be marijuana," Lt. Dan Webb told KHOU-TV.

After about an hour, the officers decided the search was over. They gave Davis a "citizen's information card" with the words "closed-report" written on it.

"No apology, no nothing," Davis complained to the Chronicle. "I realize they have a job to do, but this seems a little bizarre."

Lt. Webb defends his officers.

"I'm sure it was traumatic," he told KHOU. "Any time there's a search warrant served at your house, there's gonna be some trauma involved."

Davis thinks the narcotics officers might need a little more training.

"If they don't know what a marijuana plant looks like, maybe they should bring a picture with them," he told the TV station, "before they invade a citizen's home."

 

[bounty29]

This should be a lesson to all the pic posters through the years who laughed at me,phooey on youeeey lol.

Unlike Myspace, we don't have our names, addresses, schools we went to, and lists of all of our real life friends on this site. Being in a monitored gang probably didn't help his situation either.

 

[Hoam Groan]

"It turned out a concerned citizen had seen the native Texas plant, which has little white flowers and smooth green leaves — marijuana has rough leaves and dense flowering buds — in the yard and tipped off the authorities."

'Concerned Citizen' my FUCKING ASS.

Just what the hell are they so concerned about?

What we do on our own property, and what we do quietly and peacefully in the privacy of our homes, is of NO concern to them, people just like to snoop, and feel that they have something important to say. then after they tip the pigs off, every time that friendly neighbor sees you they will regard you with a self-righteous triumphant sneer.

Sometimes I really despise human beings in general.

 

[SomeGuy]

I've had run ins with HPD and Harris county. Damn nasty bunch.

Funny story, we lived in a huge apartment complex on Houston northside. One night this couple got to fighting and he pulled a gun and fired a few shots into the ceiling. 2 Harris County cars came out and it took them nearly an hour. 3 nights later a bunch of people decided to go skinny dipping in the pool, and 8 Harris County cars including a supervisor show up within 30 mins. Now THATS police protection.

 

[Guest]

Well said Hoam Groan.

 

[Trichome Toker]

3 plants in his closet, wow he is a hardcore gang member.

 

[Guest]

Thats why I live with my dog and approx 50 ladies..People suckass for the most part.Ima suckass too lol

 

[SomeGuy]

And the hits just keep on comin!

And the hits just keep on comin!

So instead of just appearing in the student paper, these guys made sure it went to all the wire services too!

College: Article on pot bust sparks theft

Friday, March 16, 2007


GLASSBORO (AP) -- Campus authorities at Rowan University say two students swiped nearly 600 copies of the student newspaper to keep the campus from reading that two of their friends were caught with nearly a half-pound of marijuana in a dorm bust.

"They were upset their friends names were in the paper," said Timothy Michener, the school's director of public safety. "It was an impulse. They didn't know that what they did was censorship, but that point will be driven home."

Michener said the student suspects are currently away for spring break, but when they return to campus on Monday they could face suspension, be forced to perform some sort of community service or even face criminal charges.

"We know who is responsible. We're just wrapping the investigation up," he said.

The story about the pot bust -- in which 100 bags of marijuana were confiscated -- appeared in the March 1 edition of The Whit, the school's 3,000-circulation weekly paper.

Sometime between that day and March 6, almost 600 copies vanished from the student center.

The stolen newspapers have not been found, Michener said.

Rowan is a liberal-arts university of nearly 10,000 students located about 25 miles from Philadelphia.

 

[SomeGuy]

Are you stoned or are you just stupid?

Indiana Judge Approves Couple's 'Stupidity Defense' in Drug Delivery
Feb 2, 2007 01:32 PM CST

COLUMBUS, IN - A judge says he sentenced a Columbus, Indiana, couple to probation for delivering a 20-pound package of marijuana because the pair acted out of stupidity.

Bartholomew Circuit Judge Stephen Heimann says that other defendants have used stupidity as a defense, but he has rarely bought into it. However, he says Kevin Pike, 39, and his wife, Kimberly, 40, made a persuasive case.

The couple had no prior criminal convictions until they pleaded guilty in November to one count each of possession of marijuana. They were sentenced yesterday. T

he Pikes were arrested in January 2005 after the marijuana package was delivered to a relative's house. Kevin Pike said it was the stupidest thing he ever did in his life.

(Copyright 2007 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

 

[SomeGuy]

I think this is why some animals eat their offspring....

Patrol: California man told trooper about marijuana
By the Lincoln Journal Star
Wednesday, Mar 14, 2007 - 02:52:28 pm CDT
State troopers surely wish all arrests were so easy.

About 2:30 p.m. Tuesday a trooper pulled off Interstate 80 at the 56th Street exit for a bathroom break at a gas station. State Patrol Lt. Mike Jahnke said, by coincidence, the trooper pulled up behind a vehicle driven by 28-year-old Joseph L. Johnson. The man from Port Hueneme, Calif., got out and started up a conversation with the trooper. He asked the trooper if there was a problem and started shaking.

Jahnke said Johnson then told the trooper about the 55½ pounds of marijuana in his car. They arrested him on suspicion of possession of marijuana with intent to deliver. “In this case, it would appear that Mr. Johnson’s nerves got the better of him,” Jahnke said.

 

[Guest]

Its why I never reproduced..I did a risk assessment and the decision was clear..I won't help create any more 2 leggers..4 leggers are OK.