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Police Sgt. Brian Williams said 1)ebettencourt is aself-described caregiver and grower of marijuana foe• people with medical needs. Williams said the suspect was renting the home. A fourth suspect was being sought, police said. Source: http://www.dail~reezc.comhlews/rek.5ta.te/articles/5187496.htrnl Police: 1Vlarijuana-Growing Operation Found In Roseville Home ROSEVILLE, Calif. - A house fre led to the discovery of an indoor marijuana-growing operation in a Roseville neighborhood Thursday morning, police officials said. Fire crews were called to a home.....to extinguish an electrical fire i.n the garage of the home. Authorities said when firefighters went inside the home, they found evidence ol'an extensive marijuana-growing operation. "There may be several hundred plants inside the house along with a sophisticated growing system, including lighting, irrigation, timers and obviously, a bypassed electrical. system.....Police said the home had been modified in the same way as other homes with marijuana-growing operations discovered in Elk. Grove, Stockton and other Northern California caminunities. The other homes were determined to be part of an organized ring based in the Say Area. Roseville police said they don't yet know if the Glenwood Circle home is tied to the Bay Area ring. Source: htt~~://www.kcra.com/news/.10785674/detail.html Marijuana growing operation discovered by firefighters 1/24/2007 Approximately 150 marijuana plants were confiscated from a house.....after firefighters responding to a call about a fire at the residence discovered an indoor growing operation......An Eureka police officer reported seeing an electrical circuit breaker that was attached to the outside of the garage on fire as he drove by the residence....The owner of the residence was not at the house when firefighters arrived and entered the garage to contain the fire, at which time they discovered the growing operation....,In addition to the marijuana plants, which ranged in height from 8 to 10 inches tall, Sheriff's deputies also seized six 1,000-watt growing lights froth the garage, as well as $1,500 from. inside the residence for possible asset seizure. The case remains under investigation and arrests are expected to follow Source: http:/Iwww.curekareporter,cam/ArticleUisplay.aspx?ArticlelD=19757 Marijuana-Growing Operation May Have Sparked Fire OCEANSIDE, Calif. -- A pre-dawn fire Thursday was apparently sparked by an overload of electricity that may have been tapped illegally to power lighting for a suspected marijuana- growingoperation, authorities said. Firefighters responding to the hlaze,.....entered the home's garage and found a "very elaborate and well insulated indoor greenhouse and what appeared to be several hundred marijuana plants being cultivated under artificial lights..... Heavy smoke filled the garage, adding that that flames shot from a wall near an electrical panel and traveled up the wall and into the home's attic. The flames were knocked down within 15 minutes, but du.e to additions in the garage and thick insulation around the alleged plant-growing area, crews remained on scene until 2:30 a.m. extinguishing pockets of fire..... Paramedics treated a resident at the scene for smoke inhalation. The man was later- airlifted to UCSD Medical Center for treatment, Lawrence said. Afire investigator detemlined the blaze originated in an area of the wall where the home's occupants illegally tapped into power lines feeding the residence, Lawrence said, 75A-103