Medical Pot Advocate Shot, wounds robber at home
An outspoken advocate for medical marijuana was wounded early Monday but managed to shoot a burglar at a Kirkland house where he grew pot legally.

Sheriff's deputies are looking for two other suspects who may have been involved in the attempted home-invasion robbery.

Detectives also are investigating whether the attempted home invasion is tied to a similar incident in January at the Kirkland house.

The home in the 11400 block of Juanita Drive Northeast -- part of unincorporated King County near Kirkland -- is known to deputies for legal medical marijuana grows.

About 4:45 a.m. Monday, a woman called 911 saying there were intruders in the house and that her boyfriend was shot, a sheriff's office spokesman said. Responding deputies were preparing to go onto the property when dispatchers received another call from a man saying he'd been shot -- a man later identified as a robbery suspect.

That 19-year-old Renton man and the 59-year-old resident, Steve Sarich, had traded shots, according to investigators. The teen was hit multiple times and rushed to Harborview Medical Center with life-threatening injuries.

Sarich, who has publicly advocated for medical marijuana laws for years, was taken to a hospital for minor wounds from shotgun pellets, according to deputies.
Unfortunatly, when punk-ass little theifs are willing to kill you for a few plants, its better to be safe than to be sorry. Steve is a friend of mine and i'm glad as hell to hear he is doing o.k. He told me the kid damn near blew his face off. This is his eighth home invasion in 13 months. If it wern't for the fact steve was armed, id hate to think what might have happened....
ColoradoCareMMJ Reviewed by ColoradoCareMMJ on . Robeery of facility N. CO! On Huffingtonpost.com Denver section: Larimer County, CO: Two growers got tied up at gunpoint, looted for everything, including their personal guns. They were operating from their residence... So...the gangsters are watching you, probably harder than the federal cops we're all worrying over. And if they operate like gangsters, they probably have friends at the post office writing down addresses that receive anything from grow stores, and are watching nurseries looking for nice folks buying Rating: 5