The Daily Journal
Ukiah Daily Journal Staff
Article Last Updated: 02/27/2008 08:48:42 AM PST
While responding to reports of an assault on Sherwood Road Monday, law enforcement officers discovered a large marijuana grow.
According to a news release from the Mendocino County Sheriff's Office, Willits Police Department officers were investigating an alleged assault around 3 p.m. Monday and summoned sheriff's deputies for help.
When they arrived, sheriff's deputies spoke with John J. Mayock, 39, of Willits, who told them he had been conducting a commercial marijuana grow with two other men at his home in the 24100 block of Sherwood Road.
The three got into an argument over money, during which the other two men allegedly attacked Mayock, according to sheriff's reports.
Mayock asked sheriff's deputies to travel with him to the Sherwood Road house and stay while he removed his belongings from the house because he feared the men would attack him again if he returned, according to sheriff's reports.
Sheriff's deputies accompanied Mayock to the home, where they smelled the odor of marijuana and saw several signs indicating marijuana cultivation, according to sheriff's reports.
Mayock said there had been several medical marijuana recommendations in the home, but that they had expired. When deputies asked to search the home, Mayock refused and the deputies got a search warrant.
Inside the house, sheriff's deputies found more than 200 marijuana plants, scales, packaging materials, receipts for marijuana and a firearm, according to sheriff's
reports.
Mayock was arrested on suspicion of cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale and was booked into the Mendocino County Jail on a $250,000 bond.
Arrest follows pot grow financial disagreement
ReplyDeleteBy Linda Williams/TWN Staff Writer
Article Launched: 02/27/2008 11:52:22 AM PST
An investigation into a claim by one partner in a pot grow about being assaulted by his two associates over their financial arrangements led to the arrest Monday of a Willits man for an alleged pot grow at his home.
John J. Mayock, 39, of Willits, came to the Willits Police Department to complain about an altercation, which occurred at his Sherwood Road home. Since the alleged incident did not occur in Willits, Mendocino County Sheriff's deputies met with Mayock to investigate the incident.
Mayock told deputies he was involved in a commercial marijuana grow with two other persons at his residence on Sherwood Road. The three partners had argued over finances and a fight ensued where he was assaulted by the others, Mayock allegedly told deputies. Mayock then asked deputies to accompany him to his residence so he could remove some property from it, fearing his partners might assault him again.
Deputies accompanied Mayock to his residence and noted a strong odor of marijuana and numerous signs of marijuana cultivation. Mayock was asked whether he had a medical marijuana card and he advised all of his recommendations had expired, say deputies. A search of the residence yielded more than 200 plants, scales and other packaging materials, receipts for marijuana sales and a firearm, say deputies.
Mayock was arrested on suspicion of cultivation and possession of marijuana for sales.
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