Dont take pictures of you plant on your cell

NEWPORT, Vt. - A cell phone containing photographs of marijuana plants fell into the hands of police, who found their way to its owner and his growing operation, authorities said.

Peter Ste. Marie, 22, was charged with felony marijuana cultivation after admitting to growing about 20 plants for his use, Orleans County Deputy Sheriff Daniel Locke wrote in an affidavit.

An unidentified person found the phone and looked for pictures on it that might lead to the owner. When the person saw the marijuana plants pictured, the phone was turned over to the Sheriff's Department on Aug. 13. When police activated the phone, it showed the owner's name and the name of his business, Locke said.

The finder also told police there were pot plants growing off Stevens Mills Road, in Jay, near where the phone was found, according to Locke, who found about 30 plants growing on land owned by Ste. Marie's grandmother.

Ste. Marie, who told authorities his grandmother didn't know about the marijuana plants, pleaded not guilty to the cultivation charge Tuesday and was released on $100 bail.

There's a lesson to be learned in the case, Locke said Thursday.

"I don't think I'd be taking pictures of illegal things on my cell phone," he said.

Second story tonight on people gettin busted. Who ever turned them in is a real asshole. Why would someone do something like that? I would be so pissed if someone done that to me.

wow
im speechless

This stuff is really so depressing.

any idea how much the dude got?

yeh w/e turned that shit in I hope their balls fall off.. but yeh shit is kinda scary, I had lost a phone with madd pix of blunts on it that I took for the blunt rolling thread in rec, kinda made me nervous, but at least if they came looking for me the blunt been smoked already lol

I don't think the moral is "Don't take pictures of illegal things on your phone", It should be don't be so careless with items of importance.

I've got over 50 pics of bud on my phone [close ups] but i've got it all hidden in folders - doesnt mean people cant find them, but i've never lost a phone, and im very careful in that respect - anyway, i've taken the pics on a plain background so theres no proof there my pics - they could be from the net for all they know.

I'd say if you taking any kind of picture/video of ANYTHING illegal make sure you dont get ANY background of ANY kind in it coz it can be identified.

Bleh..this is a shame.

I always considered my phone public for the most part. It's so easy to get into it. I'm one of those people who almost never let others look through my phone..and yet, there's always someone who does. Somehow.

Gotta be careful

That really sucks, losing a cell phone, getting it back and then being thrown in a cell. I just deleted all my pics of bud on my phone.

i would have traded the fone back for a fat sack

"where did these pictures of marijuana plants come from that are on your phone?"

I got them off of the internet, sir...

going through pictures to help identify the owner? give me a break that is bullshit. what the hell were you going to identify, see some pictures of his friends then hope to run into them on the street. bullshit. they were snooping. no, not looking for weed pics, but doint the same thing as finding a stray love letter or just any personal letter then reading it. unless people have started taking pictures of index cards with their home address. then, when they saw the pics, they thought pay dirt. id think maybe calling someone on the contact list might be an easier way to figure out whose phone it was, but what do i know.

Yeah they should have just called the "home" contact on the phone...

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Originally Posted by wannabehippiegirl

Yeah they should have just called the "home" contact on the phone...

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Or any number for that matter. People are just fucking piece of shit nosey fucks. lol

Thats why you put a lock code on your cell:thumbsup:

Nice thing about living back in the sticks .. No body cares if you have a couple plants growing.. They get serious when you stick a 1000 around someones corn field.. Thats why we have a TYS movement down here.. (Toss Yer Seed) as more wild plants show up along roads,trails and reilroads the less people care about a couple growing in your garden.

Think its a good thang for everywhere.. Toss em beside roads, in fields, in the local cops back yard... Everywhere.. More wild , less busts.. But everyone remember the thing that gets you poped is telling all your friends about your great grow... Your two plants ends up being 100 when someone you thought a bud spills the beans after getting poped for a joint on friday night....

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Originally Posted by Nation_1ne

I don't think the moral is "Don't take pictures of illegal things on your phone", It should be don't be so careless with items of importance.

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damn, better get that video of me and my jihad mates beheading an american reporter off my fone!

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damn, better get that video of me and my jihad mates beheading an american reporter off my fone!

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I dont really find that fuunny.

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Originally Posted by GrinS

I dont really find that fuunny.

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It's because your American.

It's like when silly morons comment on the English accent - we dont find that funny in the slightest - infact, it infruiates us, and if anyone did it in the street they wouldnt be standing for much longer.

damn thats a bitch move on that guys part..but wtf, only $100 fine for growing 20 plants?!? and its america?!? How lax would they be in canada i wonder...

what n asshole to give it to te police

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Originally Posted by BBoyShotty

damn thats a bitch move on that guys part..but wtf, only $100 fine for growing 20 plants?!? and its america?!? How lax would they be in canada i wonder...

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No, his grandmother got the $100 bail..

We have a TYS movement here, but by early August a lot of them are gone- people go and pull up the males, so it's all good :D

My sister took a pic of my ounce on her phone without my knowing, and her teacher confiscated her cell during classes (it was a teacher I had before), and she emailed me asking if it was any good LOL...