RED BLUFF — About to enter its third year, the marijuana case against two Red Bluff men was prolonged once more Tuesday, this time pending the decision of a state appellate court. Proceedings for Joseph Froome, 49, and his son-in-law Daniel Ludwig, 28, were continued to 9 a.m. Nov. 21 in Tehama County Superior Court. The two are charged with cultivation of marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale in connection with an Oct. 21, 2009, raid on a Baker Road warehouse. Froome also faces eight counts of money laundering, Janet O’Neill reports in the [...]
RED BLUFF — The trial of two Red Bluff men arrested nearly two years ago in connection with a large marijuana-growing operation has been postponed again. The jury trial for businessman Joe Froome and his son-in-law, Daniel Ludwig, was moved to Oct. 4 during a hearing Tuesday in Tehama County Superior Court, Janet O’Neill reports in the Record Searchlight. Both Judge S. William Abel, the retired Colusa County Superior Court judge assigned to the case, and William Panzer, Froome’s Oakland attorney, declared scheduling conflicts that delayed the Sept. 20 start date. Froome and Ludwig are [...]
RED BLUFF – Eight people were arrested near here Wednesday after a search warrant served at a Paskenta Road residence resulted in the discovery of 736 marijuana plants growing in a number of greenhouses, it was reported today. Also seized were six firearms and two bullet-proof vests, officials with the Tehama Interagency Drug Enforcement (TIDE) Task Force said, the Record Searchlight reports. Eduardo Galvez, 30, of Red Bluff, Somethonit Phoumychack, 23, of Cottonwood, Noukay Sengxay, 46, of Cottonwood, Thon Phoumychack, 55, of Cottonwood and Noune Phasavath, 40, of Red Bluff were arrested on suspicion of [...]
RED BLUFF — Those looking to get medical marijuana from a dispensary in Tehama County will have to look elsewhere. Some 18 months after it held its first study session on the issue, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously this week to ban the shops in the unincorporated area of the county, Janet O’Neill reports in the Record Searchlight. The ordinance goes into effect 30 days from Tuesday’s adoption, Assistant County Counsel Arthur Wylene said, replacing a temporary prohibition due to expire. Red Bluff Daily News coverage In May, after several study sessions, the board [...]
RED BLUFF — Two draft laws, one that would ban medical marijuana dispensaries and another that would strictly regulate them, are on their way to the Tehama County Planning Commission. If the regulatory version ultimately passes in its current form, the county would be breaking new ground by requiring that a licensed medical professional dispense the cannabis, Janet O’Neill reports in the Redding Record Searchlight. “We definitely would be the first as far as I can tell,” Assistant County Counsel Arthur Wylene said. “That doesn’t make it right or wrong. We just would be on [...]
RED BLUFF — A judge reluctantly agreed Tuesday to a six-month delay for the marijuana trial of Red Bluff businessman Joe Froome and his son-in-law, Daniel Ludwig. In addition, Superior Court Judge C. Todd Bottke denied a defense motion that sought to throw the case out based on another judge’s ruling in the preliminary hearing. By the time the trial, which had been scheduled to start next week, begins Sept. 20, it will have been nearly two years since the men were arrested. Froome, 48, and Ludwig, 27, have been charged with cultivating marijuana and [...]
CORNING — Two Red Bluff men will stand trial on charges of cultivating marijuana and possession of marijuana for sale, a judge ruled Wednesday. Superior Court Judge John Garaventa ordered businessman Joseph Froome, 48, and his 27-year-old son-in-law, Daniel Ludwig, to appear Nov. 22 in a Red Bluff courtroom. Froome also is charged with eight counts of money laundering. Wednesday’s hearing was held in Corning, Janet O’Neill reports in the Redding Record Searchlight. The ruling followed an unsuccessful attempt by defense attorneys William Panzer and James Silva to continue the proceedings, based on what Panzer [...]
Jason Browne is a medical cannabis advocate who lives in Red Bluff. His “guest view” column appears in the Red Bluff Daily News. The column does not specify when the “newspaper’s statements” regarding the lawsuit appeared, and whether they were contained in a story and/or editorial. ======= In response to the newspaper’s statements about our lawsuit against Tehama County, several corrections must be made in order for local residents to understand the facts and to have an informed, intelligent discussion about the merits of this case. We identify ourselves accurately as qualified patients in this [...]
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RED BLUFF — Permit or not, Donna Will said the stage for a Memorial Day weekend marijuana festival will go up today. “Everything is going forward,” said Will, organizer of the World Hemp Expo Extravaganja. After an update last month of a 40-year-old law designed to regulate outdoor rock festivals akin to Woodstock, leaders from several Tehama County departments turned in comments to the Tehama County Planning Department on Friday. “The agencies are getting together on Monday,” said Bob Haplin, senior planner for the Planning Department. He declined to say whether that meant they would [...]
As Red Bluff gears up for its money maker, the Red Bluff Round-Up Rodeo, local medical marijuana advocates hope to create another. Medical marijuana user and patient advocate Donna Will is planning the three-day World Hemp Expo Extravaganja 2010 for Memorial Day weekend on Riverside Avenue, the Red Bluff Daily News reports. Will said she hopes the event will both ease local tensions over in medical marijuana use and bring in tourist dollars lost from the cancellation of the Red Bluff Nitro Nationals Boat Drag Race. “Last year, when I came home in the middle [...]
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