HomeMy WebLinkAbout2010_09_29_Marijuana Grow Investigation
BAKERSFIELD POLICE DEPARTMENT PRESS RELEASE Greg Williamson, Chief of Police ________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Sergeant Mary DeGeare Public
Information Officer 661-326-3803 mdegeare@Bakersfieldpd.us FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 29, 2010 On 9/29/10, at 7:16 a.m., the Bakersfield Police Department responded to 2809 Ora
Court to assist the Bakersfield Fire Department with a resident who was refusing to let them enter certain rooms in the house preventing them from searching for additional fire hazards
or victims of smoke inhalation. Officers contacted Cesar Carrillo 27, the proclaimed resident, and arrested him for interfering with emergency rescue personnel. Upon inspection of the
interior rooms, firefighters observed multiple marijuana plants. A search warrant was obtained and officers seized 109 marijuana plants from inside of the residence. Carrillo was arrested
for cultivation of marijuana, interfering with emergency rescue personnel and he was also found found to be an undocumented alien and a hold was placed on him for INS. The fire was determined
to be a result of the electrical wiring system put in place to facilitate cultivating the marijuana plants.