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Sheriff Deputy suggests confiscated pot plants as “donation” for local Hospice.

Posted on August 30, 2010 by Mikal

By Mikal Jakubal

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On Saturday, Heart Of The Redwoods Hospice held its annual fundraising barbecue, “Taste Of The Cove,” at Shelter Cove, on the shores of Humboldt County. There was the usual live music, socializing and tons of excellent food, especially local fish cooked to perfection.

I got there in time to get a yummy plate of food, but too late to film the surreal event in the photo. Apparently, a local Deputy raided someone’s pot patch in Shelter Cove, strapped the plants to his vehicle and pulled up next to the Hospice event. According to numerous witnesses, he jokingly announced something along the lines of, “here’s a donation for Hospice.”

One witness described the plants strapped to the vehicle “like a hunter with three deer strapped like trophies to his truck.”

This sort of thing, which might be considered surreal or offensive elsewhere, is so normal around here that I don’t think anyone was bothered. A few people did express regret for the poor grower who probably lost his whole year’s income. Many people later saw the vehicle driving through Redway, probably on the way to the place where they burn confiscated pot plants. This sort of scene will only get more and more common as Humboldt moves into harvest season.

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7 thoughts on “Sheriff Deputy suggests confiscated pot plants as “donation” for local Hospice.”

  1. Mikal says:
    August 30, 2010 at 12:53 pm

    I hope the deputy doesn’t get in trouble for joking around like this! We can take a joke here. All in good fun. Next time, though, I just wish he’d tip me off in advance so I could be sure to be there early with my camera! Oh, I was heartbroken to miss that one!

  2. kym says:
    August 30, 2010 at 3:23 pm

    I hope he tips me off first! Great pic! Great story.

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  4. YellowJuana Cake says:
    August 31, 2010 at 7:10 am

    This is not funny. This is not funny at all. Not one tiny bit. It’s not funny to belittle the work that hospice does by providing comfort to dying people. It’s quite insensitive for the police to joke about medicine that would help those people’s suffering. It’s a poor example set by this deputy and I wouldn’t want that kind of person working in a public safety capacity since he shows no concern for his fellow citizens.

  5. normelle says:
    August 31, 2010 at 7:24 am

    It’s a shame the officer couldn’t have attended the event, instead of being out doing mischief on that day. It must be hard to be a lawman enforcing unjust laws against your neighbors. It didn’t look like a large-enough garden to worry about, just some kind of bizarre trophy kill.

  6. just me says:
    September 1, 2010 at 3:37 pm

    we also saw the deputy that day at hospice, but I guess this is going to be a regular routine as he was spotted again with even more pot strapped on his SUV..i think he likes the attention!

  7. SoHum says:
    September 4, 2010 at 7:23 pm

    Where else is he supposed to put all the plants, if not strapped to his car?

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