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Armed suspect shot, killed by deputy near marijuana grow The Associated Press / Article Launched: 10/04/2007 EUREKA, Calif —An armed suspect who authorities said threatened officers with a gun near a marijuana plantation was shot to death ...... Marijuana plantings on private timber and public lands have been an increasing problem.... Because harvest time is near, marijuana growers are more willing to defend the plantations in the fall, Nelsen said. "The plants area lot more valuable now," he said. Source: http: / /www.mercurynews.com /news /ci_7084988 Game warden shooting is first in department history The Associated Press / 10/09/2007 JARBO GAP, Calif A California Department of Fish and Game warden shot and killed a man in a remote area of the Sierra foothills, the first fatal shooting by a state game warden in the agency's history.... Ramsey said Pitts moved into a travel trailer on the rural property in April to help tend an illegal marijuana plot that recently had been harvested ..... Pitts opened fire with a shotgun when the warden returned to the trailer to make the arrest, Ramsey said. The warden shot back, killing Pitts. Source: http: // www. redbluffdailynews .com /ci_7128225 ?source =most viewed Shooting Death Linked To Massive Lompoc Marijuana Farm 11 -01 -07 at 9:12AM SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (AP) -- Investigators say the shooting death of a man dumped along a Santa Barbara County highway is linked to a massive 90,000 -plant marijuana garden discovered near Lompoc. Source: http: / /www.cbs8.com /stories /story.107672.html Suspects invade Nevada County home seeking cultivated marijuana The Associated Press/ 10/15/2007 GRASS VALLEY, Calif.— Investigators are searching for four people suspected of breaking into a rural Nevada County home in search of cultivated marijuana and beating eight people with crow bars and baseball bats .... "It's harvest season," Evans told The Associated Press on Monday. "Marijuana is worth a lot." ....Deputies were called to the house shortly after 4 a.m. Sunday and found eight people beaten and bound inside. A 27- year -old victim was taken to a Roseville hospital in critical condition. Source: http: // www. mercuLynews.com /breakingnews /ci 7184204 ?nclick check =l Home invasion linked to pot Bolted baseball bat used in alleged robbery attempt By Robyn Moormeister / Oct 17, 2007 A 37- year -old man was seriously injured when two men allegedly broke into a house outside Cedar Ridge late Monday night and attacked two other men with a wooden baseball bat that had long metal bolts driven into the end ..... Police found about 22 pot plants at the house..... Violent marijuana robberies are happening all over California this harvest season, said Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Gordon Taylor in Sacramento..... Sheriffs investigators say the recent string of similar attempted robberies are not linked, Smith said. They suspect different attackers are involved in each incident, while the home invasions are not random, but targeted, perhaps by people who know the victims. "This is high risk, high gain to these (intruders)," Smith said. "They're probably going to let you do all the work, then take (the marijuana) after you pick off all the buds." Source: httD: // www. theunion. com /article /20071017/NEWS/110170173 2