This is the second story I seen in a couple days where someone in the bay got a grenade launcher taken from the police
the other one:
Grenade launchers tho? is it really that serious? :ermm:
DEA: SF Bay area father-son pot ring busted
The Associated Press
Posted: 05/17/2012 09:14:26 AM PDT
DISCOVERY BAY, Calif.—Authorities have arrested 19 people and seized thousands of pot plants in connection with a San Francisco Bay area marijuana growing operation that was allegedly run by a father and son.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says Wednesday's arrests were part of operation Disco Dazed, which targeted 14 locations. Authorities uncovered three dozen guns, a grenade launcher, $400,000 in cash and almost 100 pounds of prepared marijuana in addition to more than 3,600 pot plants.
The DEA says the ringleaders of the operation were 50-year-old Steven Ortega Sr. of Byron and his son, 25-year-old Steven Ortega Jr. of Discovery Bay.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony Williams says the father and son used their hydroponics retail stores as fronts to provide pot growers with equipment in exchange for a share of the growers' profits.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_20645337/dea-sf-bay-area-father-son-pot-ring
The Associated Press
Posted: 05/17/2012 09:14:26 AM PDT
DISCOVERY BAY, Calif.—Authorities have arrested 19 people and seized thousands of pot plants in connection with a San Francisco Bay area marijuana growing operation that was allegedly run by a father and son.
The Drug Enforcement Administration says Wednesday's arrests were part of operation Disco Dazed, which targeted 14 locations. Authorities uncovered three dozen guns, a grenade launcher, $400,000 in cash and almost 100 pounds of prepared marijuana in addition to more than 3,600 pot plants.
The DEA says the ringleaders of the operation were 50-year-old Steven Ortega Sr. of Byron and his son, 25-year-old Steven Ortega Jr. of Discovery Bay.
DEA Special Agent in Charge Anthony Williams says the father and son used their hydroponics retail stores as fronts to provide pot growers with equipment in exchange for a share of the growers' profits.
http://www.mercurynews.com/news/ci_20645337/dea-sf-bay-area-father-son-pot-ring
Reading a condition of Richmond defendant's release
One of three men indicted for allegedly trying to sell a grenade launcher during a deal that led to gunfire in Richmond was ordered released on bond Monday by a federal judge, who allowed him to remain free so long as he reads each day and completes book reports.
Over the objections of federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted a request by 23-year-old Otis Mobley Jr. to be released before trial. She ordered him to "read and complete book reports," spending an hour every day on books and at least a half an hour writing.
The judge said she plans to provide a reading list for Mobley as he awaits trial.
Rogers delayed Mobley's release until Tuesday morning to allow prosecutors to file an expected appeal of her order.
In court records, prosecutors said Mobley, the father of a 4-year-old boy, is a flight risk and a danger to the community because of his criminal history and because he is a "poly-substance abuser."
Rogers upheld an April 23 ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore, who ordered Mobley to be released to the custody of his grandmother in Sebastopol on a $150,000 bond. He must also wear an ankle monitor with GPS tracking, Westmore said.
Mobley, his cousin Khusar Mobley, 18, and Dmarce Hutcherson, 19, were indicted last month in U.S. District Court in Oakland for alleged conspiracy to commit robbery, assault on a federal officer, robbery and a weapons violation stemming from a March 28 incident in the parking lot of a Chevy's restaurant on Garrity Way in Richmond.
The three men had allegedly arranged to sell a grenade launcher for $1,000 to an undercover agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The supposed sale was really a ruse for robbery, authorities said.
Khusar Mobley and Hutcherson pointed loaded guns at the agent in his car and "demanded that he empty his pockets," the indictment said, citing audio and video recorders in the vehicle that captured the episode.
Backup ATF agents rushed in and shot and wounded Hutcherson as he was getting out of the car. Khusar Mobley was arrested at the scene, and Otis Mobley ran into a field and was taken into custody, police said.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/14/BAO21OI06P.DTL#ixzz1v9L2FX87
One of three men indicted for allegedly trying to sell a grenade launcher during a deal that led to gunfire in Richmond was ordered released on bond Monday by a federal judge, who allowed him to remain free so long as he reads each day and completes book reports.
Over the objections of federal prosecutors, U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers granted a request by 23-year-old Otis Mobley Jr. to be released before trial. She ordered him to "read and complete book reports," spending an hour every day on books and at least a half an hour writing.
The judge said she plans to provide a reading list for Mobley as he awaits trial.
Rogers delayed Mobley's release until Tuesday morning to allow prosecutors to file an expected appeal of her order.
In court records, prosecutors said Mobley, the father of a 4-year-old boy, is a flight risk and a danger to the community because of his criminal history and because he is a "poly-substance abuser."
Rogers upheld an April 23 ruling by U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis Westmore, who ordered Mobley to be released to the custody of his grandmother in Sebastopol on a $150,000 bond. He must also wear an ankle monitor with GPS tracking, Westmore said.
Mobley, his cousin Khusar Mobley, 18, and Dmarce Hutcherson, 19, were indicted last month in U.S. District Court in Oakland for alleged conspiracy to commit robbery, assault on a federal officer, robbery and a weapons violation stemming from a March 28 incident in the parking lot of a Chevy's restaurant on Garrity Way in Richmond.
The three men had allegedly arranged to sell a grenade launcher for $1,000 to an undercover agent with the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The supposed sale was really a ruse for robbery, authorities said.
Khusar Mobley and Hutcherson pointed loaded guns at the agent in his car and "demanded that he empty his pockets," the indictment said, citing audio and video recorders in the vehicle that captured the episode.
Backup ATF agents rushed in and shot and wounded Hutcherson as he was getting out of the car. Khusar Mobley was arrested at the scene, and Otis Mobley ran into a field and was taken into custody, police said.
Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2012/05/14/BAO21OI06P.DTL#ixzz1v9L2FX87
