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Molino Man Charged With Growing Greenhouse Marijuana
July 27, 2018
A Molino man was charged after allegedly growing marijuana in a greenhouse in his yard on Nancy Lane.
The greenhouse pot was spotted by an Escambia County Sheriff’s Office deputy that was tracking a fleeing felony suspect with a K-9. As he passed by the greenhouse, the plants were clearly visible through a screen door.
Deputies located 15 marijuana plants growing in five gallon buckets and a lighting system to facilitate their grown, according to an arrest report.
Richard Keith Caum, 59, was charged with felony cultivation of marijuana. He was released from jail on a $2,500 bond.
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37 Responses to “Molino Man Charged With Growing Greenhouse Marijuana”
A tremendous vacuum is being created due to the opioid crisis. If you create a vacuum, break the seal, the vacuum will pull in the surrounding elements. If that element is pure oxygen, that is what fills the vacuum. If that element is a poisonous gas, that is what fills the vacuum. I believe there is a plan to create this drug vacuum with the idea people will seek out a legal means for physician regulated Marijuana. The plan won’t work! The vacuum is not surrounded by purity, the vacuum is surrounded by corrosive elements. That’s what will be pulled in. Something will replace the illegal opiods. The question is what?
Homegrown marijuana is the least of what’s to come to fill this vacuum.
Prohibition in the 20th century was a noble idea,
It just didn’t work.
“In the know” the Bible says “Judge Not, that you not be judged” it also says “Those without sin cast the first stone”! For WE have ALL sinned and fall short of the Glory of God!! God sent HIS son Jesus to die for our sins! The Lord loves us ALL the same!! Seek Him while HE may be found! Jesus is the answer to ALL of our problems that’s for sure!
Wow, people need to think before speaking. This guy has been through hell and back. I don’t know how he gets through each day with his pain. So many things people don’t know or care. God give you strength Richard/
“”"He is a very loyal hard worker with the same very good job for over 20 years. “”"
Not true. He was in prison for manslaughter 20 years ago.
I’ve known this man for years. He is a very loyal hard worker with the same very good job for over 20 years. He has some medical issues and no doubt it was for personal use not to sell. Yes it is illegal but crazy how this makes news and worthy of the expense to pursue it instead of real criminals.
The sad thing is the Drug war has made us numb with governmental intrusions. It really is quite sad. The deputy thought he did something lawful but the Supreme Court has with recent eight vote decisions protected the “curtilage” of the sanctity of the American home. The greenhouse falls into the curtilage argument. The officer needed a warrant to search. This bad arrest will be thrown out on a motion to suppress. The Supreme Court has had enough of a police state ignoring the fourth amendment.
“The Fourth Amendment, Justice Sotomayor added, citing a 1982 decision, makes no such distinctions. “The most frail cottage in the kingdom is absolutely entitled to the same guarantees of privacy as the most majestic mansion,” the decision said.”
They needed a search warrant to be on his property snooping around the greenhouse. How about focusing on violent criminal conduct by following the constitution and fourth amendment…….enough with this insanity.
Glad he got caught. I guess it messed up his money deal her could make. Get out and get a real job if you don’t have one.
provincials want to keep the legal use and growing, personal use-wise, from happening. the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries have a hand in this, no doubt.
Not guilty…legalize it …
Deputy was tracking a felony suspect so trespassing laws would not apply. The plants were in plain sight which gives the deputy probable cause. The only law broken here by the man growing the pot. If you don’t agree with the law, lobby to have it changed.
Well seeing how the officer didnt have warrant to search the property for drugs, didnt have probable cause based on factual information and not just a hunch, and was already pursuing a fleeing felon across private property all the evidence can be suppressed due to unlawful search and seizure. The law is meant to be followed by both sides, not just one.
re:Anonymous
The Deputy’s job is Law Enforcement. The Deputy doesn’t get to pick and choose which laws to enforce.
If you think the law is wrong then work to change it but don’t blame the Deputy for doing the job he was hired to do.
Put me on the jury and I’ll vote not guilty regardless. Maybe others would agree maybe not. At best he may go free or it may be a hung jury.
leve the guy alone lock the officer up for tresspassing
Lets see a peaceful drug outweighs a possible violent felon sounds to me the deputy cared more about a fine rather than to chase someone qho is potentially violent. Id rather smoke marijuana than take some pills much more safer.
@hummm,
Don’t forget about the legal killer tobacco which kills around 480,000 people in the United States and 10 MILLION worldwide each year.
@David…. Silly comment if u choose to use critical thinking when approaching this subject… I personally don’t use marijuana or necessarily condone its use… But with that said… Killer pain and psyche meds are legal so long as dispersed by a doctor… Killer alcohol is legal so long as you are of age of 21 years old and is available in abundance at your corner convenience store… What is so hard to comprehend about some type of regulation on and/or decriminalization of marijuana…?
Hard to believe the level of willful ignorance about drug use in these comments
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO TAX WHAT I GROW IF YOU DON’T KNOW I’M GROWING IT?
No victim no crime! Why is choosing a safe natural alternative to pills a crime? Never has anyone died from Marijuana but we see deaths everyday from medications as simple as Tylenol not to mention the opioid epidemic. When you grow your own fruits and vegetables you know how and where and what it is grown with, well its the same concept with marijuana it should be legal and your choice to buy from dispensary or grown organically in your own yard.
So the guy gave up the chase for the felon to give this guy a ticket for growing pot? Of course this will bring in more money for the county than catching a felon that will have to be housed
Fifteen plants in five gallon buckets are not going to produce a lot of usable weed this man was growing for personal use not for sale. It sure would be nice if Florida would finish legalizing marijuana. We could join the other 9 states that collect billions of dollars in tax revenue from the weed industry, but hey we don’t need that money. Not to mention rejuvenating our tourist industry.
I’m more worried about our kids not being able to have a gun until they are 21 to protect them from fleeing criminals on our properties!!
Sounds like a search with no warrant to me, and no probable cause….just sayin
I myself would not mind paying a little tax on what I can grow and use that money for our mental health system and to protect our schools
He was probably just growing for his self who can afford the price at the dispensary
better growing pot than a meth lab.throw out the case and look for the real drug dealers.
This man was trying to be a good horticulturalists and work the land instead of robbing, stealing or assaulting someone.
justsayin…….I agree!…..
If I were this man I would take it to court the deputies could get a dog a run through any yards in Escambia County they want to this is ridiculous
Awww, come on guys. I’m sure it was for medicinal purposes only!
The crime here should read “Deputy was arrested for trespassing on private property”
Legalize this plant and call it a day. Tax it to death. There are so many problems that are so much worse. Only sick people will purchase it according to the State.
Better living through modern pharmacology
My question is who was the fleeing felon? That’s the million dollar question! To me, sounds like a CI slipped a tip.
Invest in some tall privacy fence and a good lawyer.
Oops. Hard to plan for that kind of thing.