ALFRED, Maine — Maine law enforcement officials say a 51-year-old man has been charged after they seized nearly 1,000 marijuana plants with an estimated street value of about $400,000 from his home and a warehouse.
The York County Sheriff’s Department and U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency said Robert Ryder was charged with felony marijuana cultivation after they raided his home in Lyman on Wednesday and found 184 plants and 2 pounds of processed marijuana.
Officials said a subsequent search at a warehouse in Waterboro turned up another 800 plants and 5 pounds of processed pot.
Ryder is being held on $25,000 bail.
Medicine?
It’s an herb for crying out loud. End the prohibition! Stop wasting taxpayer money prosecuting farmers.
Let’s stop funding the government. Period. Every revenue source will be shut off by millions of taxpayers in the USA. Their prisons are not big enough to house the millions about to take it back. They will probably start killing us off however. Murder, Robbery, Lies. The Federal Government is the biggest mafia out there. They are a danger to us all. Rise up and take it back. This is slowly happening now, but it will take much more work in the future. Only trust your local law enforcement, your local farmers, your local family. Remember, if a law is unjust, it is NOT a law at all. Break that law by the millions and they will fall hard. Take your country back.
Refer Madness v.2012.
A menace to society? I think not. 25 grand bail for a peaceful offense but a guy holds his family hostage and terrorizes them, his bail? 4 grand. SOMETHINGS WRONG HERE
And the 50 year old perv sexually molesting 14 year old girls get out on a smaller bail amount.
Great, that was 400k that was going to be spent in Maine market places, now gone. Good job.
‘coarse ‘ol Bill will be happy that the entire yield will not end up in the hands of all the children…..
It’s sad that weed farmers like this get much more jail time than child molesters, rapists and other violent criminals. Quit wasting our tax dollars jailing non violent people.
money tree
Toss him in jail for 10 years and let baby rapers go free that will solve the problem .
and yet we have methadone clinics and give them gas money to get there
and their hands on a steering wheel too!
I’m so tired of these extreme charges on non-violent crimes, and after reading comments, I am not the only one!
Was he in competition with the government??? U know corporate drug dealers, pain meds that require a lifetime of methadone treatments…
All I see here in the article is this gentleman has a usable amount, You never know when a new depression era will hit, so you need to stockpile supplies for at least 6 months.
If he had 50 or more pounds then It would probably look like he is sharing some with his friends.
I say let them grow their own damm pot!!!!
I take it, no guns were found, thats the federal crime they like the most 5 years automatic… No guns nor cash, 6 months tops… What a waste of taxpayer money…
Who gave the Feds the right to bust hard working Mainers anyway??? (puzzle for you)
If we had a referendum vote and legalized cannabis for recreational use in Maine, federal law would still trump state law.
Industrial hemp has already been given the okay by the Legislature, but federal law trumps once again.
Cannabis will never be legal in our lifetimes.
If you knew the constitution, you would not be saying that.. The only power the federal government has in this State is the power the State allows them.
Unfortunately over the last 50-100 years we have allowed the Federal Gov. to take control. Though I disagree with making the drug legal. Maybe this guy was using it for medicinal purposes, as others.
I think your wrong.
I disagree with your last sentence, but all else is “spot on”.
Cannabis is illegal? Okay, how about apples? Carrots? Just trying to catch up.
Holy Molly. Great job bodyguards. Good to see you taking care of business on behalf of Maine taxpayers.
Maybe some day you can tell us some war stories of what you did before becoming a cop, eh?
You know the time you spent in Iraq kicking down doors for Exxon Mobil.
Hey anybody know where the moonbats Haskell and the rest of the criminals sitting on the criminal justice committee are doing? Tell Cain to call this number
http://www.fbi.gov/sanjuan/press-releases/2012/former-san-juan-police-department-officer-convicted-for-role-in-providing-security-for-drug-transactions
She has a curfew tonight for operating a brain while under the influence of her ego.
This just in from the Maine whisper stream. For your eyes only. Yes you read correctly
that is 89 police officers indicted for protecting cocaine drug dealers.
see link above for full taxpayer penetration.
a species that hires bodyguards to protect them
looses the ability to protect itself and is doomed to extinction
U.S. Department of Justice
March 22, 2012
Office of Public Affairs
(202) 514-2007/TDD (202) 514-1888
WASHINGTON—A former officer with the San Juan, Puerto Rico Municipal Police Department was convicted by a federal jury yesterday for his role in providing security for drug transactions
Arcadio Hernandez-Soto, 35, was convicted in San Juan of three counts of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, four counts of attempting to possess with the intent to distribute more than five kilograms of cocaine, and four counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug transaction. Hernandez-Soto was charged in an indictment unsealed on October 6, 2010, along with 89 law enforcement officers in Puerto Rico
Geez, the governor needs to pull the police aside… Let them know, Maine (is) Open for Business!! The state is trying to get tax dollars from sales… through the internet!
OK
Do you remember what happen when John was gov and he tried to tax cabela for in state internet sales. Their lawyer told the state they didn’t think so, do you know why they said that.. Well every company in Maine who sold to Mainers had to collect sales tax for instate sales… With one exemption… LL Bean.. They had passed a state law that exempted only LL Bean from the sale tax law, doing this was illegal.. Yet they never made LL Bean pay back the sale tax they never collected under and illegal law.. A Baldacci Law… praise your leader
I’m hearing through the grape vine he was preparing for a Bake Off..
One can only accept this as theft of someone’s private property. There should be theft charges on the Feds. Period. This is criminal trespassing, theft, and I am sure terrorizing is involved. When will they get it? I respect the State, just can’t understand the motives of the Feds. This is the most ridiculous thing happening today. Second, the IRS stealing our money and then giving some of it back like we should be excited. Feds are usually crooks so be careful people.
I think if they can sell it for medicinal use…………anyone should have a piece of the pie, not just those that paid 10,000 for the application process. This is no different than giving the phamaceutical companies such control.
growing a weed is still illegal.. maybe he thought he would be a care giver to 166.67 people . a person has to be ready when the people are in need it does not grow over night.
Legalize…seriously…this is ridiculous. It’s true. It’s a damn natural herb. All the facts show IT’S NOT HARMFUL! To society or the individual. The only harmful thing we are doing is, like everyone else is saying, is costing US the taxpayers tons of money. And sending the WRONG message by making it obviously worse to possess this herb than molest someone.