I hope all this grandstanding BS comes back to bite this sheriff.

He seems like he is mostly out for publicity, but it could easily backfire. He is obviously wasting time and resources on this thing, and if I livied in that county, I would resent that --- especially if I was the victim of a REAL crime that didn't get the attention it deserved, while a dozen duputies spent their day tearing apart a house looking for a bong. Citizens of that county should ask themselves if they are getting what they are paying for from their sheriff. If they are happy to pay for their sheriff's department to spend its time chasing after pot-smoking olympic swimmers, then great. If not, they should kick this moron out on his ass.