WARSAW, Ind., July 16, 2008
Girl Scout Camp Marijuana Farm Busted
Camp Officials Horrified To Learn That 5,000 Plants Had Been Found Growing On Their Grounds
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Officials at Camp Ella J. Logan were dismayed when they found out what had happened, said Sherri Weidman, chief executive of the Limberlost Girl Scout Council.
Police found the hidden marijuana farm with plants in various stages of cultivation in a wooded swampy area of Kosciusko County, according to documents filed Monday in U.S. District Court in South Bend. Some of the plants were growing on land belonging to a local resident, while the bulk - about 5,000 plants - were growing on camp land. State troopers in an airplane spotted the plots.
Mario Comacho, 44, Mariano Gonzales, 38, and a juvenile were arrested last week after police found the farm. Comacho and Gonzales, both of Goshen, appeared for an initial hearing Monday in federal court on charges of possession of more than 1,000 marijuana plants with the intent to distribute. Neither man had an attorney, according to court documents.
Johnny Coy, who owns part of the land where the pot was found growing, said he wasn't aware of the operation and rarely visits the swampy area.
Weidman said the area was in a remote part of the 220-acre camp accessible only by wading through the muck or taking a canoe. The land was bought by the council to provide a safety buffer, she said.
Parents of campers were informed of the discovery when they picked up their children.
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See all 65 CommentsI hope I have been clear...If an investigation revealed later that Girl Scout personnel were operating this plantation, that would be news...If you and your family were found out to operate a huge plantation, that also would be news...But until the "ownership" of the plantation has been established why does anybody else have to implicated....
Just be erroneously accused of child molestation or something to the like someday and see what the press does to you before they report months or years later you are innocent...Understand my concern of guilt through implication rather than litigation?
I agree. And now we have the laws giving the arresting agency the right to steal private property, which brings about more corruption and sometimes false arrests and imprisonments.
Posted by gmond at 12:28
And Brownies
Posted by nrgmizer at 06:32 PM : Jul 16, 2008
BUT does it have real girl scout in them
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al''''right! so...what type of badge will this one earn them??
Posted by cerberusII at 06:51 PM : Jul 16, 2008
Depends Not familiar with the badges but I would guess Agriculture, Law Enforcement, and of course Sales and Marketing,.
Posted by ajk_cbsnews at 03:25 PM : Jul 16, 2008
Cookies taste best when they have the "doobies" in them!
Posted by pmaldona at 03:02 PM : Jul 16, 2008
"And the Lord God said, "Everything you need, I have given you." What could be more natural than pulling a weed out of the ground and smoking it?? :-)
Posted by loneeagle57 at 01:30 PM : Jul 16, 2008
If you are seriously asking, the article stated that the weed was spotted from the air.
I have a new found respect for Girls Scouts now.
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