Nearly 500 pounds of marijuana found at scene of deadly confrontation

[Humboldt215]

An estimated $100,000 worth of marijuana was found at the site where a man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by a Humboldt County Sheriff deputy.

The Sheriff's Department said most of the marijuana found near where Eloy Infante-Toscano, 40, was shot last week was out of the ground and drying.

A little over 460 drying plants were found. Officials said those would have been converted into about 40 pounds of processed pot, which could have fetched a street price of about $100,000.

Deputies were called to Pacific Lumber Company land a dozen or so miles east of Holmes Flat on Wednesday, after employees came across the pot.

Two uniformed deputies, described by Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Brenda Godsey as â??experienced officers,â?� and a uniformed evidence technician responded to the property.

While the evidence technician and a Palco security guard waited on a ridge, the two deputies followed a trail to the grow.

Eventually one deputy followed a water line while the other deputy continued on the trail.

Infante-Toscano appeared on the trail, about 15 yards ahead of the deputy, armed with a shotgun.

Sheriff Gary Philp said Infante-Toscano raised his shotgun at the deputy

and the deputy fired multiple times.

According to a Friday autopsy, Infante-Toscano was hit three times, twice in the chest.

He died soon after the shooting.

Both deputies are on administrative leave and their identities won't be released until after the investigation is complete, according to the Sheriff's Department.



stupid fuker.. dont go pointing a shotgun at police.

but prison would have sucked anyways

Humboldt215 Reviewed by Humboldt215 on 10-11-2007. Nearly 500 pounds of marijuana found at scene of deadly confrontation An estimated $100,000 worth of marijuana was found at the site where a man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by a Humboldt County Sheriff deputy. The Sheriff's Department said most of the marijuana found near where Eloy Infante-Toscano, 40, was shot last week was out of the ground and drying. A little over 460 drying plants were found. Officials said those would have been converted into about 40 pounds of processed pot, which could have fetched a street price of about $100,000. Rating: 5

[rebgirl420]

tisk tisk, all that pot is now wasting away in the evidence locker, well until they burn it. Tis' a shame.

[Struck420]

honestly id prolly rather die than goto prison for all that, im about 6 foot 2 and i weigh 160 pounds id be someones bitch in about 10 mins

[Markass]

An estimated $100,000 worth of marijuana was found at the site where a man armed with a shotgun was shot and killed by a Humboldt County Sheriff deputy.

The Sheriff's Department said most of the marijuana found near where Eloy Infante-Toscano, 40, was shot last week was out of the ground and drying.

A little over 460 drying plants were found. Officials said those would have been converted into about 40 pounds of processed pot, which could have fetched a street price of about $100,000.

Deputies were called to Pacific Lumber Company land a dozen or so miles east of Holmes Flat on Wednesday, after employees came across the pot.

Two uniformed deputies, described by Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Brenda Godsey as â??experienced officers,â?� and a uniformed evidence technician responded to the property.

While the evidence technician and a Palco security guard waited on a ridge, the two deputies followed a trail to the grow.

Eventually one deputy followed a water line while the other deputy continued on the trail.

Infante-Toscano appeared on the trail, about 15 yards ahead of the deputy, armed with a shotgun.

Sheriff Gary Philp said Infante-Toscano raised his shotgun at the deputy

and the deputy fired multiple times.

According to a Friday autopsy, Infante-Toscano was hit three times, twice in the chest.

He died soon after the shooting.

Both deputies are on administrative leave and their identities won't be released until after the investigation is complete, according to the Sheriff's Department.



stupid fuker.. dont go pointing a shotgun at police.

but prison would have sucked anyways

yup all those plants and pot...federal prison for years...if he didn't intend to shoot, I would've thrown it down and took off running with my hands in the air screaming I'm unarmed...if it was my grow in the backwoods I think I'd know more about the area than those pigs...

[ncnavguy]

yeah if it was an outdoor grow that was not on the guys property it seems that he could have made a case that it wasn't his. Also what the fuck are the odds that the grower would be there on the scene
when the cops showed up. Fucking weird.

[Comatose]

I would have taken my chances with a good lawyer... Its hunting season, isn't it a normal thing to carry a shotgun during hunting season? The most they could have done was ticket you for not wearing hunter orange and hunting without a license, like 500 dollars total.... unless of course he was actually tending to the plants. Thats the best thing about growing on state land/etc, they can't tie it to you.

WHAT A WASTE OF LIFE.... and bud.

[dylan]

I agree 100%! DON'T POINT A GUN AT AN OFFICER!!

He could have gotten off, and if not, he wouldn't be spending the rest of his life in jail. Jail would REALLY suck, but it's better than being shot in the chest....I think??

[HerbalConfusion]

I agree 100%! DON'T POINT A GUN AT AN OFFICER!!

He could have gotten off, and if not, he wouldn't be spending the rest of his life in jail. Jail would REALLY suck, but it's better than being shot in the chest....I think??

Yea but if the guy has te balls to point a shotgun at a cop he probably wouldnt be someones bitch in jail.

[dylan]

Yea but if the guy has te balls to point a shotgun at a cop he probably wouldnt be someones bitch in jail.

True, but I guess he didn't want to find out. Either that, or the cop just shot him and said he pointed the shotgun at him....Their's only one side to this story:wtf:

[MVP]

Damn shame that it ends like that... even Prop 215 wouldn't cover 500 lbs so he'd be looking at 10-20 or more