No Marijuana at Jere Melo's Death Scene, Sheriff Won't Confirm Opium Poppies

This morning, Mendocino’s KZYX’s news has an interview with the spokesperson for the Mendocino CO. Sheriff’s Dept, Capt. Kurt Smallcomb about the murder homicide of Jere Melo.  The written summary underneath contains all the information in the audio but listen to the audio for a sense of how oddly cagey law enforcement is being about what they have had 3

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The Story of Jere Melo's Death and The Hunt for Aaron Basslar (The Best of the Links)

Description of the events of the day of the shooting here. Excellent slideshow of officers hunting Aaron Bassler. (The photographer catches some great moments of swat officers aboard the Skunk Train.) Press Democrats’ indepth piece on Jere Melo–who he was and how people are reacting to his death. It also includes the information that it wasn’t a pot garden but

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