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Tampa man stole electricity to grow marijuana, authorities say
By Stephanie Wang, Times Staff WriterTampa Bay Times
Posted: Jan 08, 2012 02:02 PM


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TAMPA — Authorities say a Tampa man converted rooms in his house to grow marijuana, stealing thousands of dollars worth of electricity.

Jorge Morejon-Guzman, 50, was arrested Saturday evening. Investigators, pretending to look for a lost dog, knocked on the door at 9027 Tree Valley Circle near Town 'N Country and found Morejon-Guzman at the home, according to an arrest affidavit. Deputies later entered the house with a search warrant.

They discovered about 48 marijuana plants growing in a guest bedroom, the affidavit states. In an outside room, an air conditioner was drying marijuana hanging from the ceiling.

A Tampa Electric official estimated $6,000 in electricity had been stolen. The affidavit does not say how long deputies believe the grow house was operating.

Morejon-Guzman was charged with manufacturing cannabis, maintaining a dwelling for drug use and trafficking in cannabis. He also faces a grand theft charge. He was being held Sunday without bail.



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ellvaldes Jan 8, 2012 2:10 PM About 7 hours ago No bail? Geez, they can give child molestors bail. Just send him a bill and fine him and be done with it. Why waste tax payers money housing non violent offenders?
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DA KING IS BACK Jan 8, 2012 3:53 PM About 6 hours ago pretty sure he will get bail soon. he probably hasnt seen the judge yet. they cannot hold u without bail for this. only for PBLs and capital crimes. Reply Report Abuse 0 2 John Connor Jan 8, 2012 8:58 PM About 1 hour ago wow! this is serious stuff! the nerve of this guy to steal electricity to grow weed! that puts him on par with serial murderers like Ted Bundy and Jeffrey Dahmer. just wait till the corrupt Repiggies hit town in August. They'll be doing things a lot worse than this and will be treated like kings by the local Tampa police! bet they'll have lots of share a ride services from the strip clubs and massage parlors courtesy of TPD! Reply Report Abuse 0 1 LOL Al Jan 8, 2012 2:13 PM About 7 hours ago Besides the "stealing electricity" charge, what did the guy do wrong? Grow plants? Really? Flora?
Reply Report Abuse 2 17 HudsonPirate Jan 8, 2012 2:19 PM About 7 hours ago He should have re-invested some of his earnings and went green, like LED grow lights and don't tell anybody what your doing. Loose lips sink ships. :-)
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thomasito chocolato2 Jan 8, 2012 6:50 PM About 3 hours ago Or Solar Panel. Dumb ●●●●●●steal electricity, duh! Who does that. What freaking amateur, lol! Reply Report Abuse 1 2 Shiek Yerbooti Jan 8, 2012 2:22 PM About 7 hours ago Darn! I guess I need to find a new grower.
Reply Report Abuse 1 11 JAllyn Jan 8, 2012 3:03 PM About 6 hours ago Best argument yet for solar energy! "The Man" can't track it and you don't have to steal it!
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SaintPeteDave Jan 8, 2012 4:31 PM About 5 hours ago No kidding, if you're going to have a grow op, why would you NOT have solar, this is florida. The stupidity gives me a headache. Reply Report Abuse 2 3 gdcares Jan 8, 2012 3:16 PM About 6 hours ago WHat is the big deal? Teco needs to set him up on a payment program and the da's office needs to drop this case as it is a waste of our tax dollars. Everyone knows marijuana is not like doing heroin they need to make it legal and make a fortune off of it. Olus the economy gets a booste as the smokers will be at the corner stores buying junk food.
Reply Report Abuse 3 9 ididso Jan 8, 2012 3:24 PM About 6 hours ago Did they say how he stole the electric, and determined how much?
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james4d Jan 8, 2012 4:55 PM About 5 hours ago The article state $6,000.00 worth of power stolen. Didn't say how. Reply Report Abuse 0 3
I C clearly Jan 8, 2012 7:53 PM About 2 hours ago Inflated amount! you know that. they guestimate for ●●●●! next thing they will guestimate the amount of money the bud's were worth, with the x3 method they know. Reply Report Abuse 0 0 bjpnascar3 Jan 8, 2012 4:11 PM About 5 hours ago It says he converted rooms in HIS house to grow the pot.. So where does the stolen electricity come in? If he was initially investigated cause of the electricity and that's your headline.. at least tell the story right... PS Jorge.. move to Cali.. theres a town there where its legal to grow up to 25 plants....
Reply Report Abuse 0 6 Working Stiff Jan 8, 2012 4:45 PM About 5 hours ago This is another case where drug laws cause more crime. If marijuana was legal like it should be, then the individual could just grow it outdoors. As expensive as it is, potters usually don't steal to buy this drug. The same cannot be said about other types of drugs, where the artificially high prices result in an increase in property crimes. The war on drugs is about as successful as prohibition was.
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tmurphy Jan 8, 2012 5:10 PM About 4 hours ago The definition of "success" is subjective. As a means of stopping drug use, the war on drugs is a terrible failure. As a means of securing a huge pool of non-violent offenders to use as slave labor in the prison-industrial complex, I'd say that the war on drugs is a resounding success! Reply Report Abuse 1 8 Spring hill nurse Jan 8, 2012 8:29 PM About 1 hour ago you know if we made speeding not illegal we would have less crimes too. this can go on and on. fact is it is a gateway drug. Reply Report Abuse 3 0
Greystone1 Jan 8, 2012 9:46 PM About 7 minutes ago Obviously, if speeding were not illegal, the crime of speeding would be eliminated. What's your point? Are you saying other crimes would be reduced? Reply Report Abuse 0 0 james4d Jan 8, 2012 4:56 PM About 5 hours ago Maybe they tracked him from the gardening store in Largo. The one that had the LE cameras across the street. Then, smelled the weed from the street and concocted the lost dog story. In any even, I feel much safer now.
Reply Report Abuse 1 9 ididso Jan 8, 2012 5:18 PM About 4 hours ago He stole electricity to grow pot?
Gee, if he found a way to use pot to create electricity he would be a hero.
Just a far out thought from a warped mind. "-)
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powermacg5 Jan 8, 2012 6:19 PM About 3 hours ago Sounds like ididso was smoking some of that pot Reply Report Abuse 4 0 catskill Jan 8, 2012 5:50 PM About 4 hours ago Luckily the factories that churn out painkillers are still generating millions in profits for companies that don't even pay taxes.
Reply Report Abuse 0 8 Jada Jan 8, 2012 6:25 PM About 3 hours ago How do they know it was $6000 stolen in electricity? Was he living there? If so did he not pay a poer bill? Can a media outlet not get the facts straight before printing an article?
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I C clearly Jan 8, 2012 7:55 PM About 2 hours ago What did you say POER. Reply Report Abuse 0 0 doubletap Jan 8, 2012 7:17 PM About 2 hours ago No way they could even guess how much
electric he used but they don't need to prove
the amount just that he stole it.
Reply Report Abuse 0 0 Greystone1 Jan 8, 2012 7:28 PM About 2 hours ago End the insane war on drugs and we won't have these problems.
Reply Report Abuse 0 4 Spring hill nurse Jan 8, 2012 8:30 PM About 1 hour ago i love that the article states they didn't know how long he was stealing it for, but knew he stole 6k worth.
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 9:55 PM About -1 minutes ago LOL !!!!
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 9:58 PM About -2 minutes ago Mr. Guzman umm whatever, when you get out please contact Peter Claudio, you'll find him at MCOR in land o lakes. TECO gives him free electricity to run his grow/crack/meth house. Find out what the qualifications are because if you join HIS club someone out there will also get your picture off the sheriff's website. It's illegal but it WILL get you the protection of TPD and HCSO and you'll also be in business with the fire rescue folks and bikers. You're welcome. That will be 15000.00. Next?
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 10:03 PM About -1 minutes ago And because we had the temerity to ask SCUZZZBAG TECO (publix shares a board member with the slime) why TECO switched out peter's meter (lol) all the time without his electric ever being disconnected (so we knew it wasn't lack of payment) they got very hostile and our power was mysteriously CUT OUT and also we now get GAPS in our service any time we mention this at the SPT or anywhere else. But they mysteriously SHUT OUR POWER OFF three tiems in 45 days. Now, how does that happen when you are only billed every 30 days??? HMMM?? We had to contact PSC, they still tried to catch "us" "lying" and found out lovely julie brown is now intimidating people at the PSC but TECO is now limited to shutting us off quick and BACK ON in seconds which prior to us asking about claudio NEVER HAPPENED EVER in the two decades we lived here. As well, now WE have a smart meter and TECO representatives have told our neighbors (swine who live nearby) what appliances we are running in our home. I know this ...
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 10:06 PM About -1 minutes ago because one was stupid enough to yell to us that we did not have power to our outdoor security cameras. LOL !!!!! I love drunks. ON the contrary, we power them a better way. So they never glitch. Incidentally the little screamer is also EITHER A SHERIFF OR employed there and claims this is "his" neighborhood although he hauled ●●● when he thought I was calling police (lol I wasn't the police are more corrupt than bikers) I might though just for fun. SO someone at TECO or exwife or someone who wanted a cut just got mad at this dude. He needs to call peter claudio. Petey boy will hook him up with sheriff david gee. NO MORE PROBLEMS. Just join the club mr. madecon ..
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 10:07 PM About -1 minutes ago Have you ever heard of TECO refunding anything?? Well, they did US and also sent a letter of apology and gave us an inside number for any future problems so you know someone's ●●● got busted for that one. LOL !!! probably an associate of Peter and the little screamer making that SHERIFF DAVID GEE and his friends at publix. so there ya go, david. Maybe you should have gone to a real college and kept your nasty little lazer student team at Tampa U away from my family. Swine !!!
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yesidoknoweverything Jan 8, 2012 10:10 PM About -2 minutes ago