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Cruz County Sheriff s Office said they are also trying to track down how much money <br />was made to freeze bank accounts..... <br />http://www.ksbw.com/news/17520736/detail.html <br />Newcastle man sentenced for medical marijuana operation <br />Sacramento Business Journal - by Mark Anderson Staff writer <br />Richard Marino, 54, of Newcastle was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison <br />by U.S. District Judge Lawrence Karlton for money laundering and narcotics conspiracy <br />in connection with a medical marijuana operation. He pleaded guilty May 6 to the <br />charges arising from Capitol Compassionate Care, which had gross sales of $2.3 <br />million between Feb. 3 andAug. 31 in 2004. Federal agents searched Marino's home in <br />Newcastle and the business on Sept. 3, 2005, and they seized 189 pounds of hashish, <br />1,175 pounds of processed marijuana, 617 live marijuana plans and more than <br />$100,000 in cash..... Business records showed Capitol Compassionate Care has sold <br />some 482 pounds of marijuana, and that Marino used Compassionate Care proceeds to <br />pay for a down payment for his home, a housekeeper, an apartment, loan payments, <br />dinners and payments on credit cards. Marino was also ordered to forfeit over $91,000 in <br />cash as well as a house in Newcastle in a separate civil forfeiture case. <br />http: / /washin tog n.bizjoumals.com /sacramento/ stories /2008 /07 /21 /daily29.html <br />Berkeley, CA <br />A local reporter added: "there are several "pot clubs" within city limits, and many more <br />outside them, where legally purchased dank is available." Berkeley Marijuana Prices: <br />Eighths run from shitty weed on the block for 30 to 40 bucks, to bomb ass dank from <br />your folks, about $45 - $60 an eighth. Quarters are usually $80 - $90. Most people who <br />sell theyr Dank to the clubs also slang on the side. Cheaper that way. The clubs hike all <br />prices by ten bucks a product. Usually this place is flooded. Hella people grow. Weed <br />food is also a delicious option with several professionally devoted culinary artists <br />working in the area.... Plus California has decriminalized other marijuana use to a $100 <br />fine for under an ounce possession and fines for paraphernalia; no jail time and some <br />cities have set marijuana use in general as the lowest law enforcement priority thus <br />ignoring small time possession much more often. <br />http: / /www.webehigh.com /city/ detail .php ?CITYID= Berkeley, %20CA <br />Medical marijuana dispensary owner convicted <br />The Associated Press / 08/06/2008 <br />LOS ANGELES —The owner of a Morro Bay medical marijuana dispensary has been <br />convicted on federal drug distribution counts. Charles Lynch was found guilty on <br />Tuesday of distributing more than 100 kilos of marijuana, some of it to minors....... <br />http: / /www.mercurynews. com / news /ci_10113784?nclick_ check =l <br />Federal Raids Lead To Pot Seizure, Arrests <br />POSTED: 4:51 am PDT August 6, 2008 <br />SAN DIEGO -- Federal raids on four San Diego medical marijuana dispensaries this <br />week led to four arrests and the seizure of about 20 pounds of pot, it was reported <br />I <br />