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Yeah I don't remember it being covered very well at all from the AV Press. It's sad that 30+ years later, the issues with DCFS are still the same and they havent figured out a way to fix the failures. So many of the cases have been preventable had someone just paid attention and done the...

According to the LASD inmate locator he's been arrested.

It's the LA county court system. It's going to drag on for quite a while considering the circumstances of the case.

As a pretty much lifelong resident of Lancaster, it's mind boggling how this is happening more and more here. Just a few months ago there were two kids were murdered and two siblings hospitalized from abuse by their father. A few years before that four kids were shot and killed by their father...

I was reading about this yesterday and I'm still shaking my head going W T F. How does someone take a 200 ft tower and not leave a trace.

https://abc7.com/el-mirage-murders-victims-identified-desert-killings-6-men-killed/14406820/ Authorities have identified the final victims whose bodies were two of six found in the middle of a remote dirt crossroads in the Mojave Desert last month. Adrian Ochoa-Salgado, 41, and Narcisco...

Which I can see and it's a smart thing to do. It was honestly something that hadn't crossed my mind

I could possibly see that much depending on what was seized and how big the fines were. That could be what he was talking about about but the way it came out makes it seem like it was all cash taken from the grows.

Thanks for correcting my mistake, not sure why I put tons instead of pounds.

To me, $370M just doesn't make any sense. When they had one just a few years ago just west in LA County, they only found about $30k in cash in a bust with with over 300k plants and more than 30k tons of marijuana...

Probably estimated the street value of the product. Id be surprised if any cash was kept around illegal grows

It's simple, they steal the water from hydrants or wells.

There have been illegal grows out here involving Asian crime groups and illegal immigrants from Asia

It's definitely dynamic and I wouldn't expect a professor to be in touch with the constant flex. I was speaking more about going to someone out of state who most likely has no idea of the area and what happens there. Gangs and other criminal groups have been in the area dealing drugs for decades...

Not sure why the LA Times would go to a professor in Colorado to get an opinion but there's definitely gang activity in Adelanto and Victorville which isn't that far away. One of them has been active for about 50 years and has ties to the Mexican Mafia. They were just involved in a huge fight at...

They're spread out everywhere from the far east of Lancaster/Palmdale into SBC. I live in Lancaster and they were busting them left and right for a long time. Yeah the water theft most definitely aligns with the illegal grows. There wasnt really any before the illegal grows but after they...

I hear a lot more about the crime here than most because of several close friend who are long time LE in the area. They're definitely marijuana grows, chemical wise I'm talking about the illegal and banned fertilizers and pesticides they use. I know on quite a few they have to have a hazmat...

Meth in the general area runs rampants. I remember when I was about 21-22ish there was a meth lab that blew up about a quarter mile from the Lancaster sheriff's station. I know way to many people whose lives have been ruined by it

Living in the general area, it's so much worse than people know. For a while on our local scanner page, it seemed like every other call was for water theft. The pics of grows after they are done are just horrible. Looks like a junkyard, all sorts of chemicals everywhere, it's just mind blowing.

Id be surprised if it was someone coming or going from the lake bed. Its been closed because of the weather as they don't want it damaged. Plus the easiest way in and out to the campground is off of El Mirage road.